Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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
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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

ID the Future

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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
November 17, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
November 17, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Read More ›
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Photo: Monarch butterfly, by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
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November 10, 2024
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Archaeology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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How to Defend Intelligent Design Like a Boss

Andrew McDiarmid
November 10, 2024
Archaeology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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How much do you know about intelligent design? How would you define the term? And are you prepared to defend it? Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 27, 2024
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Intelligent Design
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How Evolutionary Fitness Landscapes Bolster Design Arguments

Andrew McDiarmid
October 27, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Imagine a large area with gentle rolling hills and valleys, or perhaps a rugged terrain complete with steep mountains and impassible gullies. Read More ›
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Image: Richard Sternberg, via Discovery Institute.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 21, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Progress Since the Sternberg Smithsonian Saga 20 Years Ago

Andrew McDiarmid
October 21, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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For decades, opponents of intelligent design derided the theory as unscientific because it hadn’t been published in peer-reviewed science journals. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 12, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)

Andrew McDiarmid
October 12, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
3
By the early 1990s, Mims had built a reputation as one of America’s foremost citizen scientists. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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October 7, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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In Animal Joints, Multi-Functioning Challenges Evolution

Andrew McDiarmid
October 7, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Joints include good examples of irreducible complexity, such as the knee joint’s four bar linkage or the arched structure of the foot. Read More ›
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Image: The Doctor's Visit, by Jan Steen, 1660s, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 30, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
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A Physician’s Sacred Duty — To Care or to Kill?

Andrew McDiarmid
September 30, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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As a hospice and palliative care physician for over twenty years, Dr. Howard Glicksman regularly cares for terminally ill patients. Read More ›
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Photo: Peppered moth, by Ben Sale, via Flickr (cropped).
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 28, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Jonathan Wells on Toppling Evolution’s Icons

Andrew McDiarmid
September 28, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Wells also explains a study of his that finds that embryo development requires ontogenetic information that can’t arise by neo-Darwinian mechanisms. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 25, 2024
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Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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How Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Fell in Love with the Stars

Andrew McDiarmid
September 25, 2024
Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Dr. Gonzalez explains how the gift of a telescope at eight years old kicked off a life-long passion and career in astronomy. Read More ›
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Photo: Palawan swiftlets can hunt in the dark, another example of echolocation attributed to convergent evolution, along with bats, dolphins, and whales; by Andrea Giovanni Murachelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 23, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Lee Spetner’s Critique of Convergent Evolution

Andrew McDiarmid
September 23, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We bring you the last of three interviews with MIT-trained physicist Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Spetner at 91 years old. Read More ›

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