Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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William Shakespeare

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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
September 4, 2025
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Arts
Biology
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Biology, Like Technology, Requires “Something More”

Eric Hedin
September 4, 2025
Arts, Biology, Intelligent Design, Technology
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Even when formed to perfection, a violin will not “hale souls out of men’s bodies” unless a master musician draws the bow across the strings. Read More ›
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Daniel Witt
Date
June 20, 2025
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Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
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How Darwin Recruited Racism to His Theory

Daniel Witt
June 20, 2025
Bioethics, Biology, Evolution
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Charles Darwin formulated his theory at a time when it was commonly assumed that different races of humans had different natural levels of intelligence. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
January 10, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

William A. Dembski
January 10, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Read More ›
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
November 27, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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There’s a Limit to What Nature Can Do

Eric Hedin
November 27, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Nature actually has precious few options for manipulating the natural ingredients (atoms) of this universe. Read More ›
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
October 22, 2024
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Bioethics
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Arguing About Taste with Large Language Models

William A. Dembski
October 22, 2024
Bioethics, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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When Large Language Models aspire to the literary genius of James Joyce, what could go wrong? Read More ›
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
July 15, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Building a Better Definition of Intelligent Design

William A. Dembski
July 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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Definitional change in science is par for the course: As paradigms shift because of scientific advances, textbook definitions change. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 12, 2024
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Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Jonathan Witt: More than Just “Bare” Design, Nature Reveals Cosmic Genius

David Klinghoffer
July 12, 2024
Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Like a matryoshka doll, nature displays its depths in a hidden manner, not just on the surface. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
June 24, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Have We Become Addicted to Change?

Eric Hedin
June 24, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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A sci-fi author wrote of spaceship pilots using slide rules to calculate their course corrections while on interstellar journeys! Read More ›
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
May 6, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Why Specified Complexity Is Key to Detecting Design

William A. Dembski
May 6, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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In plain English here is what specified complexity is and why it is able to detect design. Read More ›
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
January 22, 2024
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Engineering
Faith & Science
History of Science
Scientific Trustworthiness
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In the Scientific Enterprise, the Wildness of Aslan Counsels Humility 

Jonathan Witt
January 22, 2024
Engineering, Faith & Science, History of Science, Scientific Trustworthiness
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Science has made many of its grandest leaps in the face of a mainstream of scientists stubbornly defending a dominant but misguided paradigm. Read More ›

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