Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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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
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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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September 22, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Moran: Sternberg and Behe “Appear to Know More About Evolution than Their Opponents”

Science & Culture
September 22, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The whole point of selection was to bias or direct the deliverances of chance variation, so that “luck” didn’t have to do all the work. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 8, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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In Debate on Intelligent Design, Critic Cites Dragon Legend to Justify Evolution’s Failures

David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
3
It is, as Professor Behe acknowledges, a charming tale, but not very relevant as far as the details of the scientific debate go. Read More ›
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June 4, 2023
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Evolution
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
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New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”

Science & Culture
June 4, 2023
Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences
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"Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose." Read More ›
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February 26, 2023
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Cambridge UP Book Airbrushes Darwin’s Contribution to Scientific Racism

Science & Culture
February 26, 2023
Bioethics, Evolution
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Darwin’s racist and pro-eugenics thinking, combined with some implications of his theory that he expressed, laid the groundwork for Hitler’s diabolical outlook. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
August 30, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: Appealing to the Unwashed Middle

William A. Dembski
August 30, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Rosenhouse’s book is objectively bad. It purports to be a critique of mathematics as used by ID proponents and of my mathematical work in particular. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943)
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
June 13, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

Neil Thomas
June 13, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›
Karl Marx tomb
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Richard Weikart
Date
June 2, 2022
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Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
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Do Darwin Critics Reject Evolution Because They’re Anti-Communists? Carl Weinberg Says Yes

Richard Weikart
June 2, 2022
Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution
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In a couple of cases, Weinberg goes beyond the pale, making accusations that are bizarre and even slanderous. Read More ›
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
March 3, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Literary Footnotes to the Book of Job

Neil Thomas
March 3, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science
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Of immediate relevance to Darwin’s generation were writers who can be traced in a fairly direct line from the beginning of the 19th century. Read More ›
Sisyphus
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Cornelius Hunter
Date
February 11, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Is Intelligent Design a Science Stopper?

Cornelius Hunter
February 11, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Consider a box with an internal divider such that the box is divided into two separate compartments, A and B. Read More ›
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Author
Richard Weikart
Date
February 2, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking

Richard Weikart
February 2, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.” Read More ›

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