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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bernard Carr, Cornell University, electromagnetic force, Harvard University, Higgs Boson, Jews, meaning, MIT, multiverse, New York City, Nobel Prize, particle physics, physicists, Princeton University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theoretical physics, U.C. Berkeley, weak nuclear force}

Farewell to Steven Weinberg, Visionary Physicist Who Appealed to the Multiverse

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July 30, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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A sad note in Weinberg’s life was that his philosophical framework prevented him from seeing the design behind the physics he studied. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Arizona State University, biological information, chemicals, Inference (journal), intelligent agents, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Justin Brierley, mainstream science, MIT, molecules, Paul Davies, religions, scientific materialism, self-replicating machines, Unbelievable}

England, Davies: Honesty, if Not Agreement, on the Origin of Life

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July 1, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Jeremey England explained his conjecture that the flow of energy through a chemical system could cause it to self-organize in such a way as to move toward life. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
June 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, atomism, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darrel Falk, Dogs, Epicureanism, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, fossil record, Francisco Ayala, genes, genetic variations, Gerd Müller, intelligent design, materialists, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Stoics, The Blind Watchmaker}

Darrel Falk Downplays the Ramifications of the 2016 Royal Society Meeting

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June 2, 2021

Evolution

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The meeting exposed the reality, hidden from the public, that leading evolutionary theorists recognize that natural selection has no real creative power. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 28, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University, chemists, Darrel Falk, Darwinian evolution, directed evolution, early Earth, prebiotic conditions, Retraction Crisis, Return of the God Hypothesis, ribozymes, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Times Literary Supplement}

Darrel Falk Badly Mischaracterizes RNA World Experiments. . .and Stephen Meyer

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May 28, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Falk claims that Meyer misled his readers by not mentioning an allegedly significant newer result. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, atomists, bees, Charles Darwin, dinosaurs, evolution, French Revolution, Georges Cuvier, giraffe’s neck, J.B.S. Haldane, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, paleontologists, Plato, punctuated equilibrium, scientific materialism, Scott Turner, tautology, teleology, vitalism}

Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

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April 16, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Anaxagoras, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, atheism, atomists, body plans, Christianity, cognition, demiurge, Democritus, evolutionary theory, idealism, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, Plato, purposefulness, Scott Turner, Socrates}

Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology

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April 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, ancient Greeks, cognition, Darwinists, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, homeostasis, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner, State University of New York}

Scott Turner: New Video Series on His Model for Evolution

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April 12, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin’s ideas have become a flashpoint in the culture, so any discussion of the science can easily become highly polarized and politicized. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 10, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, enzymes, experiments, information, intelligent design, investigator intervention, nucleotide sequences, nucleotides, polymerase, replication, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, self-replication}

Experiments on “Self-Replicating” RNA Indicate the Need for Intelligent Agency in Life’s Origin

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April 10, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Any evolving system of RNAs would quickly include almost exclusively RNAs that performed no biologically useful actions. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, DNA, early Earth, genetic code, intelligent agency, investigator intervention, James Tour, nucleotides, proteins, RNA, RNA world}

New Article Purports to Help Explain the Origin of the Genetic Code

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April 9, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Without all of the described investigator interventions, a system of replicating RNAs could never emerge or even sustain itself. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, chemists, design hypothesis, DNA, evidence, information, intelligent designer, interactome, James Tour, macromolecules, nucleotides, Peter Tompa, proteins, Rice University, RNA, tools}

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Assembly of Cellular Components

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April 2, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I suspect this challenge will not be widely heeded. Studying these issues will lead researchers toward a conclusion they simply are not willing to accept. Read More ›