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weasel
Photo: METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL, by loren chapman, via Flickr (cropped).

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: The Environment as a Source of Information

Take a simple example, one that Rosenhouse finds deeply convincing and emblematic for biological evolution. Read More ›
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Luskin: Why Intelligent Design over Theistic Evolution?

Casey Luskin give a peek behind the scenes of ID 3.0, the current research program inspired by the intelligent design framework. Read More ›
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Image: Thomas Aquinas, via Aquinas.Design.

Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason

Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason. Read More ›
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Eric Anderson: Probability and Intelligent Design

Anderson taps an area of his expertise, the ongoing efforts to create self-reproducing machines, and he applies it to the mystery of life’s origin. Read More ›
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Theists vs. Atheists: Who Has the Burden of Proof?

Because Dillahunty refuses to debate me again, I’ll address his claim that atheists have no burden of proof in the debate over God’s existence in this post. Read More ›
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Photo: Earthrise, by Bill Anders, Apollo 8, via NASA.

Astronomer: We Can’t Just Assume Countless Earths Out There

The Copernican Principle has been misused to imply that Earth is somehow insignificant. That is a philosophical attitude, unrelated to the science. Read More ›
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Dualism and Materialism in Modern Neuroscience

Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind.  Read More ›
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Answering the Divine Hiddenness Argument for Atheism

In my recent debate with Matt Dillahunty about the existence of God, Dillahunty invoked his favorite argument against God’s existence. Read More ›
Common cuttlefish
Photo credit: Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), © Hans Hillewaert.

Stunning Video of Chameleon-Like Abilities of Cephalopods

Sometimes you don’t need a rigorous logical, scientific, or mathematical demonstration to reveal evidence of design in nature. Read More ›
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Photo: William Dembski, via Discovery Institute.

What Got My Attention about Intelligent Design

Bill Dembski pointed out that design detection, far from being an esoteric inference, lay in fact at the center of many normal human inquiries and activities. Read More ›

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