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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Jonathan Witt

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Denyse O’Leary

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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 2, 2025
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Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Freedom
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When Science Degenerates into a Spoils System

Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2025
Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom
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Chemistry professor Anna Krylov forces us to look at that in discouraging detail. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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October 28, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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On Intelligent Design, Wikipedia Hedges, While Grokipedia Tells (Whoa!) the Truth

Denyse O’Leary
October 28, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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There is still plenty of time for Grok to be infiltrated by all kinds of bias and it would certainly be wise to keep checking back. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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October 26, 2025
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Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
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Look Who’s Talking About New Book on Science and God

Denyse O’Leary
October 26, 2025
Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning
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When religion wanes, what replaces it is not the calm skies of noble atheism but the snakepit of increasingly unmoored private truth. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 25, 2025
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Epistemology
Evolution
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Materialism’s Band-Aid, “Emergence” Is Bad Science

Denyse O’Leary
October 25, 2025
Epistemology, Evolution
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The idea is that some properties of systems emerge only after a certain level of complexity is reached. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 24, 2025
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Bioethics
Medicine
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For a Long Time, Dementia Was the New Leprosy

Denyse O’Leary
October 24, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine
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I use the term “delay” rather than “prevention” for a reason: It may be that the human brain will inevitably start to break down after a century or so. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 22, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
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In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology
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This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 21, 2025
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Evolution
Medicine
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In the War on Reality, a Biologist Became a Casualty

Denyse O’Leary
October 21, 2025
Evolution, Medicine
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Enough people may still believe that the human being is not just an animal and there is such a thing as truth. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 19, 2025
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
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Charles Murray and Others Rediscovering God: No Accident of Timing

Denyse O’Leary
October 19, 2025
Cosmology, Faith & Science
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Not what you heard? Well, if you heard something else from traditional media, maybe those media aren’t so reliable any more. Read More ›
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A white window with purple butterflies flying out of it, looking at the sea outside the glass, white gauze curtain fluttering in the wind, sunset, Generative AI illustrations.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 16, 2025
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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On Atheism’s Watch, Rationality in Science Went Out the Window

Denyse O’Leary
October 16, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science
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All of this decay when atheists were considered to be the primary spokespeople for science. And they have yielded the floor to irrational forces. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 15, 2025
Categories
Planetology
Scientific Reasoning
Technology
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The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive

Denyse O’Leary
October 15, 2025
Planetology, Scientific Reasoning, Technology
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The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›

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