SETI and Fermi Paradox Are Nextdoor Neighbors of Intelligent Design

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What do SETI researchers, usually atheists or agnostics (cf. Jill Tarter as an example of the former, Carl Sagan of the latter), want to find? Evidence of MIND. Source
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Engineering Places Constraints on Cell Size that Evolutions Cannot Explain

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Cells reach a Goldilocks size for their needs. Evolutionists are at a loss to say how cells hit the sweet spot for smooth functioning. Source
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Immanent Agency: It’s Evolution by Design, After All

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Agency theory as proposed certainly is not "magic," but it specifically invokes teleology within its operating framework. Source
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Independent Origins of Muscular Hydrostats Are Another Conundrum for Evolution

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How does Professor Naughton explain this baffling similarity? He invokes the fallacy that a physical constraint compels natural selection to create a solution. Source
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NOVA on Evolution of Eating: Here’s the “Science,” Trust Me, Bro!

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There is only a compelling story, beautifully illustrated with plenty of AI imagineering and more scientists testifying to their evolutionary faith. Source
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How to Shift the Gears in Your Legs?

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The answer to the question: You don’t have to do anything. You have automatic transmission. Source
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C. W. Howell Scrubs Fabricated Behe Quote from Dissertation Without Coming Clean

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The ethical thing would have been to apologize and admit the seriousness of his mistake. His smoking gun, after all, wasn’t just a dud. It was imaginary. Source
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In France, Barbarians Set Fire to Civilization; Design and the Designer Are the Targets

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Says John West, “Students need to know. They don’t understand bad ideas have bad consequences. It’s like playing with fire.” That's no mere figure of speech. Source
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Unlike the BBC, NOVA’s Evolution So Far Prefers Insinuation to Outright Atheism

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I find the clear statement of what you’re trying to convey at least more honorable than always leaving room for future denials as needed. Source
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The Remarkable Life-Friendly Properties of Sunlight and Water

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“The right light,” says Dr. McLatchie, would be like the thickness of “a few playing cards in a stack stretching beyond the galaxy of Andromeda.”  Source
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