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What Is Intelligent Design and How Should We Defend It?

Intelligent design is a scientific theory that holds that many features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause. Read More ›
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Should Scientists Play God? MIT Biological Engineer Says YES!

The design hypothesis is not currently the consensus. However, as young scientists, we should courageously question what we are told. Read More ›
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Artificial Intelligence: Unseating the Inevitability Narrative

World-class chess, Go, and Jeopardy-playing programs are impressive, but they prove nothing about whether computers can be made to achieve AGI. Read More ›
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Lincoln, Darwin, and ID in a Nutshell

The comparison between Lincoln and Darwin is noteworthy. The words of the former are immortal, of the latter...increasingly evident in their mortality. Read More ›
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Seven Reasons the Soul Can’t Be Turned “Off”

Neuroscientist Michael Egnor notes that the idea of consciousness is "empty," much like the idea of "natural selection" in evolution. Read More ›
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For Mankind, the Leap from Copper to Iron Was a Landmark Advance

The importance of metals, particularly iron, and the importance of the discovery of metallurgy can hardly be exaggerated. Read More ›
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The Ultimate Recycler

Right now, within your bodies this little engine is cranking away. Without this machine, oxygen-dependent life could not exist. Read More ›
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A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!

Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal. Read More ›
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Robert Marks: Why “Edmond de Belamy” Is Bunk

It has to do with the difference between interpolation and extrapolation. Read More ›
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On Book Tour, Marcos Eberlin Sparks Thought About the ID Movement

During the Q&A, an attendee asked why intelligent design proponents don’t just come out and explicitly say the designer is God. Read More ›

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