Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
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
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

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multiverse theory

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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 24, 2025
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Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
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Faith and Science Before Modern Science

Denyse O’Leary
July 24, 2025
Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design
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Winston Ewert offers a surprising look at how Christians debated science theories in the ancient and medieval world. Read More ›
Roger Penrose
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Granville Sewell
Date
December 15, 2023
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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More on Roger Penrose and Fine-Tuning

Granville Sewell
December 15, 2023
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Penrose offers as an alternative to design only that maybe some very different kind of life might be possible without the fine-tunings we see in our universe. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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David Klinghoffer
Date
November 9, 2021
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Stephen Meyer: Let’s Compare Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning with the Multiverse Theory

David Klinghoffer
November 9, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Meyer neatly explains why the multiverse fails, in two respects, precisely where the inference to theism succeeds. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 30, 2021
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Physical Sciences
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Meyer: Materialism’s “Wild West of Weirdo Explanations”

David Klinghoffer
June 30, 2021
Physical Sciences
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The multiverse theory, one target of Meyer’s book, does beg for a parodist’s touch, which it obtains here. Read More ›
Joshua Swamidass
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
March 19, 2021
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Evolutionary Psychology
Science Education
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Joshua Swamidass and the Cancellation of Christian Colleges

Michael Egnor
March 19, 2021
Evolutionary Psychology, Science Education
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The only way to truth in science is to permit and even encourage challenges to orthodoxy. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
February 14, 2020
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Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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In the “Mathematical Glory” of the Universe, Physicist Discovered the “Truly Divine”

David Klinghoffer
February 14, 2020
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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As it happens, these are all themes that are developed with great rigor and depth in Center for Science & Culture director Stephen Meyer’s next book. Read More ›
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
January 11, 2019
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Behe’s New Book, Darwin Devolves — Stunning and Absolutely Convincing

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
January 11, 2019
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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I recently had a lively conversation with a former colleague at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne. Read More ›
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
February 12, 2018
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Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physics
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Cosmic Fine-Tuning and the Problem of Evil

Michael Egnor
February 12, 2018
Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physics
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"Cosmopsychism might seem crazy," says philosopher Phillip Goff, "but it provides a robust explanatory model for how the universe became fine-tuned for life." Read More ›
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Golden dimensions multiverse planets.
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Author
Cornelius Hunter
Date
January 18, 2017
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Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
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How Physicists Learned to Love the Multiverse

Cornelius Hunter
January 18, 2017
Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Scientific Reasoning
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The Principle of Plenitude, an idea with a long history, holds that everything that can exist will exist. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
May 17, 2016
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Scientific Reasoning
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Two Kinds of Science “Skepticism”

David Klinghoffer
May 17, 2016
Scientific Reasoning
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Science journalist John Horgan makes the great distinction between skepticism directed at "soft" versus "hard" targets. Read More ›

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