Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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
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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
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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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Michael Egnor

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Michael Egnor
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May 3, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Trying to Disprove Free Will Shows that Materialism Doesn’t Work

Michael Egnor
May 3, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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The fact that nature is not predetermined in detail has been shown quite convincingly by the experimental confirmation of Bell’s theorem in quantum mechanics. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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April 28, 2021
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If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

Michael Egnor
April 28, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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April 19, 2021
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Faith & Science
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Why the Universe Itself Can’t Be the Most Fundamental Thing

Michael Egnor
April 19, 2021
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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Imagine a chain hanging from the sky supporting a weight suspended in the air. Each link in the chain is a cause for the continued suspension of the links. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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April 14, 2021
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Why a “Budding” Neuroscientist Is Skeptical of Brain Scans

Michael Egnor
April 14, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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A major thrust of neuroscience has been the use of fMRI to correlate brain activity with thinking and to draw conclusions about the physical basis of the mind. Read More ›
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Nautilus at S.E.A. Aquarium, Singapore
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Michael Egnor
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April 12, 2021
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Why an Argument for God’s Existence Is Scientific

Michael Egnor
April 12, 2021
Faith & Science
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Atheist evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is a fountain of nonsensical arguments against the existence of God. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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April 5, 2021
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The God Hypothesis Versus Atheist Science Denial

Michael Egnor
April 5, 2021
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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It is a scandal that atheism has such a hold on so many scientists that it corrupts their science and leads them to deny what is obvious. Read More ›
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Black Lives Matter protest
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Michael Egnor
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March 24, 2021
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Woke Medicine Is Very Bad for Everyone’s Health

Michael Egnor
March 24, 2021
Medicine
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There is a major effort in medical education today to indoctrinate students and resident physicians into Critical Theory. Read More ›
Joshua Swamidass
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Michael Egnor
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March 19, 2021
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Joshua Swamidass and the Cancellation of Christian Colleges

Michael Egnor
March 19, 2021
Evolutionary Psychology, Science Education
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The only way to truth in science is to permit and even encourage challenges to orthodoxy. Read More ›

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