Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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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Robert F. Shedinger
Date
August 14, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Trustworthiness
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Is Intelligent Design Gaining the Upper Hand?

Robert Shedinger
August 14, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Trustworthiness
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The underlying dynamic here is one of fear — fear of being associated with a movement one cannot easily dispel through evidence and argument. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
July 27, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Responding to Lee Cronin: A Modular Theory of Assembly

William A. Dembski
July 27, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Despite its fatal defects, Assembly Theory does raise the prospect of what a successful theory of assembly might look like. Read More ›
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Daniel Witt
Date
July 10, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Oxford Physiologist Denis Noble: Dissent from Neo-Darwinism Has Passed a “Tipping Point”

Daniel Witt and David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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We were wondering when the (often very dramatic) claims made recently in arcane academic texts would begin making more of a splash in the popular media. Read More ›
Wiwaxia
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Daniel Witt
Date
April 4, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Design Without a Designer? New Book Says Yes!

Daniel Witt
April 4, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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So, does the teleonomic explanation hold up? Well, we have to ask: where does “teleonomy” come from? Why does it exist?  Read More ›
Area 51
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Brian Miller
Date
January 13, 2022
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Biology as Reverse Engineering

Brian Miller
January 13, 2022
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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An analogy I like to use is NASA finding a crashed spaceship in a cave located in Area 51. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
August 25, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Return of Teleology to Biology

Brian Miller
August 25, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Biologists have faced a vexing dilemma since the philosophy of scientific materialism came to dominate Western thought. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
February 22, 2021
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Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
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Answering Another Objection to Intelligent Design: “You Can’t Prove God Exists”

Casey Luskin
February 22, 2021
Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science
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Now it’s possible that physics-based arguments for design could extend the argument further than you can go within biological design. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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David Klinghoffer
Date
April 24, 2019
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Müller Report: Meyer on an Evolutionist’s Indictment of Evolution, and More

David Klinghoffer
April 24, 2019
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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It’s another illustration of how the increasingly recognized inadequacies of materialist origins theories have failed to be reported to the general public. Read More ›

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