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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, Design Inference, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary computing, fitness, intelligent design, mount improbable, Nature (journal), Peter Robinson, Richard Dawkins, shell game, simulation, Tesla, The Blind Watchmaker, Thomas Ray, Thomas Schneider, William Shakespeare}

The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

_{William A. Dembski
January 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, atheism, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, cultural Christianity, Daniel Dennett, documentary, education, ENCODE, Europe, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Islam, James Shapiro, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, mathematician, natural selection, New Atheism, North America, Old Testament, Oxford University, Pandora’s box, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Sam Harris, Satan, scientific materialism, Scripture, The Design Inference, The God Delusion, Vaccines, William Graham, woke ideology}

No. 3 Story of 2024: Richard Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

_{William A. Dembski
December 30, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 6, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arkansas, Cambridge University Press, Christianity, Dallas, Darwinism, Debating Design, evolution, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Jon Buell, Michael Ruse, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Subboor Ahmad, The God Delusion}

Remembering Michael Ruse

_{William A. Dembski
November 6, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Paradoxically, he was ardent in his Darwinism, mild in his atheism, and fair-minded to intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, English, fiction, large language models, literature, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michelangelo, Ray Kurzweil, William Shakespeare}

Arguing About Taste with Large Language Models

_{William A. Dembski
October 22, 2024

Bioethics, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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When Large Language Models aspire to the literary genius of James Joyce, what could go wrong? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, COSM, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Pacific Ocean, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Princeton University, San Francisco, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, The Design of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Yale University}

Remembering Jonathan Wells, a Key Figure in the Intelligent Design Movement

_{William A. Dembski
September 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When I spoke to Jonathan about the cost he paid in standing for his principles, he remarked that his decision to do prison time contained a blessing. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, complex systems, complexity, engineers, innovation, Lee Cronin, MIT Press, modularity}

Responding to Lee Cronin: A Modular Theory of Assembly

_{William A. Dembski
July 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite its fatal defects, Assembly Theory does raise the prospect of what a successful theory of assembly might look like. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, assembly, atoms, BIO-Complexity, biosignatures, blueprint, cell death, complexity, crystals, fingers, Lee Cronin, Leslie Orgel, molecules, Nature (journal), peptide bond, Professor Dave, Santa Fe Institute, Sara Walker, The Origins of Life, theoretical biology}

Disassembling Lee Cronin’s Assembly Theory

_{William A. Dembski
July 26, 2024

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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When I read the Assembly Theory literature and studied the details of the theory, I was frankly shocked to see how devoid it is of substance and insight. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Aristotle, chance, Chance and Necessity, Francisco Ayala, Greek, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jacques Monod, Jay Richards, Marcos Eberlin, matter, Michelangelo’s David, Nancy Cartwright, naturalism, nature, possibilities, probability, Richard Dawkins, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, specified complexity, systems, The Blind Watchmaker, Thomas Aquinas, William Shakespeare}

Building a Better Definition of Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
July 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Definitional change in science is par for the course: As paradigms shift because of scientific advances, textbook definitions change. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 24, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Big Tech, Cambrian Explosion, DNA, Francis Crick, Higgs Boson, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Watson, large language models, Nobel Prize, phlogiston, relativity, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, specified complexity, Tabby's Star, technosignatures, Wikipedia}

Artificial Intelligences Promises to Level the Playing Field for Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
June 24, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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To set the stage, I posed some questions about scientific testability in general and about the testability of the SETI research program. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, academic freedom, alchemy, ether, faith, faith and science, hypocrisy, Institute for Advanced Study, intellectual humility, phlogiston, phrenology, Roman Catholic, science and religion, simplicity, theory}

Science, Faith, and Einstein

_{William A. Dembski
June 20, 2024

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Einstein’s dictum about thinking for yourself therefore holds for faith as much as for science. It must come before commitment and obedience. Read More ›