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McLatchie Explains Design Implications of DNA Replication

Dr. McClatchie notes its “primitive” nature — meaning, not a lack of sophistication (quite the opposite!) but that life at the most basic level depends on it. Read More ›
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design.  Read More ›
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

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 ›
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Paleontology

The dominant pattern in the fossil record is explosions of new biological forms. The Cambrian explosion is a prime example. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Rhapsody

“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›
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Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”

The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution. Read More ›
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“Faith” and the Multiverse: A Response

I grasp the argument Professor Brian Keating is making in his PragerU video. Read More ›
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Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”

I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.” Read More ›
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Reaching the “Limits” of Material Explanations — Can It Be Done?

"Science is a game with one defining rule," writes UCLA biochemist Richard E. Dickerson. Read More ›
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Why Intelligent Design Is Science: A Reading List

The scientific method is commonly described as a four-step process involving observations, hypothesis, experiments, and conclusion. Read More ›

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