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

Category

Fine-tuning

Monoceros
multiverse
Image: Monoceros ("Unicorn") constellation, by Sidney Hall [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 7, 2017
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Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
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Question for Multiverse Theorists: To What Can Science Appeal if Not Evidence?

Denyse O’Leary
September 7, 2017
Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science
10
They could just as well say that whatever created horses created unicorns, too. Read More ›
Infinity Room
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 22, 2017
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Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
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The Multiverse Is Science’s Assisted Suicide

Denyse O’Leary
August 22, 2017
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences
7
Cosmologists sense the problem and strive to rescue their multiverse from the nagging demands for evidence. Read More ›
Just like home
Photo: NGC 2500, a barred spiral galaxy, by ESA/Hubble/NASA.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 1, 2017
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Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Metaphysics
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Cosmic Inflation Theory Loses Hangups About Scientific Method

Denyse O’Leary
August 1, 2017
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Metaphysics
7
Science writer Dennis Overbye calls the inflation controversy a crisis in cosmology. But maybe it is more of a crossroads. Read More ›
strings
string theory
Image credit: parameter_bond, via Flickr.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 19, 2017
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Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
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Post-Modern Physics: String Theory Gets Over the Need for Evidence

Denyse O’Leary
July 19, 2017
Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences
6
String theory, which took root in the 1970s, proposes that “all objects in our universe are composed of vibrating filaments (strings) and membranes (branes) of energy.” Read More ›
Crab Nebula
universe
Image: Crab Nebula, via NASA, ESA, NRAO/AUI/NSF and G. Dubner (University of Buenos Aires).
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Date
July 3, 2017
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Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Science
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Bubble Universes, Inflationary Cosmology, and Infinitesimal Odds

Science & Culture
July 3, 2017
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Science
1
How many ways will naturalists find to evade the implications of cosmic fine tuning? Read More ›
Active Galactic Nucleus
evidence
Image credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 14, 2017
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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What Becomes of Science When the Evidence Does Not Matter?

Denyse O’Leary
June 14, 2017
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
5
Fine-tuning of the universe is so unpleasant a subject for materialists that it cannot really become a controversy. Read More ›
Privileged-Planet
Photo: Earth as seen from Apollo 10, May 18, 1969, via NASA.
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
June 6, 2017
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Science
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Sean McDowell’s “Five Game-Changing Books” Include This ID Classic

Jonathan Witt
June 6, 2017
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Science
3
McDowell is a Christian apologist, but his latest suggestions for summer reading aren't all, or even mostly, apologetics. Read More ›
cold spot
multiverse
Galaxy UGC 12591, by ESA/Hubble & NASA.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 22, 2017
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Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Science
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A Cold Spot In Space — “Evidence” of a Multiverse?

David Klinghoffer
May 22, 2017
Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Science
5
It’s the single dreamiest, most unsupported idea in all of science, making Darwinian evolution look like a really solid bet by comparison. Read More ›
MIT campus
MIT campus
Campus of MIT, by Madcoverboy at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
March 22, 2017
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Asking the Right Questions: My Visit to Brown University and MIT

Brian Miller
March 22, 2017
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics
4
On a trip to Northeast campuses, I had the privilege of speaking to students about the evidence for design in nature. Read More ›
Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails
Ford Model T
Photo source: William Creswell, Ford Model T Tourabout, c. 1910, via Flickr.
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Author
Steve Laufmann
Date
March 9, 2017
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Engineering
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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The Designed Body, Continued: Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails

Steve Laufmann
March 9, 2017
Engineering, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
11
Suppose I want to build a car that’s capable of getting me from point A to point B. It minimally takes several dozen parts. Read More ›

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