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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Walter Myers III

Measles “Hacking” the Body?
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Walter Myers III
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March 11, 2019
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Measles “Hacking” the Body?

Walter Myers III
March 11, 2019
Medicine
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In previous articles I have discussed how biological organisms exhibit patterns that are highly analogous to computer programs written by humans. Read More ›
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Walter Myers III
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August 10, 2018
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Intelligent Design
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Modern Software and Biological Organisms: Object-Oriented Design

Walter Myers III
August 10, 2018
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Let’s consider the eye, which is but one of many subsystems (along with the brain, heart, liver, lungs, etc.) in higher animals that coordinate their tasks to keep an organism alive. Read More ›
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Walter Myers III
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May 8, 2018
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Problem with “Bad Design” Arguments

Walter Myers III
May 8, 2018
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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In a physical world there will be design constraints, so it is only realistic to expect tradeoffs. Read More ›
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Walter Myers III
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March 22, 2018
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Evolution
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Computer Software Sheds Light on Human and Chimp DNA Similarity

Walter Myers III
March 22, 2018
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Recently I had the opportunity to hear Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer provide an update on the progress and current state of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Statue of Philosophy, Reading Room, Library of Congress, by Carol M. Highsmith, via Flickr.
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Walter Myers III
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May 5, 2017
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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Are Methodological Naturalism and Philosophical Naturalism the Same? A Dissent

Walter Myers III
May 5, 2017
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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In a previous post, I argued that methodological naturalism is a reasonable and neutral working principle limiting everyday science to natural causes. Read More ›
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Walter Myers III
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April 4, 2017
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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In Refusing to Identify a “Designer,” ID Proponents Aren’t Being Coy

Walter Myers III
April 4, 2017
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Each year, my students at Biola University ask the same wholly legitimate question about intelligent design. Read More ›
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Walter Myers III
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February 7, 2017
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Is There a Limit to the Number of a Designer’s Creative Acts?

Walter Myers III
February 7, 2017
Intelligent Design
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Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open video directly Recently, I was listening to Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1068, followed a couple of days later by watching the Tom Cruise movie Oblivion. What does one have to do with the other? Well, the latter includes in the soundtrack the song “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by the 1960s English rock group Procol Harum, and it occurred to me that “A Whiter Shade” may be based on Bach. A little research revealed that the organ countermelody of “A Whiter Shade” is, indeed, based on BWV 1068. The song itself is Read More ›

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Wallpaper background of mars landscape. Generative AI
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Walter Myers III
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January 20, 2017
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Arts
Origin of Life
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Review: In Mars Miniseries, Life Is Discovered on the Red Planet…in 2037!

Walter Myers III
January 20, 2017
Arts, Origin of Life, Planetology
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Last month, the National Geographic Channel completed its heavily promoted six-part miniseries. Read More ›

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