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Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›
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The Magician’s Twin: A Conversation with Stephen Meyer, James Orr, and David Berlinski

Citing C. S. Lewis, Dr. Meyer calls the drama of materialism’s unravelling a kind “repentance.” Read More ›
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Jonathan Witt: More than Just “Bare” Design, Nature Reveals Cosmic Genius

Like a matryoshka doll, nature displays its depths in a hidden manner, not just on the surface. Read More ›
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When Materialism Turns on Its Own

A cadre of atheist scientists, including Lawrence Krauss and Jerry Coyne, have long worked to silence and deplatform scientists who hold to the theory of ID. Read More ›
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Ronald Reagan’s Deeply Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

Reagan likely shared this argument for design many times throughout his career, including perhaps most notably with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Read More ›
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How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

For decades, we’ve been told that only a tiny percentage of DNA is functional and that the vast majority is useless junk. Read More ›
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Do Fungi Have Free-Will?

Whenever a new hypothesis like this is published and calmly debated in scientific journals without arousing any furor, your first instinct may be to scoff. Read More ›
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Meet the Materialist Magicians

As our first case study, let’s look at Gary Nolan. Nolan is a distinguished immunologist at Stanford who believes that aliens are visiting Earth. Read More ›
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Understanding “Reductionism” and Intelligent Design

The word “reductionism” is thrown around a lot, but it can mean several different things. Read More ›
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“Lived Experience” Is Science’s Blind Spot

They are right about the dead ends. But is it true that the dead ends result merely from ignoring human experience? Read More ›

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