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Meyer Thaxton
Photo: Stephen Meyer and Charles Thaxton, by Chris Morgan.

From Intelligent Cause to Intelligent Design: My Debt to Charles Thaxton

It is my privilege and honor to recommend this fascinating autobiography — which is also perhaps the least I can do to repay a friend and mentor. Read More ›
skeletons
Photo credit: dynamosquito from France, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Human Brain Shape Has Hardly Changed

The changes in human heads were not driven by a changing brain, researchers say. It was the human face that changed. Read More ›
John Lennon memorial
Photo: John Lennon memorial, Central Park, by Lolalatorre, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Critiquing Dembski, Jason Rosenhouse Prioritizes Imagination over Reality

Rosenhouse’s belief in the creative power of evolutionary processes is based not on hard data but on his faith in the philosophy of scientific materialism. Read More ›
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Photo: METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL, by loren chapman, via Flickr (cropped).

Conservation of Information — The Theorems

We’ve seen active information before in the Dawkins Weasel example. The baseline search for METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL stands no hope of success. Read More ›
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Conservation of Information — The Idea

Readers can determine for themselves who’s blowing smoke and who’s got the beef. Read More ›
brain
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Can Self-Organization Theory Account for Consciousness?

One difficulty is that many humans produce a “self” with split brains, a brain missing key components, or half a brain. That’s not consistent with materialism. Read More ›
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Here’s a New Evolutionary Theory Based on Information

Information follows different rules from matter and energy, which might change the way we see evolution. Read More ›
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computer simulation
Image: A scene from The Information Enigma, via Discovery Institute.

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Information Enigma

For our final video, we present a fascinating 21-minute documentary that probes the mystery of biological information, featuring Stephen Meyer and Douglas Axe. Read More ›
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Science Stopper? Intelligent Design as a Fruitful Scientific Paradigm

When critics claim that research is not permitted to detect design because that would stop science, it is they who hold science back. Read More ›
trilobites
Photo: Trilobites, by Kevin Walsh [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

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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