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Aboard the Lifeboat — or Cruise Ship — of Intelligent Design

It takes persistence to remain on board. Not everyone is cut out for the life of a maligned academic. Read More ›
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When the Experts Disagree on the Origin of the Universe…

As with life, the beginning of our universe entailed special conditions, not only of the laws of physics, but also of the arrangement of its component atoms. Read More ›
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We Have Liftoff: Genius Engineering Solutions in Muscle

The very act of generating force creates a formidable engineering challenge. How is this problem solved? Read More ›
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If You Care About Faith, Bring on the Aliens, Mr. Spielberg!

Luskin: "If alien life does exist, and if it looks or works even remotely like human biology, then it did not arise by blind evolution." Read More ›
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Science Isn’t God, but It Does Point to God

As you are driving on Interstate 5 just north of downtown Seattle, a home with purple floor-to-ceiling windows stands out prominently. Read More ›
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“Homelessness” Meets the Simulation Theory

"As the late podcaster and 'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams used to say, it was as if the Simulation was 'winking at us.'" Read More ›
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“ID Takes Center Stage”: Brian Miller on the Meyer/Halper Debate

"Halper is one of the most formidable proponents of atheism, but he also admits that the discussion with Meyer was 'the toughest debate I’ve ever had.'" Read More ›
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A Dose of Engineering Realism Over AI Hype

Dr. Donald C. Wunsch has spent decades working at the intersection of engineering, AI, and real-world systems. Read More ›
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Life at the Limits of the Possible

Dr. Stuart Burgess suggests that organisms at the extremes not only exemplify ultimate engineering but specifically point to theistic design. Read More ›
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Why Meaning Overcomes the Materialist View

The quasi-scientific abstraction that glibly asserts our being “nothing more” than particle interactions is as wrong as it is right. Read More ›

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