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 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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philosophers

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Author
Michael Behe
Date
June 10, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Recognizing Design by a “Purposeful Arrangement of Parts”

Michael Behe
June 10, 2021
Intelligent Design
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A correspondent asked about “specified complexity” and the intelligent design of the eye. Read More ›
intelligence
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Michael Egnor
Date
April 28, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

Michael Egnor
April 28, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
April 24, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Why Computers Will Likely Never Perform Abductive Inferences

William A. Dembski
April 24, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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If you are going to get a computer to achieve anything like understanding in some subject area, it needs a lot of knowledge. Read More ›
elephant
Photo: No, this elephant did not sketch a self-portrait; by Deror Avi [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.
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William A. Dembski
Date
April 22, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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The Myth of “Deep Learning”

William A. Dembski
April 22, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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This is pathetic, and this is what is supposed to lay waste and supersede human intelligence? Read More ›
Edgar Allan Poe
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Elizabeth Whately
Date
April 16, 2021
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Arts
Astronomy
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
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Edgar Allan Poe — Scientist

Elizabeth Whately
April 16, 2021
Arts, Astronomy, Mathematics, Physical Sciences
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In order to think scientifically, you must have an advanced degree in science. Right? Read More ›
Central Park
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Date
March 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Listen: Mathematician Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Incompleteness … and Children

Science & Culture
March 25, 2021
Intelligent Design
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Chaitin discusses his beginnings in computer science, growing up in the 1960s a stone’s throw from Central Park, historic scientists in his field, and more. Read More ›
J.P. Moreland
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March 13, 2021
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Faith & Science
Philosophy
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Stephen Meyer and J. P. Moreland Take on Theistic Evolution and Materialism

Science & Culture
March 13, 2021
Faith & Science, Philosophy
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They also answer logical challenges directed at intelligent design theory and highlight crucial problems with thinking that science thrives best on its own. Read More ›
hedgehog
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Michael Flannery
Date
March 6, 2021
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
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Michael Ruse on Purpose: A Conflicted Response

Michael Flannery
March 6, 2021
Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science
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Whatever else might be said of Ruse and his work, like all his books this one is worth having on the shelf. Read More ›
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February 28, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Jay Richards: A Look Back at Paley and Hume

Science & Culture
February 28, 2021
Intelligent Design
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Dr. Richards addresses David Hume’s critique of analogical arguments like those used by William Paley. Read More ›

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