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Photo credit: John Schnobrich via Unsplash.

On Intelligent Design, Is AI Teachable?

Can large language models rise above the biases of sources like Wikipedia to help level the playing field for intelligent design? Read More ›
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Photo: Curiosity self-portrait, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›
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Photo: Total solar eclipse, 2024, by NASA/Keegan Barber.

Richards to Aliens: We’ll Show You Our Perfect Solar Eclipses if You’ll Show Us Yours

Jay Richard had a really fun and interesting conversation with Sean McDowell about the new updated edition of his book with Guillermo Gonzalez. Read More ›
Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
Photo: Detail of Arecibo Observatory, by Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Artificial Intelligences Promises to Level the Playing Field for Intelligent Design

To set the stage, I posed some questions about scientific testability in general and about the testability of the SETI research program. Read More ›
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Photo: City of David, by David Coppedge.

Intelligent Design in Action: Pattern Matching in Archaeology

Our uniform experience of intelligent causes allows us to make inferences about design, even without knowing the identity of the designers. Read More ›
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Copernicus
Image: Nicholas Copernicus, via Toruń Regional Museum / Public domain.

Poland’s Intelligent Design Revolution

While Isaac Newton is universally regarded as the greatest physicist of all time, it is to the Pole Copernicus that we credit the rise of modern science. Read More ›
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Image source: Bill Dembski.

Why Specified Complexity Is Key to Detecting Design

In plain English here is what specified complexity is and why it is able to detect design. Read More ›
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Photo credit: David Coppedge.

In Explanations Reported by Mainstream Science, Design Inference Continues to Factor

Speaking of regularly spaced circles, I observed something similar in southern Utah from a helicopter in 2019 (see the photo at the top). Read More ›
James Webb Space Telescope
Photo: James Webb Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Search for ET Artifacts Misses the Elephant

Now that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is fully operational, there is renewed chatter about the possibility of discovering extra-terrestrial life. Read More ›
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Using Intelligent Design to Train ChatGPT to Lay Aside Bias

This exchange from yesterday underscores the need for “prompt engineers” that know how best to use and direct ChatGPT. Read More ›

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