Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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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Stephen J. Iacoboni

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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
February 8, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
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A Darwinian Dilemma: The Paradox of Reproduction

Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 8, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science
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Astonishingly, there is one unique organ system that actually detracts from the chances of survival of even the fittest individuals. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
January 15, 2024
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Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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“All Things Are Ordered to Their End” 

Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 15, 2024
Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics
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In that one simple phrase, St. Thomas Aquinas, the greatest Christian theologian of all time, echoed the fundamental teaching of Aristotle. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
December 21, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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To Understand Nature’s Intentionality, We Must Go Back to the Future

Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 21, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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It required the truly inimitable intellect of Aquinas to Christianize and modernize what Aristotle had said 1,600 years before him. Read More ›
Descartes
René Descartes
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
December 4, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Philosophy
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How to Overcome Scientism

Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 4, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Philosophy
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Descartes is one of the founding fathers of Western science. And the conversion from medieval scholasticism to Cartesian dualism propelled science dramatically.  Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
November 1, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Understanding the Limits of Scientism

Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed.  Read More ›
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embryonic development
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
September 28, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
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Life Without Purpose — The Fundamental Flaw

Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 28, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life
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The fundamental flaw in the conventional approach to understanding life is that we think we can fully understand the whole by looking at the individual parts. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
August 30, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Emergence by Design

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 30, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The originators of the concept were two 19th-century British philosopher-scientists, John Stuart Mill and George Henry Lewes. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
July 17, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Something Is Missing from the Materialist Framework

Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 17, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Scientists have learned over the centuries that when a fundamental theoretical impasse is encountered, we do not blame nature. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
June 20, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Replacing Chemistry with Purpose

Stephen J. Iacoboni
June 20, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions. Read More ›
polar bear
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
May 16, 2023
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Biochemistry
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Natural Selection Subtracts, It Doesn’t Add — And That Matters

Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 16, 2023
Biochemistry, Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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In the wild, all organisms must live within their niche. There are no wild polar bears in Arizona, and no iguanas in Alaska. Read More ›

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