09Nov 2023 by Post

Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

Amazonia, beavers, Crazy Horse Memorial, earthworks, Emilio Guirado, Face on Mars, fairy circles, forests, Garamantes, Gutzon Borglum, Harvard University, Henry Standing Bear, Intelligent Design, Jackson Pollock, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Korczak Ziolkowski, LIDAR, Life Sciences, Man in the Moon, Mount Rushmore, New Scientist, New York University, North Africa, Orion the Hunter, PNAS, Pre-Columbian era, Rube Goldberg, Science (journal), The Design Inference, Tom Metcalfe, University of Portsmouth, V. Peripato, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, Xiaoli Dong
Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Source
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03Dec 2021 by Post

What Is Intelligent Design and How Should We Defend It?

biology, Charles Townes, complex specified information, Complexity, DNA, Evolution, human agents, information, intelligence, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, machines, molecular machines, Mount Rainier, Mount Rushmore, nature, Nobel laureates, Pacific Northwest, poker, programming, proteins, royal flush, scientific method, South Dakota, U.S. Presidents, volcano
Intelligent design is a scientific theory that holds that many features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause. Source
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23Jan 2021 by Post

Algorithmic Specified Complexity: Measuring Mount Rushmore

algorithmic specified complexity, aliens, American history, bacterial flagellum, biological systems, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute Dallas, humanoids, humans, images, information, Intelligent Design, Mount Rushmore, pre-existing patterns, Robert J. Marks, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
A non-humanoid gelatinous alien might assign no meaning to the faces on Mount Rushmore if the alien had never seen a humanoid. Source
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22Oct 2020 by Post

Design Filter Is Best Bet for Finding Liars

bacteria, cheaters, Cody Porter, cooperators, courtroom, Darwinism, deception, drugs, electromagnetics, fact-checkers, forensic science, forensics, gravity, humans, Intelligent Design, Jerry Coyne, liars, lie detection, lying, mantid, Model Statement, Mount Rushmore, Nicholas Caputo, objective truth, perfect crime, postmodernism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, torture, truth-tellers, University of Portsmouth, Why Evolution Is True, William Dembski
Not all intelligent design is benevolent. Design can deceive. Can ID techniques filter the true from the false? Source
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