Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, the very day that, half-way across the world in a log shack in Kentucky, Nancy Lincoln would give birth to Abraham, a boy with a likewise hidden destiny. Read More ›
Since 2005, the theory of intelligent design has been the focus of a frenzy of international media coverage. But what is this theory of intelligent design, and where did it come from? And why does it arouse such passion and inspire such apparently determined efforts to suppress it? Read More ›
Some trace the origins of ID back to the natural theology of Paley and Aquinas. Other critics of ID acknowledge that “design arguments are not new, for the debate over design in nature began at least as early as the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. Read More ›
The idea of intelligent design reaches back to Socrates and Plato, and the term “intelligent design” as an alternative to blind evolution was used as early as 1897. Read More ›
Despite difficulties, the modern form of Darwin’s theory has been raised to its present high status because it’s said to be the cornerstone of modern experimental biology. But is that correct? Read More ›
Just when scientists thought they understood how natural processes explained the order of the universe, they discovered a very special kind of complexity, called information, in nature. Read More ›
