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
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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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winter
Photo: Coming "winter" for EA?, by Fabrice Villard via Unsplash.
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Roman V. Yampolskiy
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July 16, 2020
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Evolution
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The State of the Art in Evolutionary Computation

Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 16, 2020
Evolution
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As with early AI, the claims are inflated, unsupported, and the solutions do not scale to real world problems. Perhaps an EA “winter” is long overdue. Read More ›
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Photo: Prehistoric arrowheads, by Gary Todd / CC0.
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Jonathan McLatchie
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July 16, 2020
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Intelligent Design
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The Advantages of a Bayesian Approach to ID

Jonathan McLatchie
July 16, 2020
Intelligent Design
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Lydia McGrew gives the analogy that there is always a possibility that prehistoric civilizations did not have the ability or desire to make arrowheads. Read More ›
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Roman V. Yampolskiy
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July 15, 2020
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Evolution
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On Evolutionary Computation

Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 15, 2020
Evolution
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From the early 1950s, multiple well-documented attempts to make Darwin’s algorithm work on a computer have been published. Read More ›
Mega Millions
Mega Millions
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Jonathan McLatchie
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July 15, 2020
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Intelligent Design
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Applying Bayes’ Theorem to Biological Design

Jonathan McLatchie
July 15, 2020
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy
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Suppose we want to know the odds that a particular individual won last week’s Mega Millions jackpot in the United States. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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July 14, 2020
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Bari Weiss Knows What ID Scientists Already Knew

David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2020
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Advocates of intelligent design have experienced the lengths to which upholders of the “predetermined narrative” will go to punish dissent. Read More ›
Jonathan McLatchie
Jonathan McLatchie
Photo: Jonathan McClatchie (r.) debating Oxford University physical chemist Peter Atkins (l.) in January 2020 (screenshot).
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David Klinghoffer
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July 14, 2020
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Evolution
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Welcome Back, Jonathan McLatchie, and Congratulations!

David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2020
Evolution
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As of January 2020, Jonathan M. is now Dr. Jonathan McLatchie. He earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from the Biosciences Institute at Newcastle University. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
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July 14, 2020
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Epistemology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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A Bayesian Approach to Intelligent Design

Jonathan McLatchie
July 14, 2020
Epistemology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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I have come to think of evidence in Bayesian terms and this has in turn impacted the way I think about the biological arguments for ID. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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Roman V. Yampolskiy
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July 14, 2020
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Evolution
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What Can and Can’t Darwin’s Algorithm Compute?

Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 14, 2020
Evolution
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A number of seminal papers have been published attempting to formalize Darwin’s biological theory from the point of view of computational sciences. Read More ›
Statue of a young Charles Darwin
Statue of a young Charles Darwin
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Robert F. Shedinger
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July 14, 2020
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Biology
Evolution
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Darwinian Mythology in Strickberger’s Evolution

Robert Shedinger
July 14, 2020
Biology, Evolution
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Just because something can be counted as science does not automatically mean that it is true. Read More ›
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C. S. Lewis statue
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July 13, 2020
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Intelligent Design
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Why C. S. Lewis Rejected the “Argument from Undesign”

Science & Culture
July 13, 2020
Intelligent Design
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One contribution Lewis made to the intelligent design project wasn’t a specific argument but the example he set. Read More ›

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