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William A. Dembski

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Design: A Scientific Proxy for Intelligence

The Dead Sea Scrolls are an example of a design artifact for which intelligence is inferred as the source. Read More ›
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Understanding the Genius of The Design Inference

Being dealt four poker hands that were all royal flushes would be a very rare and special pattern, pointing to someone cheating. Read More ›
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A New Design Inference for a New Generation

Is there an empirical method to determine whether a system is the product of chance or design? Read More ›
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Bill Dembski Reflects on the Origins of a Classic

Twenty-five years later, Dembski’s arguments stand firm, and a second edition with fresh analysis and insight is now available to a new generation. Read More ›
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Dembski Won the Argument with His Critics; New Edition of The Design Inference Shows How

The expanded edition represents the culmination of decades of thought. Esteemed Princeton University mathematician Sergiu Klainerman has welcomed the book. Read More ›
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Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance

Proponents of an evolutionary explanation for life and the universe credit natural processes with a seemingly unlimited amount of time and boundless creativity. Read More ›
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Photo: Robert J. Marks and Walter Myers at COSM conference, by Nathan Jacobson.

Must AI Inevitably Degenerate into Nonsense, through “Model Collapse”?

AI works because humans are real creative beings, and AIs are built using gigantic amounts of diverse and creative datasets made by humans. Read More ›
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Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Read More ›
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Want to Harmonize Evolution and Design? First Check the Data

Is mainstream evolutionary theory compatible with a biology-based argument for intelligent design? Theologian Rope Kojonen believes that it is. Read More ›
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How Information Runs the Show in Biology

Specified information — when improbability meets a recognizable pattern — demands explanation. Read More ›

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