Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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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Jonathan Witt

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Archaeology

conodonts
Photo: Conodonts from the Triassic of India, Goel 1977, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
June 9, 2023
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Archaeology
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Gupta Scandal

Günter Bechly
June 9, 2023
Archaeology, Evolution, Geology, Paleontology
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The greatest scientific fraud of the 20th century is not so well known outside of professional paleontologist circles. Read More ›
Homo naledi
Photo credit: Lee Roger Berger research team, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
June 7, 2023
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Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023
Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 14, 2023
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Archaeology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Livestream the Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

David Klinghoffer
February 14, 2023
Archaeology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Our 2023 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, this coming Friday and Saturday, is quite different from past years. Read More ›
Dalls Conference
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
February 2, 2023
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Archaeology
Bioethics
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
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Dallas Conference: What Does “The Science” Really Say about Faith?

David Klinghoffer
February 2, 2023
Archaeology, Bioethics, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design
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This year's conference, February 17 and 18, will tackle subjects we haven't explored before, including archaeology, transgenderism, and tech addiction. Read More ›
Greyfriars Bobby
Photo: Greyfriars Bobby, by IrenicRhonda, via Flickr (cropped).
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Date
September 10, 2022
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Archaeology
Evolution
Genetics
Science
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Can Myths About Dogs Tell Us About Their Origins?

Science & Culture
September 10, 2022
Archaeology, Evolution, Genetics, Science
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A French historian studies the relationship between ancient stories told about dogs and information from genetics and archaeology. Read More ›
LIDAR scan
Image: A LIDAR scan, © Heiko Prümers / DAI.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
June 22, 2022
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Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Paleontology
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Detected: Intelligent Designs in the Amazon Jungle

David Coppedge
June 22, 2022
Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Paleontology
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With LIDAR technology, the angle of incidence of a signal can reveal designs hiding in plain sight. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Guy.Baroz, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
March 29, 2022
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Archaeology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Design Inference: Stone Structures Were Intelligently Arranged, Though We Don’t Know by Whom

David Coppedge
March 29, 2022
Archaeology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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There are hundreds of these structures. They extend over much of the Middle East: Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Read More ›
Rosetta Stone
Photo: The Rosetta Stone, by ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stephen C. Meyer
Date
March 25, 2022
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Archaeology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Logic of Design Detection

Stephen C. Meyer
March 25, 2022
Archaeology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Rational agents often detect the prior activity of other designing minds by the character of the effects they leave behind. Read More ›
Dembski
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Author
Paul Nelson
Date
June 16, 2021
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Archaeology
Biology
Intelligent Design
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What Got My Attention about Intelligent Design

Paul Nelson
June 16, 2021
Archaeology, Biology, Intelligent Design
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Bill Dembski pointed out that design detection, far from being an esoteric inference, lay in fact at the center of many normal human inquiries and activities. Read More ›
alien life
alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Paul Nelson
Date
January 28, 2021
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Archaeology
Physical Sciences
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More on Avi Loeb’s Approach to Design Inferences

Paul Nelson
January 28, 2021
Archaeology, Physical Sciences
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Loeb’s argument represents the most salient example of risky intelligent design reasoning in mainstream science. Read More ›

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