Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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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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Carl Linnaeus
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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

free will

pills
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Wesley J. Smith
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December 20, 2020
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Austrian Court Creates Right to Assisted Suicide

Wesley J. Smith
December 20, 2020
Bioethics, Medicine
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A bit ago, Germany’s high court created an absolute right to commit suicide and the concomitant right to have help in making oneself dead. Read More ›
bizarre
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December 7, 2020
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Physical Sciences
Physics
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Determinism: A “Bizarre Position” Held by Scientists “with Great Confidence”

Science and Culture
December 7, 2020
Physical Sciences, Physics
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If it’s true, then all one says or thinks — right or wrong, true or false — was determined some 13.8 billion years ago. Read More ›
Consulting the Oracle
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David Klinghoffer
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October 22, 2020
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Physical Sciences
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Science as Oracle — “Where It Gets Weird”

David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2020
Physical Sciences
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The ancients had their oracles, people claiming to speak in the name of the gods — this, by divination. Read More ›
Sabine Hossenfelder
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Cornelius Hunter
Date
October 22, 2020
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Physical Sciences
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Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

Cornelius Hunter
October 22, 2020
Physical Sciences
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Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›
free will
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 21, 2020
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Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020
Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience? Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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June 3, 2020
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Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Physicist: Gravity Refutes Free Will

David Klinghoffer
June 3, 2020
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Atheists share an attraction to using gravity in strange ways to support their doctrines. Read More ›
David Mamet
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Michael Egnor
Date
May 26, 2020
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Intelligent Design
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Lewontin’s Confession and Mamet’s Principle

Michael Egnor
May 26, 2020
Intelligent Design
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The pretense not to know things is at the root of Darwinist/atheist/materialist ideology. Read More ›
science
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David Klinghoffer
Date
May 11, 2020
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Evolution
Medicine
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Free Webinar, May 16: Compliant or Critical? Scientific Authority in the Age of COVID-19

David Klinghoffer
May 11, 2020
Evolution, Medicine
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“Follow the science!” we’re told. “Listen to the scientists!” Should we submit to such calls, or insist on thinking for ourselves? Read More ›
HannahArendtGrave-BardCollege 2
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Michael Egnor
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May 7, 2020
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Bioethics
Evolution
Medicine
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Darwinism, Totalitarianism, and the Lockdown

Michael Egnor
May 7, 2020
Bioethics, Evolution, Medicine
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Hannah Arendt was the leading philosopher of totalitarianism in the 20th century. She explicitly links totalitarian ideology to Darwinism. Read More ›
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Jonathan Wells
Date
March 31, 2020
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Evolution
Origin of Life
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Textbooks Still Misrepresent the Origin of Life 

Jonathan Wells
March 31, 2020
Evolution, Origin of Life
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After 2000, some textbooks were corrected, but in many cases the corrections were minor and the books continued to perpetuate the misrepresentations. Read More ›

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