Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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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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
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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Michael Egnor
Date
March 8, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution

Michael Egnor
March 8, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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Despite Miller's claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes. Read More ›
Aristotle
Photo: Bust of Aristotle, Museo Nazionale Romano, by Nick Thompson, via Flickr (cropped).
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Michael Egnor
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March 6, 2023
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Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

Michael Egnor
March 6, 2023
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Read More ›
Carl Sagan
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Granville Sewell
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March 5, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Technology
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Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

Granville Sewell
March 5, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology
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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Read More ›
Hemiphlebiidae
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Günter Bechly
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March 3, 2023
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Chemistry
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Fossil Damselflies Challenges Darwinism

Günter Bechly
March 3, 2023
Chemistry, Evolution, Paleontology, Physics
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In the hard sciences such explanations that can explain everything and rule out no possible observations are usually considered empirically empty and worthless. Read More ›
Alhambra
Photo: Architectural detail, Alhambra palace, Spain, by Yves Remedios, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 9, 2023
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Meyer, Craig, Turek: Examining the Kalam Cosmological Argument

David Klinghoffer
February 9, 2023
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Kalam is a reference to ideas in medieval Islamic philosophy that William Lane Craig singlehandedly did much to revive. Read More ›
spiral galaxy NGC 6872
Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 6872, by NASA/ESO/JPL-Caltech/DSS.
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Paul Nelson
Date
February 6, 2023
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Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman

Paul Nelson
February 6, 2023
Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause. Read More ›
Small Magellanic Cloud
Photo: Small Magellanic Cloud, by NASA, ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA).
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David Klinghoffer
Date
January 30, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Science
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Intelligent Design’s Founding Father

David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Science
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Emily Nordhagen Sandico describes the origins of Thaxton’s book, which had such an influence on Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Phillip Johnson, and others. Read More ›
Compton slide
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David Klinghoffer
Date
January 26, 2023
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Chemistry
Intelligent Design
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Another Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist for Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2023
Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science
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Compton joins fellow Nobel Prize-winning physicists Charles Townes (UC Berkeley) and Brian Josephson (Cambridge University) who have likewise come out for ID. Read More ›
acid mine drainage
Photo: Acid mine drainage, a home for archaea, by Jakec, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
January 24, 2023
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Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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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 ›
consciousness
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 21, 2023
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Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
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Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

Denyse O’Leary
January 21, 2023
Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science, Scientific Reasoning
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In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Read More ›

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