Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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 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 in 2021
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

intelligence

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Date
January 5, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Patterns of Design in Human Life

Science & Culture
January 5, 2020
Intelligent Design, Medicine
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Dr. Simmons sees clues of design in the processes of reproduction, in development, and in the many complex events in the lungs and vascular system that make childbirth possible. Read More ›
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Author
Kirk Durston
Date
August 2, 2019
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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A Scientific Method for Design Detection

Kirk Durston
August 2, 2019
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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My first exposure to intelligent design detection in science took place during a summer job with National Defence Research in 1978 as an engineering student. Read More ›
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
June 30, 2019
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Geology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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Astrobiology: Searching for the Origin of Life, In All the Wrong Places

Michael Egnor
June 30, 2019
Geology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
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Astrobiologists think they may have found where life came from — cyanide in meteorites! Read More ›
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light
Photo credit: Taneli Lahtinen via Unsplash.
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Date
June 6, 2019
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Evolution
Reproductive Science
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Birds and Bats: How Bright Is Evolutionary Light?

Science & Culture
June 6, 2019
Evolution, Reproductive Science
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The media are generous with claims that new findings “shed light” on evolution. Read More ›
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Photo: Photo: A tornado, near Elie, Manitoba, Canada, by Justin1569 at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
May 22, 2019
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Physical Sciences
Physics
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Two Schemes to Defeat the Second Law

Granville Sewell
May 22, 2019
Physical Sciences, Physics
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I also have a scheme that I believe can defeat the generalized second law. My scheme is called “intelligence.” Read More ›
Penn and Teller
magic
Photo: Penn and Teller, by Scott A. Hurst [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
April 30, 2019
Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Artificial Intelligence as a “Magic Act”

David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2019
Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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The error is not completely different from imagining that natural selection really can do what creative intelligence — foresight! — can do. Read More ›
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transhumanism
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 11, 2019
Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human “Improvement”

Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2019
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism
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Peter Clarke claims that I was “clearly fearmongering,” but then admits, “this depiction is fairly accurate.” Okay, then. Read More ›
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human exceptionalism
Photo: Ivan Ilić, a concert pianist, by Tibor BBB [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Ann Gauger
Date
January 24, 2019
Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
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A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

Ann Gauger
January 24, 2019
Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics
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Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 18, 2018
Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Human Computation — A “Practical Application” of Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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As Denyse O’Leary asks, “Why is it comparatively easy to develop a program to play chess, as opposed to teaching a robot to walk freely?” Read More ›
Bill-Dembski
Photo: William Dembski, by László Bencze.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 18, 2018
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Dembski: Descartes Understood the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2018
Neuroscience & Mind
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The new Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence is deeply informed by the work of William Dembski. Read More ›

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