Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

Stephen Jay Gould

Charles-Darwin
Image source: Discovery Institute.

What Ever Happened to Darwin’s Big Book?

Why didn’t Darwin publish the evidence for his momentous theory? And why was his thesis hailed as one of the greatest ideas in science despite that fact? Read More ›
Richard_Dawkins_no_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_(18210456641)
Photo: Richard Dawkins, by Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Some Unintended Consequences of Atheist (and Theist) Discourse

This “law of unintended consequences” is an intriguing aspect of the whole Darwin/Dawkins affair that deserves further investigation. Read More ›
darwinistdevolve
Image source: Discovery Institute.

Is This a Paradigm Shift? 

Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism. Read More ›
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.

Study Finds Life’s Origin “Required a Surprisingly Short Interval of Geologic Time”

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 ›
NMNH-USNMPAL57628Pikaia2
Photo credit: Bruce Martin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Cambrian Fossils Turned Upside Down Yet Again

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.

Darwin’s Science and Storytelling

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.

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 ›
Wanneria_sp.,_Early_Cambrian,_Eager_Formation,_Cranbrook,_BC,_Canada_-_Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science_-_DSC01398
Photo credit: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

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.

The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

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.

Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views

Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute