Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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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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
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

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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 12, 2026
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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
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Prominent Physicist Wishes Away the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2026
Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
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Recently Carlo Rovelli fell into an all-too-common trap for creative thinkers. He offered an opinion on a subject outside his discipline. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 11, 2026
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Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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Why Darwinian Theory Threatens the Declaration of Independence

Andrew McDiarmid
April 11, 2026
Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning
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Dr. John West highlights how modern scientific discoveries in biology, physics, and cosmology are now reinforcing the core claims of the Declaration. Read More ›
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Woman walking through the universe
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 28, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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Skeptic Michael Shermer’s Non-Vision of the Soul

Denyse O’Leary
November 28, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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Responding to Michael Egnor at COSM 2025, he said that the soul is an explanation but not a good explanation for our relationship to our bodies. Read More ›
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Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
November 21, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
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The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›
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Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 12, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

Denyse O’Leary
November 12, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›
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Helping hands, care for the elderly concept
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 5, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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As Evidence of a Soul, Charles Murray and Steven Pinker Debate Terminal Lucidity

Denyse O’Leary
November 5, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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Pinker himself is fresh from getting a book tour Canceled by a humanist group. He’s apparently not one of the atheist heroes any more. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 20, 2025
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Faith & Science
Physics
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Maturing Toward God: Update from Charles Murray

David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025
Faith & Science, Physics
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Why there is something rather than nothing is the question posed in our video, "Proof of God in 3 Minutes," about the law of conservation of matter and energy. Read More ›
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Conceptual art journey to dream. Step into another world, Inside of brain, fantasy, escape from life concept. Made with Generative AI
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 20, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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From Charles Murray to Dan Brown, the Culture Is Maturing Toward the Immortal Mind

David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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The existence of an immaterial reality, a soul, or a genome, is a concept that has been bubbling up, independently, across a range of minds. Read More ›
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Conceptual image of a large stone in the shape of the human brain
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Author
Geoffrey Simmons
Date
September 19, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Doctor’s Diary: To Whom Are You Talking When You Talk to Yourself?

Geoffrey Simmons
September 19, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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A comment by a national radio show host recently caught my attention. “So, I said to myself, SELF! What would you do under these circumstances?” Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 8, 2025
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Bioethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Darwinism’s “Simplest” and “Most Destructive Implication”

David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2025
Bioethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Imagine that: killing as a “cost-saving strategy.” I think of Canada more and more as the haunted twin of the United States, and a warning to us. Read More ›

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