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Bob Murphy Show ep. 111: Winston Ewert Applies Computer Science to Intelligent Design

Ewert has a PhD in computer science. Audio here, video below.

Kick the Tires

Hey kids, I had somebody fix some of the obvious problems with the website, such as the Category Search function (on the left). Does anybody notice anything that he might have “broken”? (BTW check out the category I used for this blog post. Oh I’m such a clever cat.)

Is There Anybody Out There?

Sorry for the sporadic blogging; I’ve been traveling a lot. I missed Sunday’s post, but this one–though related to current events science news–will have obvious religious overtones. On Facebook Daniel Kuehn shared this HuffPo article about a recent NASA panel telling the general public about the search for extraterrestrial life. Here is the opening of […]

A Story Illustrating Intelligent Design (ID) Theory

[UPDATE: In this post, Steve Landsburg and I take the argument to depths that only Marvel superheroes could withstand.] I have known for quite some time that atheist critics didn’t even understand the actual position of ID theorists such as William Dembski, but (per Tom Woods’ suggestion that I check it out) I am sad […]

Why Evangelicals Get So Worked Up About Evolution

A few years ago, I got hip-deep into the Intelligent Design (ID) controversy and gave it a qualified (opposable) thumbs-up. Here’s my quick position, because I know some readers will be horrified if I don’t clarify: (1) I do not think the Biblical Genesis account should be treated as a literal chronology, as an eyewitness […]