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Intelligent Design’s Summer Reading Sale — 40 Percent Discount While It Lasts!

You’re heading to that beach vacation. Or maybe like us in Washington State, you’re sneezing and coughing from the sunbaked wildfire smoke. Read More ›
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A Level Above: The Superiority of the Design Approach

"According to evolution, biology should be a level below human technology because evolution is constrained." Read More ›
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What Academics Actually Think: Higher Priorities and Silent Support for Design

"One of the most encouraging things I’ve found in academia is how many people secretly support intelligent design." Read More ›
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Darwin Devolves (Again): Circular Thinking and the Debilitating Assumptions

"There is a reason why evolutionists focus on the human body as a prime example of bad design." Read More ›
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Multi-Objective Optimization: Empty Criticism of Birth Biomechanics

An engineer would say that the female pelvis is the perfect compromise, the perfect size. Read More ›
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Dr. Burgess and Lucy Hyde: Explaining Problems with Wisdom Teeth and Jaw

"Again, she’s assuming that humans have evolved from ape-like quadruped creatures. Most apes have very powerful jaws that are bigger than ours." Read More ›
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“Design Strength on Multiple Levels”: More Ultimate Wiring with Stuart Burgess

The eye is one of the most striking embarrassing examples of claimed bad design by evolutionists. Read More ›
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Ultimate Wiring: Design Approach Explains the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Think of a spacecraft. It might have 50 miles of wiring. In contrast, the human body has an incredible 50,000 miles of wiring. Read More ›
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Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague

"We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!" Read More ›
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It’s Time for a “Disclosure Day” on Design in Nature

The culture has been buzzing about Steven Spielberg’s latest, which depicts whistleblowers releasing evidence about UFOs that the government has hidden. Read More ›

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