Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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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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Carl Linnaeus
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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

Topic

Stephen Jay Gould

Stromatolithe - MNHT
Photo: Stromatolithe fossil, dated to about 3.4 Ga, by Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
July 18, 2024
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Study Finds Life’s Origin “Required a Surprisingly Short Interval of Geologic Time”

Casey Luskin
July 18, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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It’s certainly not impossible that life was already present on Earth at 4.2 Ga. And if it were true it would have intriguing implications. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Bruce Martin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
Date
July 12, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Cambrian Fossils Turned Upside Down Yet Again

Günter Bechly
July 12, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
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Most of these reconstructions are based on very weak evidence and are highly speculative. Read More ›
HMS Beagle
Image: HMS Beagle, by Conrad Martens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Neil Thomas
Date
June 13, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Darwin’s Science and Storytelling

Neil Thomas
June 13, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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His five-year voyage was undoubtedly an eye-opening rite of passage but perhaps not as foundational to his intellectual development as is sometimes proposed. Read More ›
Copernicus
Copernicus
Image: Nicholas Copernicus, via Toruń Regional Museum / Public domain.
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William A. Dembski
Date
May 28, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Poland’s Intelligent Design Revolution

William A. Dembski
May 28, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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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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Photo credit: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
May 10, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

Günter Bechly
May 10, 2024
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Paleontology
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The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›
panda
Photo credit: 江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 21, 2024
Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

Andrew McDiarmid
April 21, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints. Read More ›
panda
Photo credit: Ashley98lee, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Stephen Dilley
Date
April 15, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
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Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views

Stephen Dilley
April 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design. Read More ›
pandas
Photo credit: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Stephen Dilley
Date
April 10, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?

Stephen Dilley
April 10, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not. Read More ›
panda
Photo credit: Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Stephen Dilley
Date
April 8, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Does a Suboptimal Panda’s Thumb Fit Better with Evolution than with Intelligent Design?

Stephen Dilley
April 8, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Just how much does evolution expect suboptimal structures? And just how much does intelligent design expect optimal ones? Read More ›
panda
Photo credit: Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Stephen Dilley
Date
April 5, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Gould’s God-Talk: Is the Panda’s Thumb Incompatible with ID?

Stephen Dilley
April 5, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Stephen Jay Gould was renowned as a paleontologist, not as a theologian. Yet perhaps his most iconic argument is theological in nature.  Read More ›

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