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A Scientific Method for Design Detection

My first exposure to intelligent design detection in science took place during a summer job with National Defence Research in 1978 as an engineering student. Read More ›
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Photo: Michael Behe, a scene from Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines.

Behe Up Against the Sociology of Science

You could predict how the review would be written — not only that it would be negative but the precise ways in which it would also be spurious. Read More ›
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Photo: Dennis Prager with Stephen Meyer. Source: Stephen Meyer.

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2018: How Meyer Turned Prager Around on Evolution

Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›
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Dennis Prager on Evolution: Stephen Meyer Turned Me Around

Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›
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Photo: Brian Wansink (at left), by U.S. Department of Agriculture, via Flickr (cropped).

Lessons from the Wansink Science Scandal

Professor Alan Levinovitz asks: Science as "a big book of Important Truths"? Read More ›
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Photo: Protein scientist Douglas Axe, author of Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed, at ID Education Day, Seattle, 2017, by Janine Solfelt.

Last Call for Intelligent Design Education Days, March 14 and 23, in Seattle and Dallas!

As a former STEM teacher, I think it’s safe to say that one of a science instructor’s biggest challenges is to instill in students an exciting and genuine sense of discovery through the scientific process. Read More ›
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Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”

I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.” Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and Methodological Naturalism — No Necessary Contradiction

A corespondent draws our attention to a comment from atheist and "poetic naturalist" Sean Carroll, in his recent book. Read More ›
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Yes, Intelligent Design Is Testable Science – A Resource Roundup

After perusing a recent article here, a reader offers a classic challenge. Read More ›

Gloves Off — Responding to David Levin on the Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

A scientific theory cannot be established as valid unless the consequences that follow from it correspond to reality. Read More ›

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