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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, diversity, epigenetic information, evolution, finch beaks, fitness landscapes, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, mountains, optimality, podcast, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess}

How Evolutionary Fitness Landscapes Bolster Design Arguments

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Imagine a large area with gentle rolling hills and valleys, or perhaps a rugged terrain complete with steep mountains and impassible gullies. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bullies, censorship, Daniel Witt, Darwinists, evolution, Expelled (movie), free speech, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Neo-Darwinism, peer-reviewed journals, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer}

Progress Since the Sternberg Smithsonian Saga 20 Years Ago

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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For decades, opponents of intelligent design derided the theory as unscientific because it hadn’t been published in peer-reviewed science journals. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, activists, atmosphere, climate change, documentary, electronics, engineers, Forrest Mims, ID the Future, ozone, podcast, Scientific American, scientists}

Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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By the early 1990s, Mims had built a reputation as one of America’s foremost citizen scientists. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", animals, Brian Miller, engineers, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, joints, limbs, misuse, optimality, Stuart Burgess}

In Animal Joints, Multi-Functioning Challenges Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Joints include good examples of irreducible complexity, such as the knee joint’s four bar linkage or the arched structure of the foot. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Eric Anderson, euthanasia, hospice, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, palliative care, physician-assisted suicide, physicians, podcasts, Richard Weikart, Unnatural Death}

A Physician’s Sacred Duty — To Care or to Kill?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 30, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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As a hospice and palliative care physician for over twenty years, Dr. Howard Glicksman regularly cares for terminally ill patients. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, building blocks, evolution, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, neo-Darwinian mechanisms, ontogenetic information, podcast, Tom Woodward}

Jonathan Wells on Toppling Evolution’s Icons

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Wells also explains a study of his that finds that embryo development requires ontogenetic information that can’t arise by neo-Darwinian mechanisms. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 25, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, cosmos, curiosity, heavens, ID the Future, Jay Richards, materialism, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet}

How Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Fell in Love with the Stars

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 25, 2024

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Dr. Gonzalez explains how the gift of a telescope at eight years old kicked off a life-long passion and career in astronomy. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, convergent evolution, Emily Reeves, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, MIT, Not by Chance, physicists, podcast, The Evolution Revolution}

Lee Spetner’s Critique of Convergent Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We bring you the last of three interviews with MIT-trained physicist Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Spetner at 91 years old. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Ben Shapiro, Darwin's Doubt, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, James Tour, methodological naturalism, multiverse, Peter Robinson, podcast, Rice University, RNA world, Stephen Meyer, The Daily Wire, Uncommon Knowledge}

Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on the Origin of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 18, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Meyer explains how the OOL field reached an impasse by the 1980s as chemists learned just how thorny the origin of life problem really was. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, Ben Shapiro, biological information, Charles Darwin, creationism, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, fossils, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, podcast, Stephen Meyer, The Daily Wire}

Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The pair discuss the different meanings of the word "evolution" before Meyer gets into one of Darwin’s biggest doubts. Read More ›