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
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
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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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Origin of Life

Steven Weinberg
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Paul Nelson
Date
August 14, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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John Horgan on the Madness of “Scientific Omniscience”

Paul Nelson
August 14, 2023
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
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“As for life, Dawkins’s claim that it is no longer a mystery is absurd. We still don’t have a clue how life began." Read More ›
DNA
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 10, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
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Is Life Just Chemistry, or Chemistry Plus Information?

Denyse O’Leary
August 10, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life
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Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms as something that “does not really belong to science.” Read More ›
DNA
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Carl Linnaeus
Date
August 10, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Origin of Life: The Challenge of Achieving Homochirality with Mineral Surfaces

Carl Linnaeus
August 10, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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There are sound counterarguments to the plethora of schemes that OOL researchers devise in trying to account for how life could have emerged abiotically. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
August 9, 2023
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life

William A. Dembski
August 9, 2023
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 2, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Stephen Meyer: Smoke, Mirrors, and the Origin of Life

Andrew McDiarmid
August 2, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Have scientists made life in a laboratory? Two-thirds of the public think the answer is yes. Read More ›
Tour Meyer
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 31, 2023
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Origin of Life
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“Suspect Science”: Stephen Meyer and James Tour Bring Clarity on the Origin of Life

David Klinghoffer
July 31, 2023
Origin of Life
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Helpfully, Meyer stops Tour again and again and asks for clarification of scientific terms and concepts that might not be obvious to all viewers. Read More ›
Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 30, 2023
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Evolution
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
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In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”

Denyse O’Leary
July 30, 2023
Evolution, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life
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The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any. Read More ›
Lee Cronin
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 26, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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On Origin of Life, Stephen Meyer and James Tour Debunk Researcher Lee Cronin’s Claims

Andrew McDiarmid
July 26, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Have prebiotic chemists made any progress on the sequence specificity problem? None whatsoever, says Dr. Tour. Read More ›
Ford Model T
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Granville Sewell
Date
July 26, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
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The Other Unsolved Problem of Evolution

Granville Sewell
July 26, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology
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"With all our advanced technology, we are not close to producing human-engineered self-replicating machines." Read More ›
Necklace Nebula
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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
July 25, 2023
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Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science Education
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In Summary: Presenting the Evidence for Intelligent Design

Granville Sewell
July 25, 2023
Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science Education
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Since there were no natural causes before nature came into existence, science cannot ever hope to explain this beginning. That is, if ID is excluded. Read More ›

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