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Michael Behe

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People are looking to the CSC to provide compelling, easy-to-understand information on subjects overrun by Darwinism. Read More ›
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Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism

Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language. Read More ›
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Science Versus the Oldest Anti-Intelligent-Design Argument 

Translation: Everything that exists was made not by intelligent design, but rather by the random arrangement and rearrangement of atoms. Read More ›
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Farewell to Daniel Dennett

Dennett noted that Paul Nelson and I were in the audience and would be speaking at Tufts that evening on intelligent design. Read More ›
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“Irreducible Complexity” in the News

In a loose sense, America may be “irreducibly complex” but NPR sure is not. And “diverse”? America is, but NPR certainly isn’t.  Read More ›
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Synergies All the Way Down 

Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth.  Read More ›
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Photo: Wiwaxia, a creature from Cambrian Explosion, by Martin R. Smith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design Without a Designer? New Book Says Yes!

So, does the teleonomic explanation hold up? Well, we have to ask: where does “teleonomy” come from? Why does it exist?  Read More ›
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Is Natural Law Irreducible?

Perhaps the most fundamental distinction between naturalism and intelligent design is where each metaphysical framework draws the line at irreducibility. Read More ›
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Dawkins, Dennett, and the Taste for Iconoclasm

I’ve had two memorable encounters with Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, one with Dennett alone, the other with both together. Read More ›
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Michael Behe: A Mousetrap for Darwin

The Lehigh University biochemist answers misconceptions about irreducible complexity, and responds to the claim that “molecular machines” is a misnomer. Read More ›

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