Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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 Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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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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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

Topic

Michael Flannery

spandrel
Photo: Allegorical depictions of Astronomy and Sculpture, incorporated in spandrels, Bela Pratt, Library of Congress Building, c. 1896, by Carptrash [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 16, 2018
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Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
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Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018
Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning
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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›
Wilson Darwin
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Jonathan Wells
Date
February 2, 2018
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Evolution
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A.N. Wilson Is Right: “Darwin Was Wrong”

Jonathan Wells
February 2, 2018
Evolution
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I enjoyed Wilson's book, and I learned a lot from it. But this biography’s most interesting feature is its firm rejection of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Read More ›
naturalism
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 17, 2017
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Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
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Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is 

Denyse O’Leary
October 17, 2017
Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences
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Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism. Read More ›
Bernard laboratory
Scott Turner
Photo: Location of Claude Bernard's laboratory in Paris, 1847-1878, by Jebulon (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 18, 2017
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
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Biologist J. Scott Turner’s Rediscovery – How Darwinism Fatally Overlooks What Life Is

David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2017
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science
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Intellectual discovery is often a matter of rediscovery: reviving insights that were available before but overlooked, forgotten, or neglected. Read More ›
Darwin's shoes
Photo: Detail of Darwin statue, Natural History Museum, London, by Rept0n1x (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 24, 2017
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Evolution
Science
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Darwin and Data — “Cutting the Toes to Fit the Shoe”

David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2017
Evolution, Science
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The popular picture of Charles Darwin casts him as the assiduous, objective gatherer of scientific data, only reluctantly reaching the conclusion he did. Read More ›
Darwin's dice
Ivory dice, by Liam Quin [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 11, 2017
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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“Darwin’s Dice” — Michael Flannery on the Role of Chance in Darwinian Evolution

David Klinghoffer
March 11, 2017
Evolution, Faith & Science
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Theistic evolutionary thinking is designed to reconcile religious believers to the denial of their own common sense. Read More ›
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Michael Flannery
Date
January 25, 2012
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Intelligent Design
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Hyper-evolutionism, Scientism, and the Mythical Wallace of Michael Shermer

Michael Flannery
January 25, 2012
Intelligent Design
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Shermer's term "Intelligent Design creationism" signals his own misjudgment in the matter, namely, that ID is creationism. Read More ›
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Michael Shermer
Date
January 24, 2012
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Intelligent Design
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The Natural and the Supernatural: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Nature of Science

Michael Shermer
January 24, 2012
Intelligent Design
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The reason scientists do not take seriously the claims of Intelligent Design theorists today is the same reason that scientists did not take seriously Wallace's speculations about an "overarching intelligence." Read More ›
Wallace Debate
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January 22, 2012
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Intelligent Design
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Resolved: If He Were Alive Today, Alfred Russel Wallace Would Be an Intelligent Design Advocate

Science & Culture
January 22, 2012
Intelligent Design
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No religious believer, evolutionary theory's co-discoverer came to argue in terms remarkably similar to arguments made today by intelligent-design theorists. Or did he? Read More ›

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