Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
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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Jonathan Witt

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Physics

Einstein-and-Lemaître
Photo: Einstein and Lemaître in the street, Pasadena, CA, January 1932. AP. Photographer unknown.
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Granville Sewell
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January 30, 2025
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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
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Georges Lemaȋtre’s Hidden God

Granville Sewell
January 30, 2025
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology
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Was Lemaȋtre, who certainly believed in God, suggesting that God deliberately hides himself from us, or just acknowledging the paradox? Read More ›
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Photo credit: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Granville Sewell
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January 29, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

Granville Sewell
January 29, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology
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If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
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January 28, 2025
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Biology
Faith & Science
Linguistics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take

Eric Hedin
January 28, 2025
Biology, Faith & Science, Linguistics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature. Read More ›
multiverse
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Brian Miller
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January 24, 2025
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
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The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

Brian Miller
January 24, 2025
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics
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In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
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January 20, 2025
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History of Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Conservation of Information: The History of an Idea

William A. Dembski
January 20, 2025
History of Science, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Conservation of information” is a term that appears in both the physics and the computer science literature. Read More ›
Omega=Centauri
Photo: Omega Centauri, X-ray:, by NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA; IR:NASA/JPL/Caltech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N.
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Eric Hedin
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January 13, 2025
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025
Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›
Multiverse
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Andrew McDiarmid
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January 9, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Feder, Zimmer on the Boltzmann Brain Problem and the Measure Problem

Andrew McDiarmid
January 9, 2025
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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If a grand multiverse contains everything that’s possible, it ends up explaining nothing. Read More ›
trilobite
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Granville Sewell
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January 9, 2025
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Chemistry
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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To Reject Intelligent Design, Here’s What You Have to Believe

Granville Sewell
January 9, 2025
Chemistry, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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The prevailing view in science today is that physics explains all of chemistry, and chemistry explains all of biology. Read More ›
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Photo: Puget Sound from West Seattle, by David Klinghoffer.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 23, 2024
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Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Information, Entropy, and the First Life

Andrew McDiarmid
December 23, 2024
Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Some push back with the argument that the Earth is an open system, gaining energy from the sun. Is that a workaround for a naturalistic account of life? Read More ›
David-Hume
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Andrew McDiarmid
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December 21, 2024
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Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physics
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Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?

Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2024
Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physics
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Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer thinks David Hume’s argument against miracles is weak. Read More ›

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