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
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
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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Physics

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Denyse O’Leary
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November 7, 2023
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Evolution
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Could Evolution Give Us Free Will?

Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2023
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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November 6, 2023
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Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in an Intelligently Designed World

Andrew McDiarmid
November 6, 2023
Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Physics
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As Hedin puts it, “The universe reveals who we are by allowing us to make free choices.” In other words, the ball is in our court. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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November 1, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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Understanding the Limits of Scientism

Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed.  Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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October 31, 2023
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Ethics
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Eccentric Theories of Consciousness Are Tolerated; But Why?

Denyse O’Leary
October 31, 2023
Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The strangest imaginable theory, quantum mechanics, has turned out to be the most experimentally reliable. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
October 16, 2023
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Nature Reflects an Intelligent Design — But Also a Moral One

Eric Hedin
October 16, 2023
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Human beings must have freedom of choice if our actions are to have any meaning beyond the impersonal and predictable outcomes governed by the laws of physics. Read More ›
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Photo: Galaxy ESO 300-16, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 11, 2023
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Kepler’s Pursuit of a Mathematical Cosmology

Andrew McDiarmid
September 11, 2023
Astronomy, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Dr. Travis tracks the progression of Kepler’s ideas to show how he became a key figure in the transition from ancient astronomy to a true celestial physics. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 10, 2023
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Cosmology
Epistemology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Meyer: “God and Science, or No God and No Science”

David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2023
Cosmology, Epistemology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Back in 2021, Stephen Meyer talked with UC San Diego cosmologist and “devout agnostic” Brian Keating. Read More ›
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 7, 2023
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Faith & Science
Mathematics
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Thinking God’s Thoughts: Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

Andrew McDiarmid
September 7, 2023
Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Melissa Cain Travis traces the intellectual pedigree of Johannes Kepler’s ideas all the way back to the ancients. Read More ›
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Granville Sewell
Date
August 29, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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How the Supernatural Entered Science

Granville Sewell
August 29, 2023
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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I recently came across a nice little video which seems to prove that π = 0. Each step seems reasonable. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 20, 2023
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Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning

Denyse O’Leary
August 20, 2023
Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Read More ›

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