Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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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Constitution
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David Klinghoffer
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September 9, 2021
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Science Reporting
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Luskin at The Federalist — Freedom Is Threatened; Now Will You Listen?

David Klinghoffer
September 9, 2021
Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom
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Critics of Darwinian theory have faced exactly such a campaign — not just recently but going back a couple of decades. Read More ›
Los Angeles
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John G. West
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September 9, 2021
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Bioethics
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Sickening: Darwinian Racism Alive and Well in California

John G. West
September 9, 2021
Bioethics, Evolution
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The vile trope that blacks are somehow closer to apes than other races has deep roots in Darwinian biology and social theory. Read More ›
junk
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Casey Luskin
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September 9, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Pseudogenes Aren’t Nonfunctional Relics that Refute Intelligent Design

Casey Luskin
September 9, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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These claims represent a classic but false “junk DNA” argument against intelligent design. Read More ›
Darwin Tree
Image: Darwin’s Tree (1837), a sketch from his First Notebook on Transmutation of Species, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
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September 8, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Does Tree-Like Data Refute Intelligent Design?

Casey Luskin
September 8, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Computer scientist Winston Ewert applied the concept of “common design” to propose a “dependency graph” model of organismal relationships. Read More ›
Dawkins expelled
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Casey Luskin
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September 7, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Phylogenetic Conflict Is Common and the “Hierarchy” Is Far from “Perfect”

Casey Luskin
September 7, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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It’s simply false for Dawkins to claim that when you compare genes of different animals, they “fall on a perfectly hierarchy — a perfect family tree.” Read More ›
Science Uprising
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September 6, 2021
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Human Origins and Anthropology
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Science Uprising — Returning for Season 2 on September 15

Science and Culture
September 6, 2021
Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences
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The first new episode will look at what science says about the beginning of the universe. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
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September 5, 2021
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For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

Science and Culture
September 5, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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While you are putting away all your white clothing until next summer, take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Thanos
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September 4, 2021
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Infinity War, Human Exceptionalism, and the Ultimate Resource

Science and Culture
September 4, 2021
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology
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For Labor Day weekend, we celebrate the human creative capacity, and analyze a blockbuster movie. Read More ›
Dawkins
Dawkins
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Casey Luskin
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September 3, 2021
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Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

Casey Luskin
September 3, 2021
Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›

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