Author: Brian Miller

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __featured2, Aristotle, biology, Birkbeck College, C. W. Howell, causation, Christian teaching, Christians, David Bentley Hart, demiurge, Designer Science, Edward Feser, formal cause, formal principle, gnosticism, God's Grandeur, history, intelligent design, intrinsic purpose, logos, materialism, metaphysics, natural processes, natural selection, philosophy, physics, Plato, primary sources, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Sternberg, scholars, Socrates, Sophia Connell, teleology, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

Designer Science Misrepresents Aristotle and Ignores Church History

_{Brian Miller
May 28, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics

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C. W. Howell contrasts intelligent design with what he believes is Aquinas’ and Aristotle’s understanding of teleology (purpose) in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, Aristotle, C. W. Howell, capitalism, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Designer Science, Edward Feser, faith and science, Fr. Michael Chaberek, Franciscan University of Steubenville, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, James R. Hofmann, Jerry Coyne, Karl Marx, Logan Gage, metaphysics, Michael Behe, philosophers, poor design, purpose, Robert Koons, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, unintelligent entities, William Dembski}

Designer Science Repeats Common Misunderstandings of Thomas Aquinas

_{Brian Miller
May 27, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Aquinas argues that intelligence is recognized precisely because unintelligent entities achieve purposeful ends only when directed by an intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 2, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, academics, accident, Ann Gauger, artificial intelligence, atheist scientists, atheists, beauty, Carl Sagan, cosmos, documentary, domino effect, galaxy, Guillermo Gonzalez, interviews, James T. Kirk, Jay Richards, Lawrence Krauss, nanotechnology, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Star Trek, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, universe, William Shatner}

Neil deGrasse Tyson, William Shatner, and Science’s Next Great Frontier

_{Brian Miller
May 2, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The implications of such paradigm-altering evidence are well articulated by William Shatner in his interview. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, agnostics, audience members, biology, Christianity, cosmology, creator, Duke University, earth, evidence, faith and science, High Point University, information, meaning, MIT, origin of life, philosophy, planets, purpose, religion, religious doctrines, Rice Broocks, science, skepticism, truth, UC Berkeley, universities, University of Washington}

Postcard from North Carolina: College Students Respond to Scientific Evidence for a Creator

_{Brian Miller
March 2, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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Skepticism should be a last resort rather than a starting point. If truth is knowable, we should pursue it as our highest priority. Read More ›

Single strand ribonucleic acid, RNA research and therapy

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 19, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Cambridge, candor, chemical evolution, chemical processes, early Earth, Edoardo Gianni, England, experiments, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, nucleotide chains, nucleotides, origin of life, physical processes, primer, protocell, QT45, reagents, RNA, RNA replicator, RNA world, Rob Stadler, Science (journal), water}

Yet Another Demonstration that Life’s Origin Required an Intelligent Agent

_{Brian Miller
February 19, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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James Tour and Rob Stadler explain why an RNA even remotely similar to QT45 could never have formed on the early Earth. Read More ›

Thought processes emotional intelligence are rendered through symbolic pathways that meticulously trace the minds inner workings

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biobots, cosmology, development, embryos, engineering, fine-tuning, human body, hybrots, machines, mathematicians, measure problem, Michael Levin, minds, multiverse, optimality, Pavlovian conditioning, personal agent, Plato, Platonic forms, Platonic ideas, Platonic patterns, Pythagoras, Richard Sternberg, scientific investigation, Tufts University, Ultimate Engineering, universe}

Platonic Minds: How Stuart Burgess’s Ultimate Engineering Challenges Maverick Biologist Michael Levin

_{Brian Miller
February 18, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

4}

Levin faces a measure problem analogous to that in cosmology, resulting from the optimality of biological designs. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 13, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ankles, biology, Boeing 747, brain, design framework, dexterity, engineers, evolutionary process, human body, human engineering, joint lubrication, knees, mathematics, mutations, Peter Sterling, prosthetic limbs, robotic limbs, robots, Simon Laughlin, Stuart Burgess, synovial fluid, technology, Ultimate Engineering, wiring}

Burgess: Design of Human Body Greatly Surpasses Human Engineering

_{Brian Miller
February 13, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Embracing the evolutionary narrative requires one to abandon one’s belief in mathematics. Read More ›

Jumping and touching knee with elbow stock photo

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, bridges, design logic, Duke University, dysteleology, evolution, human anatomy, human body, Human Errors, human spine, intelligent design, joints, knee, load-baring capacity, longevity, motion, Nathan Lents, optimal design, poor design, Steven Vogel, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal design, teleology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, upright walking, vertebral disks}

Happy Darwin Day! Significance of New Book on Human Anatomy Cannot Be Overstated

_{Brian Miller
February 12, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Burgess's own research proved that knee joint geometry and supporting structures are optimally designed to achieve multiple objectives. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, biologists, biology, biomimicry, blood flow, brain, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Emily Reeves, engineering, Engineering Research Group, engineers, genetic variation, glycolysis, living systems, macroevolution, Michael Egnor, microevolution, modularity, optimality, pathology, physicians, physiology, Research, robustness, Stuart Burgess, systems engineering, Texas A&M, theory of biological design}

Year in Review: Demonstrating the Power of the Intelligent Design Framework in Biology

_{Brian Miller
December 22, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Our scientists and engineers have further laid the foundation for a comprehensive and actionable theory of biological design. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 3, 2025

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, cosmic fine-tuning, electrons, Elie Feder, fine-tuning, gravitation, gravitational constant, gravity, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, laws of nature, life, lottery, Max Tegmark, nucleus, physical existence, physics, Physics to God, superintellect, Theory of Everything, universe}

Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

_{Brian Miller
December 3, 2025

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›