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 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

intelligent agents

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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
May 6, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Does Intelligent Design Make Predictions or Retrodictions?

Casey Luskin
May 6, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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I would argue that a chronology of exactly what was predicted when is not dispositive as to whether a positive argument can be made. Read More ›
Mind The Gaps
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Casey Luskin
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May 4, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

Casey Luskin
May 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›
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Photo: Galaxies as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope, by NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI).
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Casey Luskin
Date
May 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Physics

Casey Luskin
May 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Multiple physical laws and constants must be finely tuned for the universe to be inhabited by advanced forms of life. Read More ›
Mexican free-tailed bats
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Casey Luskin
Date
April 30, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

Casey Luskin
April 30, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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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 ›
trilobites
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Casey Luskin
Date
April 29, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Zoology
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Paleontology

Casey Luskin
April 29, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Zoology
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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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DNA
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
April 28, 2022
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Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Physics
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Investigating the Evidence for Intelligent Design — in Biochemistry and Other Fields

Casey Luskin
April 28, 2022
Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Physics
5
Irreducible complexity and high CSI systems are found, indicating these systems were designed. Read More ›
Behe-factory
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David Klinghoffer
Date
April 28, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Behe: Magnetotactic Bacteria and Other Micro-Wonders

David Klinghoffer
April 28, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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These bugs could point the way to a treatment for cancerous tumors, thanks to their natural ability to maneuver by sensing the Earth’s magnetic field. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
April 27, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Outlining Intelligent Design’s Positive Argument

Casey Luskin
April 27, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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To borrow geologist Charles Lyell’s words, intelligent agency is a cause “now in operation” that can be studied in the world around us. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
November 9, 2021
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Stephen Meyer: Let’s Compare Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning with the Multiverse Theory

David Klinghoffer
November 9, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Meyer neatly explains why the multiverse fails, in two respects, precisely where the inference to theism succeeds. Read More ›
Marcos Eberlin
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 29, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Fantastic Four: Marcos Eberlin Adds a Pillar to the Case for Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2021
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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The ability to look ahead and foresee is no small matter, and even human beings can have trouble with it — as witness the supply chain problem. Read More ›

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