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Photo: Galápagos marine iguana, by Datune at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Academic Article Correcting Misconceptions about Evolution Promotes Misconceptions about ID

It’s good to be back at Discovery Institute. Even after my fives years away, I see that some things remain unchanged. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

No Free Lunch for Darwin — The AI Case Against Blind Evolution

Why won’t some scientists admit the information and intelligent design inherent in evolutionary computing? Read More ›
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Photo: Photographic image of a black hole, by Event Horizon Telescope [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Is the Designer a Black Hole?

Supernatural agents that exert natural effects are perfectly valid objects of scientific inquiry. Read More ›
An Interstellar Distributor
Photo: ESO 455-10, a planetary nebula, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Stanghellini.

More Dispatches from the Science/Religion Classroom

Students are adept at spotting the incongruities, double standards, and tendentious arguments that often accompany methodological naturalism. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer
Photo: Stephen Meyer at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Dallas Conference and COVID’s Silver Lining

Just because it says DALLAS Conference in the title, don’t think this great event is limited in any way by geography. Read More ›
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alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Most Valuable Aspect of Avi Loeb’s Intelligent Design Case

The most valuable aspect of his case is the stimulus it provides to the question, "If non-human intelligences exist, how would we detect them?" Read More ›
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A Mousetrap for Blind Evolution, and Larry Moran

Michael Behe also discusses recent research confirming Dollo’s Law, and why that’s bad news for Darwinism. Read More ›
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alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

My Concern About Avi Loeb’s Work in Relation to Intelligent Design

The evidence seems pretty light, at least compared to what we normally expect for a design inference. Read More ›
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Seven Reasons the Soul Can’t Be Turned “Off”

Neuroscientist Michael Egnor notes that the idea of consciousness is "empty," much like the idea of "natural selection" in evolution. Read More ›
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Image: Fermi Spirograph, by NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration.

Jonathan Witt: A Cosmos Charged with Meaning, Purpose — and Genius

The late Phillip Johnson called Dr. Witt's book from InterVarsity Press “a wise and witty romp through the fallacies of reductionism.” Read More ›

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