What is the probability that a cell could have formed by chance alone?
William Dembski is an American mathematician, philosopher, and theologian best known as a leading theorist of the Intelligent Design (ID) movement. He holds doctorates in mathematics from the University of Chicago and philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His notable contributions and background include: "The Design Inference": Dembski gained widespread recognition for his 1998 book, The Design Inference (and its expanded 2023 edition), which outlines how humans and machines can mathematically detect signs of intentional design in nature by eliminating chance and necessity. He pioneered the concept of "specified complexity," a core argument for intelligent design. He argues that certain biological and cosmological features are highly improbable to occur by random chance (complexity) and conform to an independent, recognizable pattern (specified).
What challenge did Darwin Propose to test his own theory?
Michael Behe (born 1952) is an American biochemist and a leading proponent of the intelligent design (ID) movement. A professor at Lehigh University, he is best known for developing the concept of "irreducible complexity," arguing that certain cellular systems are too complex to have evolved through Darwinian mechanisms. In his 1996 book, Darwin's Black Box, Behe argued that some biological systems (like the bacterial flagellum) are composed of well-matched, interacting parts, where removing one part causes the whole system to fail. He contends these systems must have been designed by an intelligent agent.
22. Are there any similarities between computer coding and DNA coding?
Stephen C. Meyer received his PhD in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has authored the New York Times best seller Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2013), Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2009), which was named a Book of the Year by the Times (of London) Literary Supplement in 2009, and now, Return of the God Hypothesis (Harper One, 2021).
21. During the past 150 years, how much evidence has been discovered to support Darwinian evolution?
Jonathan Wells (1942-2024) received two PhDs, one in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and one in Religious Studies from Yale University. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, he previously worked as a postdoctoral research biologist at the University of California at Berkeley and the supervisor of a medical laboratory in Fairfield, California. He also taught biology at California State University in Hayward.
20. How much evolutionary change can genetic mutations actually produce?
Jonathan Wells (1942-2024) received two PhDs, one in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and one in Religious Studies from Yale University. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, he previously worked as a postdoctoral research biologist at the University of California at Berkeley and the supervisor of a medical laboratory in Fairfield, California. He also taught biology at California State University in Hayward.
19. What role does DNA play in the development of an animal?
Jonathan Wells (1942-2024) received two PhDs, one in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and one in Religious Studies from Yale University. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, he previously worked as a postdoctoral research biologist at the University of California at Berkeley and the supervisor of a medical laboratory in Fairfield, California. He also taught biology at California State University in Hayward.
18. Discuss the increase of biological information that took place during the Cambrian explosion.
Jonathan Wells (1942-2024) received two PhDs, one in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and one in Religious Studies from Yale University. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, he previously worked as a postdoctoral research biologist at the University of California at Berkeley and the supervisor of a medical laboratory in Fairfield, California. He also taught biology at California State University in Hayward.
17. Was the embryonic development of the Cambrian animals similar to the process we see today?
Jonathan Wells (1942-2024) received two PhDs, one in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, and one in Religious Studies from Yale University. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, he previously worked as a postdoctoral research biologist at the University of California at Berkeley and the supervisor of a medical laboratory in Fairfield, California. He also taught biology at California State University in Hayward.
16. Can you make a positive case for design from the Cambrian explosion?
Richard Sternberg is an evolutionary biologist with interests in the relation between genes and morphological homologies, and the nature of genomic “information.” He holds two Ph.D.'s: one in Biology (Molecular Evolution) from Florida International University and another in Systems Science (Theoretical Biology) from Binghamton University. From 2001-2007, he served as a staff scientist at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and from 2001-2007 was a Research Associate at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Dr. Sternberg is presently a research scientist at the Biologic Institute, supported by a research fellowship from the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute. He is also a Research Collaborator at the National Museum of Natural History.
15. What are the implications of the intelligibility of a living system?
Richard Sternberg is an evolutionary biologist with interests in the relation between genes and morphological homologies, and the nature of genomic “information.” He holds two Ph.D.'s: one in Biology (Molecular Evolution) from Florida International University and another in Systems Science (Theoretical Biology) from Binghamton University. From 2001-2007, he served as a staff scientist at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and from 2001-2007 was a Research Associate at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Dr. Sternberg is presently a research scientist at the Biologic Institute, supported by a research fellowship from the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute. He is also a Research Collaborator at the National Museum of Natural History.