Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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David Klinghoffer

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Image: The climax of Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the "Twilight of the Gods," by Max Brückner (1836-1919), printed by Otto Henning, restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
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August 17, 2021
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Faith & Science
Physics
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Meyer: “Twilight of the Godless Universe”

David Klinghoffer
August 17, 2021
Faith & Science, Physics
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What is that “different direction” that Steve Meyer refers to? It looks less like a twilight and more like a dawn. Read More ›
Eric Hedin
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David Klinghoffer
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August 12, 2021
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Physical Sciences
Physics
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Chances That Life Originated Without Intelligent Design? “Zero,” Says Physicist Eric Hedin

David Klinghoffer
August 12, 2021
Physical Sciences, Physics
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The idea of setting a percentage to the chances of ID being true reminds me of Hedin’s fellow physicist, Nobel Prize-winner Brian Josephson. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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August 11, 2021
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Human Zoos — International, Still Being Airbrushed

David Klinghoffer
August 11, 2021
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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The Belgian human zoo sounds exactly like the St. Louis equivalent just a few years later. Read More ›
DNA
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David Klinghoffer
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August 11, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Education
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Meyer: Did a Student’s Challenging Question to Dean Kenyon Spark the Modern ID Movement?

David Klinghoffer
August 11, 2021
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Education
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Stephen Meyer discusses theories, like Kenyon’s, that seek to account for the information in DNA by reference to chemical forces alone. Read More ›
Long Story
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David Klinghoffer
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August 10, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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New Episode of “Long Story” Tackles the Origin of Life — Live Premiere on August 17

David Klinghoffer
August 10, 2021
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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According to a bedtime story popular with materialists, unguided forces alone can explain the coming into existence of the very first cell. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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August 9, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Little Book, Big Waves — Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos, Nine Years Later

David Klinghoffer
August 9, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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As a colleague points out, Nagel's departure from the “right-thinking consensus” is on a par with David Gelernter’s 2019 farewell to Darwinism. Read More ›
bedtime story
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David Klinghoffer
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August 4, 2021
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Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
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From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists

David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021
Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment. Read More ›
information
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 4, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Science Education
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Understanding “Information” — A Key to the Intelligent Design Debate

David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021
Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Science Education
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With reading assignments and quizzes, this course is a great way to polish your skills in explaining ID without suffering a spade-shoveling mishap of your own. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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August 4, 2021
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Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021
Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.” Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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August 4, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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The Multiverse Is Some Scientists’ “God of the Gaps”

David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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This brand of scientific ideology requires a “God of the gaps” — Eugene Koonin’s “present model” — to explain away mysteries like the origin of life. Read More ›

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