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How Earth is Designed for Human Technology

Is all this a coincidence? We think that’s a stretch. One or two fortunate parameters might be called a fluke. Read More ›
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Farewell to Daniel Dennett

Dennett noted that Paul Nelson and I were in the audience and would be speaking at Tufts that evening on intelligent design. Read More ›
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Science Paper: Use Artificial Intelligence to Challenge Evolution

The authors conclude, "It seems remote that AI would conclude that it is ‘turtles all the way down’.” Read More ›
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Leveraging the Design Inference for Effectively Falsifying Data

The academy raises generation after generation of inept data falsifiers who embrace the foolish naiveté that their shenanigans are immune to discovery. Read More ›
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New Study Reveals Secrets of Honey Bee Waggle Dance

There are several factors that make detecting direction challenging for the observing bees. One is that the dances take place inside a dark hive. Read More ›
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Slouching Toward Totalitarianism — How to Fight Science Censorship

Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas Read More ›
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“Irreducible Complexity” in the News

In a loose sense, America may be “irreducibly complex” but NPR sure is not. And “diverse”? America is, but NPR certainly isn’t.  Read More ›
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Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views

Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design. Read More ›
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Ignorance of Evolutionary Theory as a “Superpower”

Early in her career, Celeste Nelson tried to publish a paper on chicken lung development. The reviewers were not very interested in her findings. Read More ›
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Did Consciousness Evolve?

Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Read More ›

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