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Listen: Stephen Meyer Takes on All Challenges

We’ve been sharing some of our favorite recent interviews with the author. In our final entry, enjoy 30 minutes of Dr. Meyer in fine form. Read More ›
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Photo: Charles Darwin, enthroned, by Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Stephen Meyer on Darwin’s Other Doubt

Listen to a probing conversation about the growing evidence for intelligent design and the scientific and philosophical problems with Darwinian materialism. Read More ›
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Nautilus at S.E.A. Aquarium, Singapore
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Here Is What We Mean by Intelligent Design (And What We Don’t)

Some ID supporters agree with universal common descent, but many ID supporters argue against the idea that all life shares a common ancestor. Read More ›
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Dangerous Skating: Kauffman, Jaeger, and Roli on the Need for a New Teleology

Openly breaking with naturalism can get one dispatched to the gulag of intelligent design. For most scholars, that is a one-way trip to academic Siberia. Read More ›
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Photo: Galápagos finch, by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›
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Paul Nelson: Freeing Minds Trapped in a Naturalistic Parabola

Philosopher of biology Paul Nelson talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about pursuing intelligent design theory in a science culture committed to naturalism. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents
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Troubles with the Tree of Life

Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, Seth Hart: Answering Philosophical Objections to Intelligent Design

Think of it: a Hindu moderating a conversation between two Christian philosophers about science and faith — fascinating. Read More ›
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Ultra-Conserved Elements: New Paper, Same Old Results

UCEs are conserved structures that are not functionally constrained. Yet there is not so much as a hint of a problem for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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