Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

Antonio Gramsci, Bible, Christianity, Christopher Rufo, Communists, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, DNA, Evolution, How the Regime Rules, Intelligent Design, Larry Sanger, Marxists, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, Plato, Plato's Revenge, political science, Richard Sternberg, scripture, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia, William Dembski
There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Source
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Gutsy and Loyal: The Qualities of Our Friend Jonathan Wells

bravery, Center for Science and Culture, courage, developmental biologists, Discovery Institute, Education, Evolution, evolutionary orthodoxy, eyes, friendship, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, loyalty, Paul Nelson, Podcast, poster presentation, science education, University of Chicago, William Dembski
Dr. Paul Nelson begins with an adventure he had with Dr. Wells: a poster presentation on evolution and development at the University of Chicago. Source
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On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

atheists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Conversion, depression, Discovery Institute Press, emotion, Evolution News, Faith & Science, faith and science, Father Martin Hilbert, Feelings, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Muslims, new york, Richard Dawkins, self-hatred, Somalia, Stephen Meyer, suicide, William Dembski
Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Source
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William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

Aaron Zimmer, biology, cosmic fine-tuning, designing agent, Elie Feder, Evolution, Evolution News, fine-tuning, genetic machinery, Intelligent Design, magical thinking, Mike Licona, Podcast, The Design Inference, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
What exactly is the very best evidence for a designing agent behind nature? There are a number of contenders and, interestingly, not all ID proponents agree. Source
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Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, biology, Carl Woese, causation, cell, Chance and Necessity, David Hume, dispositionalism, Evolution News, final cause, Intelligent Design, intentionality, Isaac Newton, Jacques Monod, Life Sciences, Michael Behe, organelle, powers ontology, purpose, René Descartes, science of purpose, telos, The Design Inference, Walter Elsasser, William Dembski
Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Source
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“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

BBC Horizon, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, California, Cambridge University Press, design filter, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Kenneth Miller, Michael Shellenberger, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, nature, Nature (journal), North Atlantic Right Whale, Patrick Brown, Save the Right Whale Coalition, scientific materialism, specification, The Design Inference, wildfires, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Source
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