William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

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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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Considering the Fine-Tuning Argument from Probabilities

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Many authors formulate the fine-tuning argument using probabilities and Bayesian analysis (e.g., Swinburne, Collins, Roberts, Barnes). Source
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Examining the Fine-Tuning Argument by Elimination

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In his article “Has the Multiverse Replaced God?” William Lane Craig presents the fine-tuning argument using the process of elimination. Source
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Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

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At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Source
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Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

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Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Source
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“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

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When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Source
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Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Source
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Three Types of Science: Inferential Science

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Kirk Durston explains how such reasoning can be used effectively as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information. Source
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Responding to Lee Cronin: A Modular Theory of Assembly

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Despite its fatal defects, Assembly Theory does raise the prospect of what a successful theory of assembly might look like. Source
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