Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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
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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 J. Marks II

creativity
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
May 30, 2025
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

Andrew McDiarmid
May 30, 2025
Engineering, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Read More ›
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May 2, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can We Credit Human Creativity to Blind Evolution?

Science & Culture
May 2, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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The genius of the human mind requires an external, intelligent source beyond the material world. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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April 2, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Debating the Legacy of Neuroscientist Wilder Penfield

Michael Egnor
April 2, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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How much more evidence is necessary to draw the scientific inference that activation of brain networks is insufficient to generate abstract thought? Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
January 20, 2025
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History of Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Conservation of Information: The History of an Idea

William A. Dembski
January 20, 2025
History of Science, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Conservation of information” is a term that appears in both the physics and the computer science literature. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
December 24, 2024
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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What If? The Threat of Sentient AGI

Eric Hedin
December 24, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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John West brings a word of caution to public health policies espoused by Francis Collins. Collins succinctly illustrates an example of unbalanced morality. Read More ›
Artificial Intelligence
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Date
May 25, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

Science & Culture
May 25, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Read More ›
Multiverse
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Date
March 24, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Is the Multiverse Scientific Fact or Mere Fancy?

Science & Culture
March 24, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Host Robert Lawrence Kuhn asked Professor of Christian Philosophy Nancey Murphy if, in her view, the universe is fine-tuned for consciousness. Read More ›
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Sunset on the red rocks of the Garden of the Gods State Park in Colorado Springs
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Date
March 4, 2024
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Arts
Biochemistry
Bioethics
Cosmology
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Science Education
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Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Are FREE but the Application DEADLINE Approaches

Science & Culture
March 4, 2024
Arts, Biochemistry, Bioethics, Cosmology, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Science Education
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In the shadow of 14,000-foot Pikes Peak, we’ll meet and learn from the top scientists and scholars in the ID community. Read More ›
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
March 4, 2024
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Orgelian Specified Complexity

William A. Dembski
March 4, 2024
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series. Read More ›
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
February 29, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Specified Complexity as a Unified Information Measure

William A. Dembski
February 29, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The most important take away here is that specified complexity makes Shannon information and Kolmogorov information commensurable. Read More ›

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