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
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
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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

Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
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Brian Miller
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April 16, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
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Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

Brian Miller
April 16, 2021
Biology, Evolution
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The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›
Statue of Philosophy
naturalism
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Brian Miller
Date
April 15, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology

Brian Miller
April 15, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism. Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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April 14, 2021
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Evolution
Genetics
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Ten Reasons Why Birds Are Not Living Dinosaurs

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
April 14, 2021
Evolution, Genetics
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Natural selection can explain “the survival of the fittest but not the arrival of the fittest.” Read More ›
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Granville Sewell
Date
April 13, 2021
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Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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A New Interview with Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Granville Sewell
April 13, 2021
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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To those who say ID advocates are only critical of Darwinism because they are not sufficiently versed in genetics, I have a two-word reply. Read More ›
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ribosome
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April 12, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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A Tweet Representing the Core Challenge We Face

Science & Culture
April 12, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Christian Landry is the Principal Investigator of a lab at Laval University in Quebec, doing really interesting work on cellular networks. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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Brian Miller
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April 12, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Scott Turner: New Video Series on His Model for Evolution

Brian Miller
April 12, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Darwin’s ideas have become a flashpoint in the culture, so any discussion of the science can easily become highly polarized and politicized. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
April 10, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Experiments on “Self-Replicating” RNA Indicate the Need for Intelligent Agency in Life’s Origin

Brian Miller
April 10, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Any evolving system of RNAs would quickly include almost exclusively RNAs that performed no biologically useful actions. Read More ›
RNA
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Brian Miller
Date
April 9, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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New Article Purports to Help Explain the Origin of the Genetic Code

Brian Miller
April 9, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Without all of the described investigator interventions, a system of replicating RNAs could never emerge or even sustain itself. Read More ›
hydrothermal vents
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Paul Nelson
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April 8, 2021
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Evolution
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Charles Marshall: Origin of Life Could Have Happened “Millions of Times”

Paul Nelson
April 8, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Charles Marshall at U.C. Berkeley represents establishment opinion in current evolutionary theory, and for good reason. Read More ›

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