Tag: William Dembski

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologic institute, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Doubt, Designer Science, Dover trial, fake quotes, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, podcast, Politics, religion, Research, Robert J. Marks, Science and Culture Today, scientific papers, Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

The Missing Two Decades! What C. W. Howell Left Out of His “History” of ID

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 17, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

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I conclude my conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin about his critique of a recent book from New York University Press, by C. W. Howell. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 14, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, background noise, design detection, extraterrestrial intelligence, improbability, intelligent aliens, Jerry Ehman, Ohio State University, outer space, researchers, SETI, standard deviations, William Dembski, Wow! signal}

The Wow! Signal and a Project in Design Detection

_{Winston Ewert
September 14, 2026

Intelligent Design, Physics

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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence searches through evidence from outer space in the hopes of finding something that indicates intelligent ET life. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 10, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architectures, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, biological design, biology, Can Science Explain Everything?, catching, climbing, compactness, fine-tuning, fingers, freedom, hand, human anatomy, humanoid robots, humans, intelligent design, interfaces, john lennox, joints, leaping, linkage mechanisms, musculoskeletal system, poor design, running, segmentation, Signature in the Cell, sloppy design, sophistication, sprinting, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, weight, William Dembski, wrist}

New Stuart Burgess Article on Human Joints Reflects Growing Recognition of Design in Biology

_{Brian Miller
September 10, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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A journal committed to scientific materialism publishes an article explicitly challenging evolution and promoting design. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, chemistry, control feedback loops, embedded computing, Energy, enzymes, feedstock, formaldehyde, informational system, intelligent design, iron, lipids, microspheres, minimally complex cells, molybdenum, Nayan Chakraborty, organic molecules, origin of life, origin-of-life literature, peptides, philosophical commitments, phosphate, protocells, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Shashi Thutupalli, signal processing, specified complexity, spherules, storytelling, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Protocell Pretensions: The Illusion of Progress in Origin-of-Life Research

_{Brian Miller
September 3, 2026

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This paper contains the imaginative storytelling, speculative leaps, and inflated claims that have become staples of the origin-of-life literature. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, books, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, conservatism, Delphic oracle, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), evolution, God and Evolution, history, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jay Richards, journalists, lockdowns, Logan Gage, Michael Behe, Michael Chabarek, news angle, news hook, NYU Press, opinions writers, scientism, skepticism, Thomism, thought crime, Tom Bethell, vaccine mandates, William Dembski}

Is Intelligent Design the Root of All Science Skepticism?

_{Casey Luskin
August 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As author C. W. Howell puts it, various ID proponents have sometimes committed the thought crime of “doubting the science consensus outside evolution." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academic reviewers, Animal Algorithms, Ann Gauger, astrobiology, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, Charles Thaxton, Christianity Today, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), dGRNs, Discovery Institute Press, Douglas Axe, Edward Larson, epigenetics, evo-devo, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, Howard Glicksman, ID 3.0 Research Program, information, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Molecular Biology, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain, molecular machines, natural genetic engineering, neo-Lamarckism, neutral evolution, New York University Press, peer-reviewed literature, Plato's Revenge, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Quarterly Review of Biology, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Robert J. Marks, self-organization, Signature in the Cell, statistics, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, symbiogenesis, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fighting a Battle That’s Over, and ID Won, Designer Science Omits Key Portions of ID’s History

_{Casey Luskin
August 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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I want to be fair to Howell, but I also want to be fair to my colleagues who have worked hard developing and publishing new ID arguments over the past 20 years. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, ACLU, Big Bang, biochemists, Biology and Philosophy, books, C. W. Howell, David E. Levin, Del Ratzsch, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), EWTN, First Amendment Law Review, inaccuracies, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, John Maddox, Judge John E. Jones, judges, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Mary Katherine Hackney, media, Michael Behe, National Catholic Reporter, New York University Press, North Carolina Law Review, plagiarism, publishers, quotations, Reports of the National Center for Science Education, Roman Catholicism, Skeptical Inquirer, Steve Fuller, The Design Inference, University of Warwick, Wikipedia, William Dembski}

NYU Press Book Makes Fake Behe Quote a Linchpin of Its Case Against Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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It’s quite a chain of errors, from the ACLU to Judge Jones to C. W. Howell. Each makes it worse than the one before. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algorithmic specified complexity, Animal Algorithms, birds, brain hemispheres, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian phyla, Center for Science and Culture, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, Emily Reeves, evolutionary biology, fossil explosions, function, functional information, genetics, genomics, George Montañez, goal-directedness, Günter Bechly, Homo (genus), insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Kolmogorov complexity, land plants, mammals, marine invertebrates, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Minding the Brain, molecular biology, Nature Communications, Origin of Species, paleontology, Piers Morgan, protein science, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, split-brain surgery, Stephen Meyer, Taking Stock at 30 (series), teleology, The Design Inference, The Immortal Mind, Theistic Evolution (book), William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Explosions Persist, and Other Confirmations of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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From 2016 until his tragic death in 2025, Bechly made many important contributions to ID literature on the topic of fossil explosions in the history of life. Read More ›

Glittering dna helix with golden particles in a biotech concept

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetyl tags, biochemical functionality, BioEssays, biological codes, Biological Theory, biology, code, control, convergence, DNA, ENCODE project, evolution, First Things, Forrest Mims, Francis Collins, genes, Genome Biology and Evolution, Human Genome Project, information, information compression, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, methyl tags, Michael Levin, mind, ontogenetic information, paradigm shift, phylogenetic signal, phylogenomic conflict, Platonism, random mutations, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science stopper, Simon Conway Morris, Taking Stock at 30 (series), Third Way of Evolution, Tufts University, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. Read More ›

Bacterial Flagellar Motor Proton-Driven Rotary Nanomachine

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Author
George Montañez

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Big Bangs, biology, bioRxiv, Casey Luskin, computational biologists, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinian processes, dough, evolutionary change, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Last Bacterial Common Ancestor, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Behe, Nature Reviews Microbiology, type III secretion system, Wikipedia, William Dembski, yeast}

Mighty and Meek: Behe’s Great Work at Age 30

_{George Montañez
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The sheer amount of research that has gone into trying to find alternative explanations to what Behe has proposed is mind-boggling. Read More ›