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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ammonia, atmosphere, building blocks, carbon dioxide, early Earth, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), gases, methane, Miller-Urey experiment, monomers, NASA, Nick Lane, primordial soup, Science (journal), University College London}

A Mystery: Prebiotic Synthesis of Simple Organic Monomers

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 21, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In 2010, University College London biochemist Nick Lane stated the primordial soup theory “doesn’t hold water” and is “past its expiration date.” Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alexander Oparin, Aristotle, biopolymers, building blocks, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), J.B.S. Haldane, Louis Pasteur, Paris, proteins, RNA}

All Living Systems Must Process Energy, Store and Utilize Information, and Replicate

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 20, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Louis Pasteur showed that what appeared to be life springing forth from nonliving matter was actually life emerging from exceedingly small living organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Charles Darwin, complexity, DNA, electricity, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), grass, James Clerk Maxwell, living systems, Ludwig Boltzmann, mountains, oceans, proteins, RNA, rocks, Second Law of Thermodynamics, simplicity, soil, sugars}

Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Evolutionary theory and the development of the second law of thermodynamics are two of the three major scientific discoveries of the 19th century. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 9, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, cancer, cell biology, complex and specified information, diseases, enzymes, evolutionary computation, galactic habitable zone, information, information theory, intelligent agency, intelligent design, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, molecular machines, paleontology, physiology, predictions, protein science, science stopper, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

Science Stopper? Intelligent Design as a Fruitful Scientific Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
May 9, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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When critics claim that research is not permitted to detect design because that would stop science, it is they who hold science back. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, cancer, chance, cosmic fine-tuning, data, evolution, evolutionary biologists, fossil record, geological time, intelligent design, materialistic science, multiverse, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, punctuated equilibrium, Stephen Jay Gould, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

Can Materialistic Models Accommodate the Scientific Data?

_{Casey Luskin
May 7, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Would you believe someone who claimed that fairies and leprechauns were caught on video, but they are too small or too fast to be seen? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, chronology, CSI, data, dependency graph, Douglas Axe, explanatory power, function, gene sequences, intelligent agents, intelligent design, junk DNA, observations, predictions, scientists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), Winston Ewert}

Does Intelligent Design Make Predictions or Retrodictions?

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I would argue that a chronology of exactly what was predicted when is not dispositive as to whether a positive argument can be made. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, CSI, dependency graph, DNA, evolution, explanatory power, Forrest Mims, genomes, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, medicine, Michael Behe, mutations, Nature Reviews Genetics, nested hierarchy, predictions, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Science (journal), Scientific American, selection, software, Susumu Ohno, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), The Selfish Gene, Winston Ewert}

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

_{Casey Luskin
May 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta}

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

_{Casey Luskin
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Charles Townes, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmological constant, cosmos, electromagnetic force, goal, gravity, initial entropy, intelligent agents, intelligent design, life, mind, physical constants, physical laws, Planck time, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), universe}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Physics

_{Casey Luskin
May 3, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Multiple physical laws and constants must be finely tuned for the universe to be inhabited by advanced forms of life. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Discover Magazine, DNA, ENCODE, Endogenous retroviruses, evolution, experiment, function, genome, hypothesis, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, line, MicroRNAs, Neo-Darwinism, non-coding DNA, observation, science stopper, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

_{Casey Luskin
May 2, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design. Read More ›