Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
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
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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

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Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 12, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

Denyse O’Leary
November 12, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 6, 2025
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Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Could Neanderthals Create Art, or Were They Not Evolved Enough?

Denyse O’Leary
November 6, 2025
Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Materialists have long sought to show that Neanderthals were less mentally evolved than modern humans. Read More ›
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Helping hands, care for the elderly concept
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 5, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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As Evidence of a Soul, Charles Murray and Steven Pinker Debate Terminal Lucidity

Denyse O’Leary
November 5, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
7
Pinker himself is fresh from getting a book tour Canceled by a humanist group. He’s apparently not one of the atheist heroes any more. Read More ›
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Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 22, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
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In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology
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This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›
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Conceptual art journey to dream. Step into another world, Inside of brain, fantasy, escape from life concept. Made with Generative AI
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 20, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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From Charles Murray to Dan Brown, the Culture Is Maturing Toward the Immortal Mind

David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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The existence of an immaterial reality, a soul, or a genome, is a concept that has been bubbling up, independently, across a range of minds. Read More ›
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The interior of ancient buildings in the Qin and Han dynasties of China
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Author
Bruce Gordon
Date
October 3, 2025
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Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

Bruce Gordon
October 3, 2025
Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Searle’s most famous argument is undoubtedly the Chinese Room argument, first presented in his essay “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980). Read More ›
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People gathered around the red navigation pointer pin. Meeting place concept. A long awaited meeting, a company of friends, acquaintance via the Internet. Event or holiday. Organization of joint trip
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 29, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Are We Looking for Consciousness in the “Wrong Part” of the Brain?

Denyse O’Leary
September 29, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Al of this reasoning assumes that human consciousness — the human mind — is local. Located in one single place. It probably isn’t. Read More ›
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Laboratory Mouse
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 9, 2025
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Even in Mice, Decision-Making Is More Complex than We Thought

Denyse O’Leary
September 9, 2025
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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If it’s this complex in mice, what are we to make of simplistic representations of human thinking in pop psychology textbooks? Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 8, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
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Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science
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What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 8, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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Near-Death Experiences Cannot Just Be Explained Away

Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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In some cases, patients who had NDEs while in a state of clinical death report dates and numbers that are later found to be accurate, Read More ›

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