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The Paradox of Biological Reproduction 

Reproduction poses a difficult paradox for materialistic science despite the fact that we see it happen every day. Read More ›
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Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›
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Paper Digest: Application of Animal Forms in Auto Styling

The preeminence of design in nature and the utility of mimicking natural designs is a concept championed by the intelligent design community. Read More ›
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Photo: A Volkswagen ID.4, by harry_nl, via Flickr (cropped).

Intelligent Design Gets Its Own Car

Our colleague Daniel Reeves, a VW fan, points out Volkswagen’s ID series. Yep, it stands for "intelligent design." Read More ›
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Photo: Photo: A tornado, near Elie, Manitoba, Canada, by Justin1569 at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law 

Extremely improbable events must be macroscopically (simply) describable to be forbidden. Read More ›
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Oh-So-Close to Self-Replication

All that is left is to add a factory to the Cornell device so it can produce for itself the molecubes that humans keep building and feeding them. Read More ›
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Tesla factory
Photo: Tesla factory, by Steve Jurvetson / CC BY.

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Short Answer

You don't have time to give a 30-minute answer outlining the different meanings of the word "evolution" and the evidence pro and con for each. Read More ›
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Two Reasons Why a Bad Theory Remains Popular

Science has been so successful explaining other phenomena in terms of purely unintelligent natural forces, why should evolution be so different? Read More ›
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Photo: Tesla factory, by Steve Jurvetson / CC BY.

On the Evolution of Automobiles

In automobile evolution, for example (or in the evolution of software), as in the history of life, we see major new features appear suddenly. Read More ›
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Chance, Necessity, and Design

To properly use the Explanatory Filter, it is vital to identify what exactly one is trying to explain. Take a rusted automobile. Read More ›

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