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
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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
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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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Evolution

Robert J. Marks
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January 10, 2022
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Study Evolution’s Information Problem with Engineer Robert Marks — and Save Over 50 Percent!

Science & Culture
January 10, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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How does information theory challenge Darwinian evolution? And how can the methods of probability be used to assess key evolutionary claims? Read More ›
Erasmus Darwin
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Neil Thomas
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January 9, 2022
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The Legacy of Erasmus Darwin

Neil Thomas
January 9, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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Erasmus even touched on the theory of natural selection when he concluded that the strongest and most active animals would propagate the species. Read More ›
Lyell_1840
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Neil Thomas
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January 8, 2022
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Darwin’s John the Baptist

Neil Thomas
January 8, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Geology, Life Sciences
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Catastrophism viewed the planet as having been molded by forces far more powerful than any observable at the present day. Read More ›
HMS_Beagle_by_Conrad_Martens
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Neil Thomas
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January 7, 2022
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The Evolution of Natural Selection

Neil Thomas
January 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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Remarkably, Darwin’s evolutionary ideas did not derive from his empirical observations in the South Seas or anywhere else. Read More ›
DNA
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January 7, 2022
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NYU Scientists Confuse Artificial Selection with Darwinism

Science & Culture
January 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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It should be obvious: if you are controlling the mutations and selecting the outcomes, you are not doing Darwinism. Read More ›
chemistry flasks
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January 6, 2022
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Evolution
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A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old Ones

Science & Culture
January 6, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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It is an interesting finding, but as Wells explains, it is far from the first problem discovered with the experiment, nor the most serious one. Read More ›
Denis Diderot
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Neil Thomas
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January 6, 2022
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Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention?

Neil Thomas
January 6, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Denis Diderot mooted the possibility of a creature evolving through habitual functioning into another form of life altogether. Read More ›
bacterial flagellum
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Casey Luskin
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January 6, 2022
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Biology
Engineering
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Intelligent Design
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Third Paper Presenting an Engineering Analysis of the Flagellum Makes the Case for Intelligent Design

Casey Luskin
January 6, 2022
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A diagram in the paper — showing interactions in terms of engineering schematics — is unlike any description of the flagellum that I’ve seen. Read More ›
T-Rex
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Casey Luskin
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January 5, 2022
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Evolution
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Paleontology
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Yes, the Punctuated Equilibrium Model Was Developed to Explain the Lack of Transitional Fossils

Casey Luskin
January 5, 2022
Evolution, Geology, Paleontology
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Why would Eldredge and Gould propose such a model? Because they knew the data showed that potential transitional fossils are an extreme rarity. Read More ›
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Richard Weikart
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January 4, 2022
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Bioethics
Biology
Ecology
Ethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Remembering E. O. Wilson and Sociobiology 

Richard Weikart
January 4, 2022
Bioethics, Biology, Ecology, Ethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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"Wilson is — if his worldview is correct — just as much living a lie as those religionists that he castigates." Read More ›

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