Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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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 58 | Discovering Design in Nature

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Eric Hedin
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December 24, 2024
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What If? The Threat of Sentient AGI

Eric Hedin
December 24, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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John West brings a word of caution to public health policies espoused by Francis Collins. Collins succinctly illustrates an example of unbalanced morality. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
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December 24, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
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No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

Günter Bechly
December 24, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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December 23, 2024
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Evolution
Origin of Life
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Information, Entropy, and the First Life

Andrew McDiarmid
December 23, 2024
Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Some push back with the argument that the Earth is an open system, gaining energy from the sun. Is that a workaround for a naturalistic account of life? Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
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December 23, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Three Thousand Years of Darwinism

Neil Thomas
December 23, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science
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I began to suspect that Darwinism was being taught at school in a somewhat philosophically decontextualized way, lacking historical background. Read More ›
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Photo: Bret Weinstein, by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
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December 23, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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No. 10 Story of 2024: Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is Cutting Edge

David Klinghoffer
December 23, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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December 22, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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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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Andrew McDiarmid
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December 21, 2024
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Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physics
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Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?

Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2024
Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physics
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Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer thinks David Hume’s argument against miracles is weak. Read More ›
Nakridletia
Image: Strashila, redrawn by Bechly after Grimaldi & Engel 2005, fig. 12.6.
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Günter Bechly
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December 20, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Nakridletia — The Rise and Fall (and Possible Resurrection) of a Fossil Insect Order

Günter Bechly
December 20, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Paleontology
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So, were strashilids a distinct order of parasitic insects or just aquatic flies? Read More ›
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Guillermo Gonzalez
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December 19, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding

Guillermo Gonzalez
December 19, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities. Read More ›
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Jonathan Witt
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December 19, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Foundations
Intelligent Design
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Evolutionary Flimflam: Watch Out for These Common Parlor Tricks in Science Reporting

Jonathan Witt
December 19, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Foundations, Intelligent Design
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I suspect the average person comes to accept modern evolutionary theory through a near-constant drip of pro-evolution propaganda. Read More ›

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