Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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

common design

humpback whale
humpback whale
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Date
July 13, 2023
Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Pentadactyl Whale Flipper Is an Engineering Masterstroke

Science & Culture
July 13, 2023
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Does the five-digit design of the whale flipper, akin to the five-digit design of so many different kinds of animal limbs, point to evolutionary common descent? Read More ›
dependency graph
Image: A dependency graph, by c4ristian, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
August 9, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Yes, Winston Ewert’s Dependency Graph Is a Real Model

Emily Reeves
August 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
The fact that known natural biological processes can produce non-tree-like patterns is problematic not for ID proponents but for proponents of common ancestry. Read More ›
cherries
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
August 8, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Science
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Just How Well Does That Cherry-Picked Data Fit an Evolutionary Tree?

Emily Reeves
August 8, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Science
3
The tree-like pattern from the dataset was not very strong. Of course, if you shuffle it, it looks strong compared to randomness. Read More ›
gibbon
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
August 4, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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I Got Critiqued by YouTuber Gutsick Gibbon

Emily Reeves
August 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
6
Erika is pursuing her Master’s of Research in Primate Biology, Behavior and Conservation and is the creator of hundreds of punchy, entertaining YouTube videos. Read More ›
Mexican free-tailed bats
Photo: Mexican free-tailed bats, by dizfunkshinal, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
April 30, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

Casey Luskin
April 30, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›
Man playing chess with monkey
Paul Nelson
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
February 14, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›
Rafting monkey
Photo: Rafting monkey, by Jdlrobson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
January 13, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Return of the Rafting Monkeys: Why Biogeography Is No Friend of Common Descent

Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
Evolutionists have to propose, for instance, that Old World monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America on a natural raft. Read More ›
Dawkins
Dawkins
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 3, 2021
Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

Casey Luskin
September 3, 2021
Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›
zebrafish
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
June 3, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Revealing Darrel Falk’s Overstatements about Limb Bones in Fish Fins

Casey Luskin
June 3, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The interpretation of the results as showing “latent” genetic capabilities has teleological overtones that are compatible with intelligent design. Read More ›
Casey Luskin
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
January 19, 2021
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Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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I’m Excited to Return to Discovery Institute to Find Intelligent Design Stronger Than Ever!

Casey Luskin
January 19, 2021
Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Science Education
16
Over the past few years, I’ve seen ID critics advance some wild and amusing conspiracy theories about the reasons for my departure and absence. Read More ›

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