Tag: Discovery Institute

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
November 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial networks, behaviorism, brains, chatbots, COSM 2026, Discovery Institute, eliminative materialism, emergence, functionalism, Gaurav Suri, Heritage Foundation, identity theory, James McClelland, Jay Richards, machines, mind, neurons, Paul Churchlan, philosophers, Princeton Theological Seminary, property dualism, psychology, Scottsdale, Stanford University, substance dualism, The Emergent Mind, weather}

What Makes a Mind? An Old Philosophical Question Becomes Urgent

_{Walter Myers III
November 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Suri and McClelland state their case plainly. "Interactions between neurons are the engine of the mind," they write. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
November 4, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, airplanes, atheism, Because science!, Brian Miller, cars, Casey Luskin, Christians, Church of Scientism, Discovery Institute, engineering, Engineering Research Group, evolution, intelligent design, J. P. Moreland, Jamie Q. Roberts, john lennox, obscurantism, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, rockets, scientism, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, The God Delusion, University of Sydney, Walter Bradley Center}

ID-Based Engineering Dethrones Darwinism

_{Terrell Clemmons
November 4, 2026

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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For a layman’s report, see this overview by Dr. Casey Luskin and Dr. Brian Miller. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 28, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, backgrounds, BioCosmos, Center for Science and Culture, Collegium Maius, conferences, Copernican Revolution, cultures, Discovery Institute, En Arche Foundation, Europe, geocentric model, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, hospitality, intelligent design, Kraków, naturalistic materialism, Nicolaus Copernicus, Paul Nelson, Poland, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, scientific disciplines, solar system, Steinar Thorvaldsen, University of Tromsø}

Postcard from Kraków: From Copernican Revolution to ID Revolution

_{Eric Hedin
October 28, 2026

Astronomy, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Even physicists who were more familiar with black holes than dance steps got pulled into the fun. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 22, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biological systems, blood vessels, brain, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, design detection, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, engineering, evolutionary accidents, ID the Future, intelligent design, intentional design, Jonathan McLatchie, natural world, planning, Science Team, Seattle, shock absorbers, Studio West, Systems Biology}

How Systems Biology Is Adopting an Engineering Framework

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 22, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Everything from metabolic pathways optimized for efficiency to brain blood vessels designed as protective shock absorbers demonstrates multi-level planning. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 20, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, Amazon, chatbot, Christians, computer chips, Cornerstone University, Discovery Institute, Douglas Groothuis, endorsements, foreword, Gerson Moreno-Riaño, graven images, Hugh of St. Victor, idols, immortality, Inkwell Press, jesus, machines, Maximus the Confessor, Os Guinness, resurrection, Silicon Valley, technology, Ten Commandments, The Soul in Cyberspace, The Soul in Digital Space, Thomas V. Morris, Trinity Forum, utilitarianism}

Technology Won’t and Can’t Save Us — Not Even Close

_{William A. Dembski
October 20, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Technology

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It is perhaps not coincidental that computer chip manufacturing depends on micro-scale engraving. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Arthur M. Shapiro, C. S. Lewis Society, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Christian Leadership Ministries, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?, Darwinists, David L. Wilcox, David Raup, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Earl Warren, evolution, Field Museum, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Frederick Grinnell, Jesuit Campion Center, Jon Buell, Jonathan Wells, K. John Morrow Jr., Leslie K. Johnson, McLean v. Arkansas, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Owen Gingerich, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Peter van Inwagen, Phillip E. Johnson, Southern Methodist University, Spring Systematics Symposium, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Stephen Sternberg, Tacoma, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Sources of Information Content in DNA, Thomas E. Woodward, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Will Provine, William A. Dembski}

Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?

_{Stephen C. Meyer and William A. Dembski
October 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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On March 26–28, 1992, scientists and philosophers assembled at Southern Methodist University for an event whose title posed a provocative question. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 11, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Being as Communion, biological evolution, Brian Skyrms, Cambridge University Press, cancer, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, design inferences, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, My Personal History with Information (series), new york, No Free Lunch, peer review, Rowman and Littlefield, Terence Moore, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert}

Back in the Saddle: A Second Edition for The Design Inference

_{William A. Dembski
October 11, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The big obstacle for me came from feeling at odds with my publisher, Cambridge University Press. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic coding functions, American Scientific Affiliation, bookkeeping, Cambridge University Press, Charles Thaxton, Conservation of Information, crystals, Dembski’s Theorem, Discovery Institute, improbability, information, intelligent design, laws of nature, Leslie Orgel, mathematics, My Personal History with Information (series), No Free Lunch, Noam Chomsky, Paul Nelson, philosophers, probabilities, R. A. Fisher, Rob Koons, Roger Olsen, specified complexity, statistical inference, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Origins of Life, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas, Walter Bradley, Whitworth College, William A. Dembski, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Smith}

The Evolution of Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
October 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Wolfgang Smith’s excitement about conservation of complex specified information or specified complexity was not widely shared. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
September 8, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstract, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Discovery Institute, dissertation, documentation, Duke University, fabrication, investigation, Michael Behe, New York University Press, notation, Office of Counsel, public access, publishers, reputational harm}

Duke University to Remove Access to C. W. Howell’s Dissertation with Fabrication

_{John G. West
September 8, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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On August 27, I wrote to Duke's Office of Counsel, informing them that Howell’s book has been withdrawn by its publisher because of the fabricated quote. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic fabrication, ACLU, atheists, Brian Josephson, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christian magazines, Christianity Today, Christians, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, Dover School District, Edward Larson, evolution, intelligent design, materialists, Michael Behe, misinformation, New York University Press, Oxford University, Pulitzer Prize, Ronald Numbers, Scopes trial, secular voices, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Summer for the Gods, William Jennings Bryan}

How a Christian Magazine and a Christian Scholar Boosted a Book with a Fabricated Quote

_{John G. West
September 4, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As you might have noticed, the critics of intelligent design I’m discussing here aren’t atheists or materialists. Read More ›