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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 ›
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
Photo: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, by Mihaisiscanu, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

SETI Activists Still Don’t Get the Irony

Most SETI advocates stringently oppose intelligent design even as they rely on it. Read More ›
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alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

More on Avi Loeb’s Approach to Design Inferences

Loeb’s argument represents the most salient example of risky intelligent design reasoning in mainstream science. Read More ›
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Government Funds…Intelligent Design?

“Technosignatures” is just abstruse enough to evade most Congressional waste hunters.  Read More ›
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Radio telescope at Parkes in central New South Wales Australia
Radio telescope at Parkes in central New South Wales Australia
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To Rule Out False Positives in the Search for ET, Astrophysicist Advocates a Design Filter

Compare "aliens did it" to intelligent design as an inference to the best explanation. Read More ›

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