Tag: Leonardo da Vinci

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, bears, book, building, cancer, completeness, DNA, electrical wire, Epigenetics and the Architect, habitability, house, idea, imagination, information, James Gills, Jonathan Wells, laws of nature, Leonardo da Vinci, lumber, mammals, mind, Mount Everest, mountains, nails, painters, Science and Culture Today, selection, Thomas Woodward, universe, wholeness, ziggurat}

In Defiance of Evolution, Life Is an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Nobody looks at a bear and thinks, “If it only had a long tail, it would be more bear-like.” Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Blaise Pascal, boats, Charles Darwin, Cicero, conversations, courtrooms, cruise ship, DNA, entrepreneurs, executives, Florence, Galileo Galilei, HR departments, implossible, intelligent design, intention, jesus, jobs, Kevin Kelly, leaders, Leonardo da Vinci, magazines, Michael Behe, Moses, Paul Nelson, Pythagoras, Renaissance, salary, scholars, Stephen Meyer, talent, television, universities, Wa’a Kaulua, William Dembski}

Aboard the Lifeboat — or Cruise Ship — of Intelligent Design

_{George Montañez
June 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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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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Author
Douglas Groothuis

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview}

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

_{Douglas Groothuis
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

7}

No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
May 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, brain, Brian Miller, chemicals, complexity, David Klinghoffer, Doctor's Diary (series), double helix, egg, embryo, eyes, gene pool, genes, humor, information, intelligent design, Leonardo da Vinci, medicine, piano, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, skyscraper, sperm, Stephen Iacoboni, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

Doctor’s Diary: I Couldn’t Put Plato’s Revenge Down

_{Geoffrey Simmons
May 17, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

I rarely read a book as quickly as I read this text, and I virtually never read a book twice. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, atheism, beehive, Canceled Science, Christianity, classroom, clouds, Eric Hedin, faith and science, functionality, human race, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, rain}

In Our World, Multiple Levels of Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
September 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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We find higher genres of design that cannot be explained by appealing to the actions of natural forces and laws of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Nathan Jacobson

Date
March 9, 2023

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animatronics, artificial intelligence, charcoal, imitation, intelligent design, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, painting, photography, realism, Renaissance, Robert J. Marks II, rocks, Steve Jobs}

Depths of Design: Seductive Optics and Skeuomorphic Intelligence

_{Nathan Jacobson
March 9, 2023

Arts, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The effort to mirror objects in the world in our artistic creations reaches back into prehistory. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, artificial intelligence, Center on Human Exceptionalism, China, COVID-19, Darwin Day in America, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, Falun Gong, Human Zoos, Humanize, humans, John West, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Egnor, quality of life, The Biology of the Second Reich, transhumanism, Walter Bradley Center, Wesley Smith}

Why “Humanize”? A New Effort to Defend the Unique Dignity of Human Beings

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

6}

One of the tragic trends in thinking about evolution has been to blur the distinction between humans and animals. History warns us not to regard this lightly. Read More ›

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Date
March 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, ATP synthase, California, Carnegie Mellon University, Cassini mission, Curiosity rover, Dean Kenyon, flagellum, John West, kinesin, Leonardo da Vinci, Living Waters, Michael Behe, Mount Everest, Museum of the Bible, NASA, National Geographic, Norway, Secrets of the Cell, seeds, The Last Supper, The Magician's Twin, World Magazine}

Designs in Miniature — Some Are the Most Wonderful of All

_{Science & Culture
March 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The smaller a design, the harder it may be to detect. But miniature designs can inspire awe more than large ones. Read More ›

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Date
January 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, equilibrium, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, Leonardo da Vinci, podcast, Steve Laufmann, Tod Butterfield}

Forty Parameters of the Designed Body

_{Science & Culture
January 4, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

Listen in as Steve Laufmann reflects on the body’s fight against equilibrium, the Goldilocks principle, and more! Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, debate, egg, embryo, evolution, fertilization, fetus, gravity, human life, ideology, law, Leonardo da Vinci, National Academy of Sciences, parasite, public policy, science, scientists, sperm}

What the Abortion Debate Tells Us About Integrity in Science

_{Michael Egnor
June 20, 2019

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Science has quite a bit to contribute to our debate about abortion as a matter public policy. Read More ›