Tag: astronomer

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Amazon, astronomer, beavers, biochemists, biology, chance, Easter Island, elements, evolution, gods, helium, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, iron picks, Laurence Moran, life, necessity, New York City, Norman Lockyer, Occam’s razor, On the Origin of Species, parsimony, skyscraper, smartphones, special creation, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, stone hammers, Stonehenge, will}

How Did the Designer Do It?

_{Daniel Witt
July 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 15, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 'Oumuamua, aliens, astronomer, astrophysicist, Avi Loeb, design detection, design filter, explanatory filter, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials, Harvard University, intelligent design, Live Science, Michael Egnor, podcast, solar system, William A. Dembski}

Avi Loeb: “Nature Does Not Produce Such Things”

_{Science and Culture
January 15, 2021

Physical Sciences

2}

Loeb describes his journey to a radical position on the strange interstellar visitor that’s been dubbed 'Oumuamua. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 21, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, aliens, astronomer, chess, Darwinism, intelligent design, John Gribbin, Kepler, Martin Rees, Richard Dawkins, The Privileged Planet}

A Privileged Planet — with Space Aliens

_{David Klinghoffer
December 21, 2011

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

1}

Cosmologist John Gribbin cleverly inoculates himself against any suspicion -- which would naturally come up given his thesis -- of harboring thoughts of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 21, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, astronomer, chess, Darwinism, intelligent design, Martin Rees, Massimo Pigliucci, Paul Nelson}

Darwin Apologists: “We’ve Got It All Figured Out.” Astronomer Martin Rees: “Not So Fast.”

_{David Klinghoffer
December 21, 2011

Evolution, Life Sciences

1}

"Consider an analogy -- suppose you'd never seen chess being played, you could, by watching a few games, infer the rules..." Read More ›