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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biomass, branches, equations, hierarchy, intelligent design, methodology, multifunctionality, Paper Digest, reverse-engineering, roots, Stuart Burgess, trees, trunks, weight, wind}

Paper Digest: Are Trees Well Designed?

_{Emily Reeves
January 25, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Consistent with Stuart Burgess’s general strategy, this paper is an excellent example of how ID research can be applied in a scientific discipline. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, common ancestor, common ancestry, convergence, convergent evolution, dolphins, evolution, evolutionary processes, fish, intelligent design, lineages, natural selection, paleontology, Paul Nelson, preconditions, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, sharks, solutions, swimming, systematics, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Convergent Evolution: An Argument That Comes at a Price

_{Emily Reeves
January 9, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen sees convergence as evidence that laws of form "play a significant role" in helping evolutionary processes cluster around similar solutions. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 4, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, abstract concepts, Andreas Wagner, biological forms, biological information, brain states, electrostatics, evolution, gravity, intelligent design, mainstream scientists, matter, Michael Denton, minds, mutations, Platonic forms, protein machines, proteins, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, selection, strong nuclear force, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Could Laws of Nature Give Rise to Platonic Forms?

_{Emily Reeves
January 4, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Biologist Michael Denton's structuralist view says that underlying structural principles govern the form of living things. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 3, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, biological systems, cell division, cells, decision-making, gene expression, Gregory T. Reeves, hardware, intelligent design, lipids, neo-Darwinian processes, nucleic acids, Paper Digest, protein synthesis, software}

Paper Digest: Standard Engineering Principles as a Predictive Framework for Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 3, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Human designing and building have resulted in lists of standard engineering principles which must be followed to produce efficient, robust systems. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, California, information, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, molecular biology, molecules, pool (game), preconditions, Religions (journal), Return of the God Hypothesis, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Meyer, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), University of Southern California}

Could Finely Tuned Initial Conditions Create Biological Organisms?

_{Emily Reeves
January 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Theologian Rope Kojonen, in an attempt to wed design and evolution, allows for this interpretation in his recent book. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, death, diversity, Douglas Axe, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, material mechanisms, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, periodic table of elements, phenotypic plasticity, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theistic evolution, thermodynamics}

Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 2, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
December 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, bristle worms, citations, critical thinking, dragonflies, Energy, engineers, flapping, flatworms, grasshoppers, innovation, intelligent design, lift, mantis shrimp, motion, sling-jaw wrasse, Stuart Burgess, wings}

Paper Digest: Ten Biomechanical Animal Joints Enable Extreme Performance

_{Emily Reeves
December 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The amazing design structures in organisms provide engineers with inspiring templates for creating better products. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Biomimetics, cockroaches, communication, control, electronics, evolutionary processes, hardware, heat dissipation, intelligent design, International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, legs, obstacles, robot, sensors, structure, Stuart Burgess, surfaces}

Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

_{Emily Reeves
October 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, appendix, biological systems, biomimicry, blood, engineered systems, human eye, intelligent design, junk DNA, muscles, organisms, simplicity, skin, Stuart C. Burgess}

Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology

_{Emily Reeves
October 25, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, antibiotics, COVID-19, Douglas Axe, genetic material, genomes, H1N1, intelligent design, John C. Sanford, Michael Behe, mortality, mutations, pandemic, population, RNA, Stephen Meyer, Swine Flu, viruses, Winston Ewert}

Paper Digest: What Mutation Accumulation Tells Us About Evolution

_{Emily Reeves
October 3, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Though more than a decade old, this work caught my attention for its possible relevance to our current experiences with COVID-19. Read More ›