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
David Berlinski
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
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

Topic

Alfred Russel Wallace

Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
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January 4, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Who’s the Father of Intelligent Design? Find Out on Friday

Science & Culture
January 4, 2021
Intelligent Design
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One of the greatest naturalists of the 19th century, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) co-discovered evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
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Michael Flannery
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November 11, 2020
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Evolution
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What We Can Learn from Darwin

Michael Flannery
November 11, 2020
Evolution
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We hear a lot of talk these days about “following the science.” But science rarely speaks with one unified voice. Read More ›
Carl Sagan
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Cornelius Hunter
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October 27, 2020
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Evolution
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When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science

Cornelius Hunter
October 27, 2020
Evolution
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Here is a small, representative sampling of such claims over the past three centuries. These claims are not from science, but they drive science. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 21, 2020
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Bioethics
Evolution
Fine-tuning
History of Science
Human Exceptionalism
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Disagreeing Agreeably — A Timely Lesson from Darwin and Wallace

David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020
Bioethics, Evolution, Fine-tuning, History of Science, Human Exceptionalism
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Adults across the board engage in public fights where the personal destruction of ideological enemies is always a ready weapon. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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October 15, 2020
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Evolution
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How Darwin’s Worldview Shaped Darwin’s Theory

Science & Culture
October 15, 2020
Evolution
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It was at Edinburgh University that he first encountered radical philosophical materialism, which laid the philosophical foundation for his work in evolution. Read More ›
glassy carbon
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Author
Michael Denton
Date
October 14, 2020
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Biochemistry
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Excerpt — The Chosen Atom

Michael Denton
October 14, 2020
Biochemistry, Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Many have believed (and many still do believe) that Darwin drove teleology out of biology forever. Read More ›
Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 29, 2020
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
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Thomas Reid — Recovering Another ID Ancestor

David Klinghoffer
September 29, 2020
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
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“There’s little doubt in my mind that Reid if he were alive today would be part of the intelligent design movement.” Read More ›
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace, by George Beccaloni / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Michael Flannery
Date
September 9, 2020
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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When Alfred Russel Wallace Spoke to Me

Michael Flannery
September 9, 2020
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind” to take in what Wallace had to tell me. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
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September 5, 2020
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Evolution
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For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

Science & Culture
September 5, 2020
Evolution
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Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
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September 4, 2020
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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A. R. Wallace Is Evolution’s Last Man Standing

Science & Culture
September 4, 2020
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Only Wallace’s postulation of an “Overruling Intelligence” to explain the complexities of humanity and nature has stood the test of time. Read More ›

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