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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
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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
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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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Jonathan Witt

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Fine-tuning

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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 7, 2024
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Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Michael Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2024
Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Carbon’s suite of life-friendly features is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 2, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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What Is Pseudoscience? A Philosopher Tries to Figure It Out

Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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One is tempted to wonder whether “room for disagreement” is a polite term for Not Yet Cancelled. Read More ›
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Granville Sewell
Date
July 1, 2024
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Introduction to the Scientific Theory of Intelligent Design

Granville Sewell
July 1, 2024
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Darwin’s implausible explanation for evolution has become more and more implausible with every new biological and biochemical discovery. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 26, 2024
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer, Jonathan Pageau: Why Intelligent Design Is Breaking into the Mainstream

David Klinghoffer
June 26, 2024
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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The “experts” undermined their pre-pandemic authority so that many people are willing to take a skeptical look at what prestige science says. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
June 17, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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On Fine-Tuning, Responding to an Atheist YouTuber

Eric Hedin
June 17, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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James Fodor is a neuroscience grad student at the University of Melbourne in Australia who identifies himself as an atheist. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 10, 2024
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan: Design, Atheism, and God

Andrew McDiarmid
June 10, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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There’s a major disconnect between the messaging of popular atheists like Richard Dawkins and reality. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
June 7, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
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Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

Günter Bechly
June 7, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Physical Sciences
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This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 26, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Conviction that ET Is Out There Survives Every Setback

Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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The usual practice in science would rule out mundane explanations first. But clearly, that is a road not taken. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
May 15, 2024
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Cosmology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024
Cosmology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
May 9, 2024
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Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
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Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense

Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2024
Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences
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We all know that plants respond to stimuli, such as flowers opening with the sun or growing toward light. Read More ›

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