Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Did Nathan Lents Refute Design?

Today our knowledge of the eye’s design is far more detailed. Particularly striking are the incredible mechanisms at the molecular level. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA/Bill Dunford.

By Design? Meteors Deliver Iron for Habitability

Unexpected benefits may come from a steady rain of meteoric dust onto the planet. Read More ›
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Photo: An Arctic tern, by AWeith, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Watch: Animal Algorithms and the Bluff of Darwinism

Human navigation technology is just catching up to what animals like these can do by instinct. Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
Image: Eugenie Scott, via YouTube (screenshot).

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›
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Photo: Sophia the robot, by tk.

Robert J. Marks on Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Read More ›
Marcelo Gleiser
Photo: Marcelo Gleiser, by Gleiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Science Disprove Free Will? A Physicist Says No

Marcelo Gleiser notes that the mind is not a solar system with strict deterministic laws. Read More ›
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The Eye: A Classic Example of Natural Design

Even Charles Darwin, after publishing his theory of evolution, privately admitted “The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder.” Read More ›
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human origins
Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards 

This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature. Read More ›
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Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
Photo: Eugenie Scott, by Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›

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