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
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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
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
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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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Fine-tuning

Bayes'-Theorem
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
February 11, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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When Building Our Case for Intelligent Design, How Should We Think About Prior Probability?

Jonathan McLatchie
February 11, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Bayes’s theorem is a tool for modeling our evaluation of evidences to appropriately apportion the confidence in our conclusions to the strength of the evidence. Read More ›
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Author
Larry Sanger
Date
February 11, 2025
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Technology
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Re-Examining the Arguments for the Existence of God

Larry Sanger
February 11, 2025
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Technology
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I was impressed by a lecture by philosopher of science and well-known apologist Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
multiverse
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Brian Miller
Date
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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Stephen Dilley
Date
January 16, 2025
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Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Technology
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Design Writ Large: CSC Fellows on “Science, Mathematics, and Technology”

Stephen Dilley
January 16, 2025
Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Technology
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Bill Dembski led by explaining rigorous means to detect design, including a refined understanding of specified complexity. Read More ›
Omega=Centauri
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Eric Hedin
Date
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 ›
trilobite
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Granville Sewell
Date
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
5
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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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 6, 2025
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Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Rejecting the Multiverse: Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer

Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2025
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
3
It can be tempting to dismiss the idea of the multiverse as unobservable fantasy. Read More ›
NGC-602
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 22, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Physicists Want to Put Cosmic Design to the Test

Denyse O’Leary
December 22, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Their thesis is based on cosmic inflation theory and on the behavior of dark matter. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 16, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Meyer: Can There Be a Theory of Everything?

Andrew McDiarmid
December 16, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer discusses two of the crucial arguments of his latest book. Read More ›
multiverse
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Date
December 12, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning

Science & Culture
December 12, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought. Read More ›

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