Even if we have a reliable criterion for detecting design, and even if that criterion tells us that biological systems are designed, it seems that determining a biological system to be designed is akin to shrugging our shoulders and saying God did it. The fear is that admitting design as an explanation will stifle scientific inquiry, that scientists will stop investigating difficult problems because they have a sufficient explanation al

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William A. Dembski was American mathematician and philosopher and proponent of intelligent design. William Albert Dembski is an American mathematician, philosopher, and theologian. He was a proponent of intelligent design (ID), a pseudoscientific argument for the existence of God. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world

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