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

biological information

sunset
Photo: Puget Sound from West Seattle, by David Klinghoffer.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 23, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
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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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Image credit: Jo Koster, 1917, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 28, 2024
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Arts
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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An Artist Talks with Dembski about Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
October 28, 2024
Arts, Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Karen Wong began thinking about the “specified qualities that show up in art” and how “those qualities also show up everywhere else in the universe.” Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 16, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
September 16, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
3
The pair discuss the different meanings of the word "evolution" before Meyer gets into one of Darwin’s biggest doubts. Read More ›
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Photo: Opabinia regalis, an animal from the Cambrian Explosion, by Han Zeng, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 28, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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Three Types of Science: Inferential Science

Andrew McDiarmid
July 28, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning
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Kirk Durston explains how such reasoning can be used effectively as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information. Read More ›
DNA
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
February 20, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Atheist Philosopher Explains Why Intelligent Design Is Not a “God of the Gaps” Argument

Jonathan McLatchie
February 20, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Despite our many disagreements, I sincerely appreciate Lowder’s spirit and intellectual honesty. I hope the next generation of secular thinkers follow his lead. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Montsechia vidalii, an early flowering plant fossil from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain, by Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
January 4, 2024
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Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Could Laws of Nature Give Rise to Platonic Forms?

Emily Reeves
January 4, 2024
Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Biologist Michael Denton's structuralist view says that underlying structural principles govern the form of living things. Read More ›
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
December 29, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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No. 4 Story of 2023: On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Called These Researchers’ Bluff

Brian Miller
December 29, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Dr. Tour issued his challenge in reply to the claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›
James Tour
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
December 12, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Cronin-Tour at Harvard: How Researchers Smuggle Design into Their Theories

Brian Miller
December 12, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Cronin presented his Assembly Theory as a framework for understanding life’s origin. I believe he is correct but not in the way he intends. Read More ›
Bayes' Theorem
Bayes' Theorem
Photo: Bayes' Theorem, by mattbuck (category) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0).
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
November 21, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Bayesian Probability and Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide

Andrew McDiarmid
November 21, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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If the phrase “Bayesian calculus” makes you want to run for the hills, you’re not alone! Bayesian logic can sound intimidating at first. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
November 14, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Secrets of the Cell — Behind the Scenes with Michael Behe

Andrew McDiarmid
November 14, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Imagine if Charles Darwin could have peered into one of today’s high-powered microscopes and seen the complexity and function in even the simplest living cells. Read More ›

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