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Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan - The University of Tokyo is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan - The University of Tokyo is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
Brian Miller
May 16, 2022

Origin-of-Life Mystery at the University of Tokyo, Pt. 2

Brian Miller
May 16, 2022
Today’s ID the Future is Part 2 of physicist Brian Miller exploring a recent report from the University of Tokyo claiming a big breakthrough in origin-of-life research. Read More ›
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House on Sand
Cornelius G. Hunter
February 8, 2022

Darwin’s Rhetorical Foundation of Sand: Theological Utilitarianism

Cornelius G. Hunter
February 8, 2022
On this ID the Future, biophysicist Cornelius Hunter explores Charles Darwin’s theological arguments for his theory of evolution. By theological, Hunter doesn’t mean that Darwin was arguing for theistic evolution. He means that Darwin received what is known as theological utilitarianism from the intellectual culture of his youth, which had strong deistic tendencies. Read More ›
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The Center for Science and Culture
January 18, 2021
Intelligent Design

Martin Luther King on the Design of the Universe

The Center for Science and Culture
January 18, 2021
Intelligent Design

He talked as though he unfolded the seasons and provided the fertility of the soil, controlled the rising and the setting of the sun, and regulated the natural processes that produce the rain and the dew. He had an unconscious feeling that he was the Creator, not a creature.  This man-centered foolishness has had a long and oftentimes disastrous reign in Read More ›

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Bruce Gordon
February 5, 2008
Intelligent Design

The Scientific Status of Design Inferences

Bruce Gordon
February 5, 2008
Intelligent Design
Scientific practice assumes that the universe, in both its origin and function, is a closed system of undirected physical processes. While many scientists reject this assumption as the ultimate truth, they still think that it is essential for science to function as if it were true. This means that they have accepted methodological naturalism as a necessary constraint on their practice as scientists. Methodological naturalism is the doctrine that in order to be scientific, an explanation must be naturalistic, that is, it must only appeal to entities, causes, events, and processes contained within the material universe. Even if we grant that this restriction on permissible explanations has been a fruitful strategy for science, we must still ask whether it is methodologically required by science. Read More ›
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Cornelius G. Hunter
July 3, 2007
Intelligent Design

Science’s Blind Spot

Cornelius G. Hunter
July 3, 2007
Intelligent Design

In law, one who sells a product in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user is held strictly liable for the physical harm to the injured party. One way for the injured party to win a case is to successfully argue that there is a design defect in the product. Put another way, the plaintiff is entitled to damages Read More ›