Michael Denton

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Two Views of Biology: Structuralism vs. Functionalism

_{Michael Denton
February 3, 2016}

A structuralist view suggests the biological realm is undergirded by "crystal-like" primal patterns, specified in the laws of nature.

What the Galápagos Finches Tell Us About Evolution

_{Michael Denton
January 29, 2016}

While Darwin's finches demonstrate that natural selection can generate small degrees of adaptive change, they also reveal sharp limits to the mechanism.

Aristotle Rediscovered: What Exactly Is the "Mechanism" for Intelligent Design?

_{Michael Denton
April 21, 2015}

Discovery Institute's Chairman of the Board, Bruce Chapman, asks me how the direction in nature's evolution was imparted.

A Maze with One Exit: Why Evolution Had No Choice

_{Michael Denton
April 20, 2015}

Our Discovery Institute colleague Bruce Chapman writes to me to ask the following question.

Prometheus Unbound: The Fitness of Nature for Large Trees

_{Michael Denton
March 27, 2015}

One of the critical requirements for sustainable fires, sufficiently hot to smelt metal ores, is wood.

The Cold Trap: How It Works

_{Michael Denton
May 10, 2014}

As water vapor ascends in the atmosphere, it cools and condenses out, forming clouds and rain and snow and falling back to the Earth.

Is Earth’s Apparent Design for Life Simply the "Most Severe Case of Observational Bias in the History of Science"?

_{Michael Denton
May 9, 2014}

Astrobiologist David Waltham claims that the only explanation we need to explain our infinite good fortune is anthropic selection or observer bias.

Dr. Michael Denton on Evidence of Fine-Tuning in the Universe

_{Michael Denton
August 22, 2012}

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin sits down with Dr. Michael Denton, a Senior Fellow of the CSC who holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Denton is the author of Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, which has been credited with influencing both Phillip Johnson and Michael Behe, as well as Nature’s Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe, which elaborates on the evidence of design in nature. Luksin and Denton discuss the ways in which the universe is uniquely fit for carbon-based life, and perhaps even human life. Denton argues that when it comes to evidence of fine-tuning in the universe, the more you look, the more you find. Tune in to discover what he has found that has led him to the inference that our world is intelligently …