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Close-up of a bacterium under a microscope, with vivid purple and pink colors highlighting cellular details.

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 11, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, archaea, Arthur S. Reber, bacteria, cells, cellular basis of consciousness, cellular cognition, cognition, consciousness, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, František Baluška, fungal mind, fungi, intelligent design, mind, minds, Neo-Darwinism, Peter Corning, protozoans, sentience, unguided evolution, William B. Miller Jr.}

Was God a Bacterium?

_{Daniel Witt
April 11, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We should acknowledge that this theory is, unlike some similar attempts, at least an actual solution: if true, it would explain how complex life evolved. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bertrand Russell, chromosomes, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, emperor penguins, eukaryotes, evolution, foresight, genes, genetic code, Grand Unified Theory, intelligent design, Michael Behe, multicellularity, natural selection, No Free Lunch, Peter Corning, proteins, random variation, RNA, self-replicating molecules, sexual reproduction, synergistic selection, synergy, The Design Inference, turtles, William A. Dembski}

Synergies All the Way Down

_{Daniel Witt
April 10, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chickens, eggs, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, First Cause, intelligent design, living systems, Michael Behe, MIT Press, natural genetic engineering, Peter Corning, Platonic forms, purposiveness, symbiogenesis, teleonomy, William A. Dembski}

Design Without a Designer? New Book Says Yes!

_{Daniel Witt
April 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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So, does the teleonomic explanation hold up? Well, we have to ask: where does “teleonomy” come from? Why does it exist? Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 27, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, afterlife, aliens, Avi Loeb, Big Bang, C.S. Lewis, demons, extraterrestrials, gods, Harvard University, higher intelligence, intelligent design, Lucretius, Macrobes, materialism, matter, microbes, religions, scientists, Stanford University, supernatural, That Hideous Strength, The Guardian, The Screwtape Letters, UAPs, UFOs}

Meet the Materialist Magicians

_{Daniel Witt
March 27, 2024

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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As our first case study, let’s look at Gary Nolan. Nolan is a distinguished immunologist at Stanford who believes that aliens are visiting Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 25, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, creationism, Denis Noble, equivocation, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, James Shapiro, natural, naturalism, neo-Darwinian synthesis, philosophers, Plato, Platonic forms, Raju Pookottil, reality, supernatural, The Third Way}

Is Evolution’s “Third Way” Natural? (And Are We Allowed to Reference It?)

_{Daniel Witt
March 25, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As the body of evidence against the Darwinian model has grown ever larger, many scientists have started peeling off to look for other options. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, C.S. Lewis, Foresight (book), Gandalf, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, materialism, Michael Behe, National Institutes of Health, physicalism, Reductionism, star, sun, systems biologists, Systems Biology, The Lord of the Rings, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader}

Understanding “Reductionism” and Intelligent Design

_{Daniel Witt
March 18, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The word “reductionism” is thrown around a lot, but it can mean several different things. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, aliens, David Klinghoffer, DNA, employment, extraterrestrials, intelligent design, Joana Xavier, nanomachines, scientists, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer}

Aliens in the Garbage

_{Daniel Witt
March 11, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Some people — whether they would put it in so many words or not — believe that certain types of answers are simply off-limits in a scientific inquiry. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 6, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Brian Miller, Cambridge University, camouflage, cuttlefish, Darwinian mechanisms, fitness landscapes, Irreducible Complexity, MIT, mutations, NBC, Office of Naval Research, probabilistic resources, reverse-engineering, skin, Sudan, Systems Biology, Washington Post}

Yet Another Engineering Innovation from Cuttlefish

_{Daniel Witt
March 6, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It was never a given that when scientists looked deeper into life, they would find such exquisite designs; but they did. Read More ›