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Brian Miller

Ghost Nebula
Ghost Nebula
Photo: Ghost Nebula, by NASA, ESA, and STScI/Acknowledgment: H. Arab (University of Strasbourg).

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Challenges the Evidence for Cosmological Fine-Tuning

Hossenfelder’s strongest argument is that many fine-tuning parameters cannot in fact be quantified. Read More ›
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Photo: Mica, by Pascal Terjan from London, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0).

Helen Hansma: Round Two on the Origin of Life

My interlocutor was Helen Hansma who pioneered the mica-sheet origin-of-life model. Read More ›
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Photo: Steam locomotive, by Petar Milošević / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Paul Ashby on Thermodynamics, Information, and Life’s Molecular Machines

I particularly appreciate how his arguments complement my own analyses addressing the origin of life. Read More ›
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Mount Rushmore
Photo: Mount Rushmore, by National Park Service.

Here Is How to Teach Intelligent Design to Young People

The first principle is helping participants discover the evidence for design themselves. Read More ›
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Mistakes Our Critics Make: Limits of Evolutionary Processes

The evolution of many complex traits, such as echo location in whales, requires the modification or creation of numerous proteins, physical structures, and neural connections. Read More ›
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Mistakes Our Critics Make: Information Theory

Researchers felt compelled to describe biological information using such phrases as “coding schemes,” “carries meaning,” “core program,” and “hierarchical rules (grammar).” Read More ›
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The Information Enigma: Going Deeper

To provide a deeper understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of information-based arguments, I will delve into the underlying mathematics. Read More ›
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The Information Enigma: A Closer Look

I will flesh out the concept of biological information, and I will explain why significant quantities of it cannot be generated through natural processes. Read More ›
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Photo: Hydrothermal vents, where some theories hypothesize that life originated, by NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

On the Origin of Life, Here Is My Response to Jeremy England

The most promising candidate for a “natural engine” is proton flows across thermal vents that theoretically could generate high-energy molecules. Read More ›

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