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William A. Dembski

Saturn’s North Pole hexagon
Photo: Saturn’s North Pole hexagon, via NASA/JPL-Caltech, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons.

Applying the Design Filter to Hexagons

The hexagon on Saturn performs no function. Columnar basalt doesn’t say anything. Snowflakes don’t carry a message. They are mere emergent phenomena. Read More ›
Singularity
Photo credit: Trey Ratcliff, via Flickr (cropped).

Marks: Non-Computable You Won’t Achieve Immortality Through an AI Machine

Dreams of achieving immortality by having your consciousness uploaded, merging man and computer in the predicted 2045 “Singularity,” are just that — dreams. Read More ›
Dembski
Photo: William Dembski, via Discovery Institute.

Invitation to Jason Rosenhouse: Respond to Dembski

Nothing is more clarifying than reasoned argument, as Professor Rosenhouse appears to agree in his book. Now let’s find out what he will say. Read More ›
bullseye
Photo credit: Annie Spratt.

Jason Rosenhouse and Specified Complexity

Not all patterns eliminate chance in the presence of improbability. Take an arrow shot at a target. Read More ›
LIDAR scan
Image: A LIDAR scan, © Heiko Prümers / DAI.

Detected: Intelligent Designs in the Amazon Jungle

With LIDAR technology, the angle of incidence of a signal can reveal designs hiding in plain sight. Read More ›
mathematics
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The Success of Mathematics in Advancing Intelligent Design: A Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse

If there’s one thing that Rosenhouse does well in this book, it is to misrepresent intelligent design and its use of mathematics. Read More ›
Carl Sagan
Image: Carl Sagan, by NASA/Cosmos Studies.

Carl Sagan: “An Intelligence That Antedates the Universe”

It’s the evidence from Sagan’s fiction and other popular writing that is especially provocative. Read More ›
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Image source: Professor Dave YouTube channel (screen shot, fair use).

Yawn: Atheist YouTuber “Professor Dave” Rants about Intelligent Design

In the end, Farina’s potshots against intelligent design and Discovery Institute  completely miss their targets. Read More ›
kinesin
Image at top: Kinesin at work in the cell, from "Kinesin: The Workhorse of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›
Jupiter
Photo: Jupiter, Great Red Spot, by NASA/JPL.

William Dembski: Why Intelligent Design Matters

Atheists use mindless evolution to provide a God-free explanation for life and the universe. Intelligent design checks that move. Read More ›

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