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 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
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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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Daniel Witt
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Sarah Chaffee

Thomas Jefferson
respect
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post
Author
Sarah Chaffee
Date
September 20, 2017
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Culture
Scientific Freedom
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At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand

Sarah Chaffee
September 20, 2017
Culture, Scientific Freedom
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I've been reading the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — with its interesting argument by Jefferson for design in nature as a scientific inference. Read More ›
Veritas
truth
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Sarah Chaffee
Date
September 13, 2017
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Biology
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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The Pursuit of Veritas

Sarah Chaffee
September 13, 2017
Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Social Sciences
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As the new school year begins, a group of Ivy League educators (among them, Robert P. George) urge college students to “think for yourself.” Read More ›
Young Man Writing a Letter
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Author
Sarah Chaffee
Date
September 2, 2017
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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In Science, a Factually and Logically Challenged Letter Decries ID and Discovery Institute

Sarah Chaffee
September 2, 2017
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education
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The writer, among other errors, tries to associate the theory of intelligent design with Turkey’s recent action in banishing evolution from its public schools. Read More ›
Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls
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Sarah Chaffee
Date
August 30, 2017
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Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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Freedom and Scientific Progress – A Necessary Relationship

Sarah Chaffee
August 30, 2017
Science Education, Scientific Freedom
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A familiar talking point holds that a rigid attitude to science along Darwinist lines is indispensable to technological advance, while academic freedom impedes it. Read More ›
school cafeteria
avoidance
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Sarah Chaffee
Date
July 28, 2017
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Evolution
Science Education
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Schools Don’t Teach Evolution Dogmatically Because They’re…Underfunded?

Sarah Chaffee
July 28, 2017
Evolution, Science Education
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National Center for Science Education links evolution "avoidance" with "inadequate supplies, inadequate support, hungry students." Read More ›
Alabama State Capitol
state
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Sarah Chaffee
Date
July 21, 2017
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Evolution
Science
Science Education
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State Action on Science Education: 2017 in a Nutshell

Sarah Chaffee
July 21, 2017
Evolution, Science, Science Education
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All this represents movement toward the ultimate goal: the best science education for public school students around the country. Read More ›
CONCACAF
soccer
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Sarah Chaffee
Date
July 18, 2017
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
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Soccer and Human Exceptionalism

Sarah Chaffee
July 18, 2017
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design
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About a billion people watched the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. That’s around 1/7th of the world’s population. Read More ›
DOL companion
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Sarah Chaffee
Date
June 26, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Science Education
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Dembski and Wells’s The Design of Life: Advanced Online Curriculum Available Now!

Sarah Chaffee
June 26, 2017
Intelligent Design, Science Education
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Delve into the data surrounding the origin of life, specified and irreducible complexity, genetics, the fossil record, human origins, natural selection, and more. Read More ›

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