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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biosynthesis, birds, determinism, evolution, genetic drift, intelligent design, natural selection, Neil Thomas, Neo-Darwinism, Nepenthes, recruitment, Science (journal), stochasticity, The Design Inference, Your Designed Body}

Rescuing Chance for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
February 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When papers claim that Darwinism works by selecting unspecified and unplanned variations, do their best empirically studied examples demonstrate it? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Amazonia, archaeologists, BBC News, Darwin's Finches, Ecuador, fitness landscapes, Galápagos Islands, Gaussian curves, geoglyphs, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Jonathan Wells, LIDAR, Light Detection and Ranging, NASA, New Scientist, PNAS, rainforest, The Conversation, The Design Inference, Zombie Science (book)}

Hidden, Now Revealed: Amazonia, Fitness Landscapes, and Fibonacci Numbers

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The caption for one image of spiral galaxy NGC 628 notes: “The spiraling filamentary structure looks somewhat like a cross section of a nautilus shell.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 16, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, 1984 (novel), Bertrand Russell, bias, Big Brother, C.S. Lewis, causation, clinical psychology, Darwinian evolution, determinism, Enlightenment, epistemic virtues, evolution, free will, George Orwell, J.P. Moreland, libertarian free will, logic, Miracles (book), Nicholas Caputo, North Korea, rigor, The Conversation, The Design Inference, theists, thought police, Trinity College Dublin, United Nations, William A. Dembski, William Provine, Winston Ewert, Woodrow Wilson}

Freethinking Cannot Be Darwinized

_{David Coppedge
January 16, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom

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An otherwise good essay on the human right to freedom of thought falls into a Darwinian trap of illogical causation. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 4, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood clotting, California, Darwinism, devolution, Douglas Axe, error correction, evolutionary biologists, fitness landscape, Gaussian curves, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, metaphors, Michael Behe, mount improbable, mousetrap, North Dakota, Paris, phenotypes, PNAS, Richard Dawkins, savannah, Sewall Wright}

Trapdoors in the Fitness Landscape: Scientists Revive Worries About an Evolutionary Metaphor

_{David Coppedge
January 4, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What if the structure of the landscape is like a block of Swiss cheese, flat and riddled with holes? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Angewandte Chemie, Arabic, bacteria, biofilm, bioluminescence, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, engineers, Finland, GUT, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, languages, microbes, migration, MIT, quorum sensing, rocks, slime molds, The Design Inference, words, World War II}

Quorum Sensing: A Clever Trick by Microbes

_{David Coppedge
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Robot designers are learning tricks from bacteria: how to communicate with and respond to other unseen members of a swarm. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cells, chromatography, Darwinian processes, Denmark, ENCODE, eukaryotes, Germany, intelligent design, interactome, junk DNA, Nature (journal), organisms, organs, proteins, proteome, The Design Inference, tissues, unknome, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert, yeast}

The Interactome Multiplies Specified Complexity

_{David Coppedge
December 7, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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No longer think of proteins as isolated parts in a cell. Think of them as friends networking and participating together in a community. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 13, 2023

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, central dogma, Current Biology, diet, DNA, EMBO Reports, epigenetics, evolution, exercise, Frankenstein, genome, intelligent design, John Innes Centre, lifestyle, mind, mood, mutations, pianist, piano, RNA, tempo, University of Georgia, zebra, zebra finch, zebrafish}

Epigenetics: Performing the Genome

_{David Coppedge
November 13, 2023

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

Epigenetics is surpassing genetics in distinction, just as the pianist gets the applause and not the piano. Read More ›

Mount Rushmore

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Amazonia, beavers, fairy circles, forests, Gutzon Borglum, Harvard University, Jackson Pollock, LIDAR, Mount Rushmore, New Scientist, New York University, North Africa, PNAS, Rube Goldberg, Science (journal), The Design Inference, Tom Metcalfe, University of Portsmouth, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

_{David Coppedge
November 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, anthropomorphism, bacteria, behavior, Chapman University, Curiosity rover, Darwinians, Duke University, flowers, herbivores, intelligence, intelligent design, leaves, memory, Nature (journal), nitrogen, programming, self-awareness, synthetic organic chemistry, tentacles, The New Yorker, trees, Wesley Smith}

The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

_{David Coppedge
November 6, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptive evolution, altitude, Andes, bioRxiv, California, convergent evolution, Current Biology, epigenetics, evolution, genes, Himalayas, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, Mars, mice, University of Nebraska}

Intelligent Design at High Altitudes

_{David Coppedge
October 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Surprised at the ability of mammals to thrive at high altitudes, some evolutionists are looking to Darwinian theory for answers. Read More ›