Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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
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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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 20, 2025
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Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Does Animal Intelligence Point to a Platonic Realm of Pure Information?

Denyse O’Leary
November 20, 2025
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind
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How could a life form like an ant — not known for creative or independent thinking as such but rather for a hive mind — “evolve” such a strategy? Read More ›
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Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 12, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

Denyse O’Leary
November 12, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›
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Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 22, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
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In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology
5
This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›
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Conceptual art journey to dream. Step into another world, Inside of brain, fantasy, escape from life concept. Made with Generative AI
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 20, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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From Charles Murray to Dan Brown, the Culture Is Maturing Toward the Immortal Mind

David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
7
The existence of an immaterial reality, a soul, or a genome, is a concept that has been bubbling up, independently, across a range of minds. Read More ›
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People gathered around the red navigation pointer pin. Meeting place concept. A long awaited meeting, a company of friends, acquaintance via the Internet. Event or holiday. Organization of joint trip
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 29, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Are We Looking for Consciousness in the “Wrong Part” of the Brain?

Denyse O’Leary
September 29, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
3
Al of this reasoning assumes that human consciousness — the human mind — is local. Located in one single place. It probably isn’t. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 18, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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In Science, the Cost of Defending Materialism Is Rising

Denyse O’Leary
September 18, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
6
Neuroscientist Àlex Gómez-Marín raises — in the very venue that hosts, say, Roger Penrose and Sabine Hossenfelder — the validity of telepathy research. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 8, 2025
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Bioethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Darwinism’s “Simplest” and “Most Destructive Implication”

David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2025
Bioethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Imagine that: killing as a “cost-saving strategy.” I think of Canada more and more as the haunted twin of the United States, and a warning to us. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 5, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Your Mind Uploaded to AI Would Not Be You

Denyse O’Leary
September 5, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
5
In death, the immortal mind, whose memories the computer supposedly holds, has moved on. The simulation may be a good one but it is not a surviving self. Read More ›
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John Zmirak
Date
September 4, 2025
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Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Near-Death Experiences and Saving the Culture

John Zmirak
September 4, 2025
Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind
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"Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a huge and complex topic. Tens of millions of people have had NDEs and similar spiritual experiences." Read More ›
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Author
John Zmirak
Date
September 2, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Abstract Thought Comes from the Mind, Not the Brain

John Zmirak
September 2, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
7
We can cut perceptional abilities with a knife, but we can’t cut reason and abstract thought. Read More ›

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