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Behe’s New “Mousetrap” Book — The Fragility of Darwinism

The idea of the book is not merely to dunk on the critics. Michael Behe, to be frank, doesn’t find of any their criticisms very meaningful. Read More ›
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Remember This: Memory Requires Intelligent Design

The brain assists the organization and recall of thoughts by segmenting them and associating them with stimuli. But who is doing the thinking? Read More ›
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Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Electron micrographs via Jackson Laboratory.

Some Proteins Act Almost Like Humans

We know they are just molecular machines, but some proteins appear to have uncanny abilities to sense a situation and make decisions. Read More ›
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The Calculation-Free Design Intuition and the Calculations That Validate It

From childhood, we all naturally ascribe things like spiders and hummingbirds to a “God-like designer.” But are we right to do this? Read More ›
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Darwin’s Point: No Evidence for Common Ancestry of Humans with Monkeys

The bump was originally discovered by the celebrated British sculptor Thomas Woolner, who informed Charles Darwin about it. Read More ›
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Organosilicon-based life as envisioned by artist, Lei Chen and Yan Liang
Image credit: Organosilicon-based life as envisioned by artist, Lei Chen and Yan Liang (BeautyOfScience.com) via Caltech.

Silicon-Based Life: If Scientists Repurpose an Enzyme, Is It Intelligent Design?

No living cell we know of produces carbon-silicon bonds, but scientists "evolved" a way to make cells produce them. Read More ›

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