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Life Exponential: Life Exhibits Intelligent Design at Many Levels

Complexity (such as we see in a pile of autumn leaves) can arise spontaneously from unguided natural processes, but complex specified information cannot. Read More ›
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Yes, Intelligent Design Is Detectable by Science

This is one key issue on which proponents of ID and of theistic evolution differ. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer Explains the DNA Challenge to Theistic Evolution

Dr. Meyer offers here a very crisp and helpful introduction to the codebreaking work of Francis Crick, and more. Read More ›
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Post-Modern Science: The Illusion of Consciousness Sees Through Itself   

“It’s quite plausible”  is treated as equivalent to evidence, eliding the question of how exactly we come to “consciously believe” anything. Read More ›
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Neuroscientist Michael Egnor on Thomas Aquinas and “A Map of the Soul”

Patients missing large parts of their brain tissue can lead normal lives because the material, the tissue, is not all there is to us. Read More ›
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The Nylonase Story: The Information Enigma

New proteins had to come from somewhere. Susumu Ohno had an idea. Read More ›

Leap Before You Look: Reflections on the Mission and “Evolution” of Discovery Institute

I helped form Discovery Institute 25 years ago and over that period, if I may use the term, it has evolved. Read More ›

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