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William A. Dembski

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Here Is How to Teach Intelligent Design to Young People

The first principle is helping participants discover the evidence for design themselves. Read More ›
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“Live Not by Lies”: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Intelligent Design

The censors depend on active personal destruction not to silence us, but to get us (out of fear) to lie and thus silence ourselves. Read More ›
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A Bayesian Approach to Intelligent Design

I have come to think of evidence in Bayesian terms and this has in turn impacted the way I think about the biological arguments for ID. Read More ›
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The Information Enigma: A Closer Look

I will flesh out the concept of biological information, and I will explain why significant quantities of it cannot be generated through natural processes. Read More ›
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Scientist Admits Biologists Are Obsessed with Intelligent Design

What do scientists spend more time thinking about — sex, or the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›
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On Intelligent Design, an Italian Philosophy Journal Takes a Step in the Right Direction

Earlier today we saw that philosopher Subrena E. Smith levied a harsh critique of evolutionary psychology. Read More ›
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New Papers Explore the Utility of Active Information

William Dembski and Robert J. Marks developed the concept of active information to measure the extent to which a search function appears pre-programmed to find some target. Read More ›
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The Shadow of a Science Yet to Be Born

The paper by Tompa and Rose casts a shadow for us, and we need to trace its outline and derive the theory behind the shadow. Read More ›
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Remembering Our Friend Jon Buell, Intelligent Design’s “Matchmaker”

If others have been hailed as the “father of intelligent design” (Michael Behe) or the “godfather” (Phillip Johnson), then Jon Buell was the “matchmaker.” Read More ›
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Blurring the Line Between Natural and Artificial

As technology mimics nature, at what point might future investigators be unsure about natural versus intelligent causes? Read More ›

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