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Doug Axe
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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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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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Carl Linnaeus
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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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Science and Culture Today | Page 258 | Discovering Design in Nature

Carina-Nebula
Photo credit: Carina Nebula, by James Webb Space Telescope via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.
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David Klinghoffer
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July 14, 2022
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer: How Misunderstood Science Drives Religious Disbelief

David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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What a shame that the scientific mainstream has done such a poor job of communicating its own discoveries to the public. Read More ›
octopus
Photo credit: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 14, 2022
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If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?

Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds). Read More ›
Mother Earth
Image: Mother Earth, by Glyptothek, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Neil Thomas
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July 14, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Darwin’s Goddess: Natural Selection as “Divine Surrogate”

Neil Thomas
July 14, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science
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When parsed carefully, the metaphorical structure of Darwin’s argumentation emerges as little less than a periphrastic description of the goddess Natura. Read More ›
Cambrian explosion
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David Coppedge
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July 13, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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On Cambrian Explosion, Biology Journal’s Special Issue Betrays Cause for Darwin Doubts

David Coppedge
July 13, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The strength of a theory can be gauged by how well it stands up to attacks and how well it incorporates new evidence. Read More ›
computer repair shop
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Amanda Witt
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July 13, 2022
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The Difference Between Humans and Machines

Amanda Witt
July 13, 2022
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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Why do news headlines continually suggest that AI is practically human already, and soon will become fully human? Read More ›
Non-Computable-You
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David Klinghoffer
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July 13, 2022
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Marks, Dembski: AI Hype and the “Illusion of Possibility”

David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2022
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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The materialist agenda is served by AI hype, while the human mission is damaged. And that is what is at stake. Read More ›
Sophia the Robot
Photo credit: Sophia the Robot with Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of United Nations, by UNCTAD, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Robert J. Marks II
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July 12, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Technology
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Hyping Artificial Intelligence with Seductive Optics and the Frankenstein Complex

Robert J. Marks II
July 12, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting, Technology
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Some of the panicky AI-will-take-over-the-world talk grows out of seductive optics — that is, the AI packaging. Read More ›
Arecibo
intellignet design
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July 12, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Carl Sagan’s Love/Hate Relationship with Intelligent Design

Science and Culture
July 12, 2022
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Philosopher of science Paul Nelson explores an intriguing tension in the thinking of the famous scientist and science popularizer. Read More ›
gram negative bacteria
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David Coppedge
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July 12, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Scientists Reveal Bacterial T4SS “Biogenesis Machinery”

David Coppedge
July 12, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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With cryo-electron microscopy, scientists have zoomed in on a molecular machine that is very different from the Type III Secretion System. Read More ›
The Matrix
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July 11, 2022
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Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Physicist: Why the “Alien Simulation” Hypothesis Is Bunk

Science and Culture
July 11, 2022
Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Assuming that the regression does not continue endlessly, only the First Simulator is real. But then, why do any simulators even bother? Read More ›

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