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
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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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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Daniel Witt
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Evolution

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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
August 10, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Let’s Do Assumption-Free Science! Some Concluding Thoughts on Gutsick Gibbon’s Challenge

Emily Reeves
August 10, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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What ID proponents are encouraging in the greater scientific community is honesty about the fact that both design and ancestry can create genetic similarity. Read More ›
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Emily Reeves
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August 9, 2022
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Yes, Winston Ewert’s Dependency Graph Is a Real Model

Emily Reeves
August 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The fact that known natural biological processes can produce non-tree-like patterns is problematic not for ID proponents but for proponents of common ancestry. Read More ›
cherries
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Emily Reeves
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August 8, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Science
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Just How Well Does That Cherry-Picked Data Fit an Evolutionary Tree?

Emily Reeves
August 8, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Science
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The tree-like pattern from the dataset was not very strong. Of course, if you shuffle it, it looks strong compared to randomness. Read More ›
Octopus tetricus
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August 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

Science & Culture
August 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists. Read More ›
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Emily Reeves
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August 5, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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Why Their Separate Ancestry Model Is “Wildly Unrealistic”

Emily Reeves
August 5, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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On Monday, I will look at the consistency of the phylogenetically informative sites for the Baum et al. (2016) paper. Spoiler alert: It looks like design. Read More ›
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Emily Reeves
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August 4, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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I Got Critiqued by YouTuber Gutsick Gibbon

Emily Reeves
August 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Erika is pursuing her Master’s of Research in Primate Biology, Behavior and Conservation and is the creator of hundreds of punchy, entertaining YouTube videos. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
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Neil Thomas
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August 2, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Darwin, Group Think, and Confirmation Bias

Neil Thomas
August 2, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science
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How was Darwinian theory, despite its lack of empirical support or even semblance of verisimilitude, able to advance to its present position of orthodoxy? Read More ›
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July 31, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Political Science
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John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

Science & Culture
July 31, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Political Science
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Darwin’s materialistic theory of evolution drained meaning from nature, undercut the idea of inherent human dignity, and fueled the rise of scientific racism. Read More ›
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Michael Behe
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July 29, 2022
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Evolution
Physics
Science
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Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

Michael Behe
July 29, 2022
Evolution, Physics, Science
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Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Read More ›
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Rob Stadler
Date
July 29, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Energy Harnessing and Blind Faith in Natural Selection

Rob Stadler
July 29, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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The latest animated video from Long Story Short explains the complex requirements for energy harnessing in life. Read More ›

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