Tag: William Dembski | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, algorithm, Ariel Chipman, Artificial Selection, balancing selection, BioEssays, Cambrian Explosion, co-option, conservation, Darwin Devolves, Dyna Rochmyaningsih, evolution, Galápagos Islands, gene duplication, genetic drift, genetic mutations, Hugo de Vries, hybridization, introgression, John Sanford, John Templeton Foundation, magic, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mount improbable, Mutant Ninja Turtles, natural selection, negative selection, Owen D. Jones, personification, Phillip E. Johnson, polyploidy, process, programming, pterosaur, purifying selection, Richard Lewontin, Robert Hazen, Spiderman, stabilizing selection, Stuff Happens Law, subfunctionalization, survival of the fittest, The Design Inference, Tom Bethell, tuatara, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Evolutionists Need a Refresher Course in Natural Selection

_{David Coppedge
June 9, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Abuses of the concept of natural selection abound not only in science news but in scientific papers in major journals as well. It’s time for a remedial course. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, Aristotle, C. W. Howell, capitalism, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Designer Science, Edward Feser, faith and science, Fr. Michael Chaberek, Franciscan University of Steubenville, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, James R. Hofmann, Jerry Coyne, Karl Marx, Logan Gage, metaphysics, Michael Behe, philosophers, poor design, purpose, Robert Koons, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, unintelligent entities, William Dembski}

Designer Science Repeats Common Misunderstandings of Thomas Aquinas

_{Brian Miller
May 27, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Aquinas argues that intelligence is recognized precisely because unintelligent entities achieve purposeful ends only when directed by an intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 1, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan Sandage, Angelika Film Center, astronomy, audience, Bijan Nemati, creator, Dean Kenyon, Design Inference, design theorists, documentary, geophysicists, inference to the best explanation, materialism, New York Times, physicists, physics, premiere, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rotary Club, scientific arguments, scientific reasoning, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, theism, universe, University of Cambridge, William Dembski}

Dispatch from Dallas: Documentary Premieres Where It All Started

_{Jonathan Witt
May 1, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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There is something fitting, even story-like, about Meyer's presence at the Dallas premiere. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
April 27, 2026

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archival material, audience, Big Bang, Brian Keating, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Eric Esau, evolution, filmmakers, films, Frank Tipler, Hollywood, intelligence, intelligent design, James Tour, john lennox, materialism, Michael Behe, molecular machines, nano-technology, Nobel laureates, Peter Thiel, Poverty Inc., prizes, Return of the God Hypothesis, screener, Signature in the Cell, software, Stephen Meyer, storytelling, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, thinkers, universe, William Dembski}

The Story of Everything Dazzled Me: I Wasn’t Prepared

_{Jonathan Witt
April 27, 2026

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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I’ve worked on successful documentary films, including a 2014 feature-length film that won multiple prizes; I’m not easily impressed. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological systems, building blocks, designed reality, finite universe, ID the Future, improbability, information, irreducible intelligence, Law of Conservation of Information, materialist process, mathematicians, matter, philosophers, podcast, probability amplifier, selection process, William Dembski}

Irreducible Intelligence: The Ultimate Origin of Biological Information

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The more an environment is tuned to amplify probability, the more improbable that environment becomes, requiring further explanation. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, Carole Mundell, chance, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrials, false negatives, false positives, intelligent actors, intelligent design, Live Science, media, natural law., No Free Lunch, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, radio signals, space, space aliens, Stonehenge, The Conversation, William Dembski}

When Should Mysterious Signals from Space Be Attributed to Alien Intelligence?

_{David Coppedge
January 27, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design advocates agree that you don’t infer intelligence until there is sufficient reason to reject chance and natural law. Read More ›

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Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Balliol College, biologists, evolution, evolutionary biology, heresy, intelligence, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, Michael Lynch, Research, Richard Dawkins, Rumpelstiltskin, Science and Culture, William Dembski}

Oxford Conference on Evolution: Heresies and New Ideas Every Day

_{Science & Culture
January 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Michael Lynch, Jerry Coyne, and Richard Dawkins would have split themselves in two, like Rumpelstiltskin in a wild rage, if they had attended. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ada Lovelace, artificial inteligence, Conservation of Information, ID the Future, information, intelligence, Law of Conservation of Information, law of formation, Leon Brillouin, machines, mathematicians, nature, order, perpetual motion machines, philosophers, physical systems, reductionist biology, Second Law of Thermodynamics, William Dembski}

Why Intelligence Is Necessary to Explain Nature’s Functional Information

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The law of conservation of information shows that intelligence is a necessary requirement for the complex functional information found in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Aubrey, Conservation of Information, Darwinian evolution, designer substitute, environmental pressure, hereditary variability, ID the Future, information, intelligence, inter lego, intervention, knowledge, Law of Conservation of Information, mathematicians, monograph, philosophers, podcast, specified complexity, Texas, unguided mechanism, United States, William Dembski}

Bill Dembski Reveals the Hidden Cost of Information

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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When the law of conservation of information is applied properly to evolutionary claims, the reality is sobering. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, Darwin Strikes Back, Darwin’s Black Box, Design Inference, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Judge John E. Jones, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, Scott Minnich, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Design Revolution, theology, Thomas Woodward, William Dembski}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 1, “Jones Judged Actual ID Theory, Not a Straw Man”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 20, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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At the end of the day, the ruling by Judge Jones really is not a refutation of intelligent design at all. Read More ›