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 Egnor
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Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Stephen C. Meyer
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Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Stephen J. Iacoboni

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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 ›
aardvark
Photo: An aardvark, by Louise Joubert, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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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 ›
check cells
Photo: Check cells, by Spencer Diamond ©2007, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 ›
granules of urea
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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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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
April 18, 2023
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Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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A New Look at Natural Selection

Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 18, 2023
Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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If you are a pine tree, you need to have antifreeze in your needles if you are rooted beyond certain latitudes or elevations. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
February 23, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
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The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023
Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine
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These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›
acid mine drainage
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
January 24, 2023
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Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
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The Elephant in the Science Lab

Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 24, 2023
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science
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I have been seeking to describe the science of purpose. Now it is worth getting down to the basics of what science actually is and how it works. Read More ›
Mount St. Helens
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
December 21, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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“Why Life?”: A Question Atheist Scientists Never Ask

Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 21, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Even something as catastrophic as the eruption of Mount St. Helens was, in the end, a life-giving event. Read More ›
sockeye salmon
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
November 2, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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A Closer Look at the Science of Purpose

Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 2, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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You cannot see what you are not looking for. You cannot find Br'er Rabbit until you look into the briar patch. Read More ›

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