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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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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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Carl Linnaeus
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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

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Omega=Centauri
Photo: Omega Centauri, X-ray:, by NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA; IR:NASA/JPL/Caltech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N.
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
January 13, 2025
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025
Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›
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Photo: Copernicus, by Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 26, 2024
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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Jay Richards: Toppling a Myth of Human Insignificance

David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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It was 19th-century materialism that needed the so-called Copernican demotion, for ideological reasons, and the historians of the time obediently invented it. Read More ›
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Image: The Bayswater Omnibus.jpg, by George William Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 22, 2024
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
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Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences
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Yes, ideas of a multiverse are taken “extremely seriously.” And those are obviously intended to counter the theistic implications of the familiar cosmology. Read More ›
Jay_RIchards
Photo source: Uncommon Knowledge, via YouTube (screenshot).
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 21, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Science Reporting
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Richards: The Most Earth-Like Planet Is Still … Mars

David Klinghoffer
August 21, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Science Reporting
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With the discovery of large numbers of exoplanets in the last twenty years, does Earth look as privileged as it once did? Read More ›
Ringsandthings
Photo credit: Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Chilingari.
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Elie Feder
Date
August 16, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 16, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Read More ›
Periodic_table_HMNS
Photo credit: Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
June 19, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Remarkable Carbon Atom

Jonathan McLatchie
June 19, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA, ESA, STScI.
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
June 17, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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On Fine-Tuning, Responding to an Atheist YouTuber

Eric Hedin
June 17, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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James Fodor is a neuroscience grad student at the University of Melbourne in Australia who identifies himself as an atheist. Read More ›
Ghost Nebula
Ghost Nebula
Photo: Ghost Nebula, by NASA, ESA, and STScI/Acknowledgment: H. Arab (University of Strasbourg).
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
October 16, 2020
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Challenges the Evidence for Cosmological Fine-Tuning

Brian Miller and Stephen C. Meyer
October 16, 2020
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Hossenfelder’s strongest argument is that many fine-tuning parameters cannot in fact be quantified. Read More ›
Bayes'-Theorem
Photo: Bayes' Theorem, by mattbuck (category) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0).
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
July 14, 2020
Categories
Epistemology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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A Bayesian Approach to Intelligent Design

Jonathan McLatchie
July 14, 2020
Epistemology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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I have come to think of evidence in Bayesian terms and this has in turn impacted the way I think about the biological arguments for ID. Read More ›
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Author
Robert A. Alston
Date
May 26, 2020
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Philosophy
Physical Sciences
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Book Excerpt: The Big Bang and the Fine-Tuned Universe

Robert A. Alston
May 26, 2020
Philosophy, Physical Sciences
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What can we infer about the cause of the universe, about what brought it into being? Read More ›

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