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

Topic

Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something “Alive” and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It

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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
March 26, 2018
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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What Evolution “Controversy”? Scott Turner Gets High Praise from Quarterly Review of Biology

David Klinghoffer
March 26, 2018
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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If you want to know what scientists themselves think about the current status of evolutionary theory, you have to look behind the curtain. Read More ›
Scott Turner
Scott Turner
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 24, 2018
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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How Scott Turner Evolved

David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2018
Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Turner is a really interesting case of a scientist who straddles design and evolutionary thinking. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 18, 2018
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Biology
Chemistry
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Life Sciences
Physics
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Biologist Scott Turner: What Is Life? And Other Simple Questions

David Klinghoffer
March 18, 2018
Biology, Chemistry, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Life Sciences, Physics
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The picture of life that biologist Scott Turner sketches in his recent book is remarkable, and not easy to fully take aboard in your mind. Read More ›
Pinocchio
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 25, 2017
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Under Materialism, No Meaning to Life — and No Life, Either

David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2017
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Biologist Scott Turner’s spot-on phrase, the “Reverse Pinocchio,” captures the idea well. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
October 25, 2017
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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In Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner Argues that Cognition Is Foundational to Life

Brian Miller
October 25, 2017
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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The evidence of purpose and design permeate life at every level, and this evidence presents ever increasing challenges to all theories of undirected evolution. Read More ›
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Ann Gauger
Date
October 23, 2017
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Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Biologist Scott Turner’s Purpose and Desire, In His Own Words

Ann Gauger
October 23, 2017
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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If Turner is right, the clockwork, mechanistic, DNA-centric model may have met its match. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 17, 2017
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Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
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Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is 

Denyse O’Leary
October 17, 2017
Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences
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Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism. Read More ›
Scott Turner
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 26, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Scott Turner’s Darwin-Skeptical Purpose and Desire Wins Praise from the New York Times

David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2017
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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A “notable” addition to the Darwin literature, a “good read and a strong pitch” – agreed, though we’d go further. If Turner is right, his argument would change everything. Read More ›
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Ann Gauger
Date
September 12, 2017
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Intelligent Design
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In Purpose & Desire, Out Today, Scott Turner Explores Biology’s Second Law

Ann Gauger
September 12, 2017
Intelligent Design
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As Turner says, homeostasis is an exceedingly strange idea. Yet without homeostasis there is no life. Read More ›

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