Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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 Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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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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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

unguided evolution

medium tree finch
Photo: Medium tree finch, by Jody O'Connor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 26, 2023
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Is Adaptation Actually a Fight to Stay the Same?

Andrew McDiarmid
June 26, 2023
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Charles Darwin pointed to small changes like finch beak size and peppered moth color as visible evidence of an unguided evolutionary process at work. Read More ›
Aquinas
Nautilus at S.E.A. Aquarium, Singapore
Photo credit: Shaun Low via Unsplash.
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Author
Ann Gauger
Date
April 17, 2023
Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Revealing God’s Grandeur — Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Teachings of the Catholic Church

Ann Gauger
April 17, 2023
Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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The last few chapters deal with subjects that theistic evolutionists like to use against ID: Aristotle, Aquinas, and randomness. Read More ›
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Photo: Harvard Museum of Natural History, by Massachusetts Office Of Travel & Tourism, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
March 20, 2023
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Epistemology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
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Let’s Help Harvard Understand Intelligent Design

Jonathan McLatchie
March 20, 2023
Epistemology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science
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It was disappointing to see the inaccurate representation of ID, along with the poor scientific epistemology. Read More ›
common octopus
Photo credit: Martijn Klijnstra, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
July 21, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”

Science & Culture
July 21, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes. Read More ›
Chrismooreia-michaelbehei
Photo: Chrismooreia michaelbehei, a fossil dragonfly species, 191 million years old, named in honor of ID scientist Michael Behe, by Günter Bechly.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
November 23, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Günter Bechly: Why the Fossil Record Points to Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2021
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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He covers how “a lightbulb went on” for him about Darwinism, the fatal waiting time problem, why the ballyhooed extended synthesis fails to save the day for evolution, and more. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
August 25, 2021
Categories
Evolution
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Survey Artificially Inflates the Percentage of Americans who “Accept Evolution”

Casey Luskin
August 25, 2021
Evolution
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Whether their question was chosen intentionally to inflate the degree of support for “evolution,” I cannot say. Read More ›
Parthenon
Photo: Parthenon, by George E. Koronaios, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
July 26, 2021
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Faith & Science
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Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

Casey Luskin
July 26, 2021
Faith & Science
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Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Read More ›
Kepler-442b
Image: Kepler-442b (per the artist's imagination) along side Earth, by Ph03nix1986, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
June 30, 2021
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Physical Sciences
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Study: Planets Capable of Sustaining Photosynthesis Are Extremely Rare

Casey Luskin
June 30, 2021
Physical Sciences
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So how did the paper determine that photosynthesis has an “overall simplicity,” despite the complexity just described? Read More ›
Paul Nelson
Paul Nelson
Photo: Paul Nelson, by Nathan Jacobson.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 14, 2021
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Nelson: Evolution Morphing into Intelligent Design?

David Klinghoffer
June 14, 2021
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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An “engineering theory of evolution” might be one way of expressing what the ID proponents who participated in the CELS event were seeking. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 8, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Axe: Why “No Free Lunch” for Darwin?

David Klinghoffer
June 8, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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That there is a design to life is intuitive, but most of us, if challenged on it, would want to be able to defend our intuition persuasively. Read More ›

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