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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Psychology
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, __k-review, “consensus science”, Bill Nye, children, Cyanobacteria, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, Francis Crick, functional coherence, intelligent design, interventions, intuition, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, photosynthesis, Richard Dawkins, theism, Universal Design Intuition, University of Cambridge}

A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident

_{Jonathan Wells
June 22, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 13, 2018

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Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, adenosine triphosphate, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Casey Luskin, causal circularity, Charles Darwin, Corvette, cysteine, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, Immanuel Kant, kinesin, laptop computer, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, molecular machines, National Academy of Sciences, Phillip E. Johnson, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, Tim Berra}

Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines

_{Jonathan Wells
June 13, 2018

Intelligent Design

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René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Jonathan Wells

Date
June 1, 2018

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Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, carbohydrates, cell membrane, cells, central dogma, complex specified information, cortex, development, DNA, embryo, eyes, Francis Crick, glycans, ion channels, Jacques Monod, James Watson, limbs, Michael Levin, molecular biology, Neo-Darwinism, nucleotides, proteins, RNA, Stephen Meyer, sugar code, tail, William A. Dembski}

Life Exponential: Life Exhibits Intelligent Design at Many Levels

_{Jonathan Wells
June 1, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Complexity (such as we see in a pile of autumn leaves) can arise spontaneously from unguided natural processes, but complex specified information cannot. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Archaeopteryx, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, Darwinian theory, empirical science, Ernst Haeckel, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Gerd Müller, macroevolution, materialism, methodological naturalism, microevolution, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Newtonian mechanics, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Royal Society, Stephen Jay Gould, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie Science: Darwin’s Theory Feeds on Raw Materialism

_{Jonathan Wells
May 16, 2018

Evolution

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Most of us think of science as the enterprise of seeking truth by formulating hypotheses and testing them against the evidence. This is empirical science. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 11, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, blood vessels, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, George Williams, Human Errors, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Nathan Lents, The Blind Watchmaker, Zombie Science (book)}

There You Go Again, Nathan Lents

_{Jonathan Wells
May 11, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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“The human eye is a well-tread [sic] example of how evolution can produce a clunky design,” writes Professor Lents. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, camera eye, Commentary, computer model, Dan-Eric Nilsson, David Berlinski, England, evolution, eyes, natural selection, nature, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Scientific Reports, Sweden, Zombie Science (book)}

Eyes in a Twinkling?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 1, 2018

Evolution

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In 1991, Richard Dawkins gave a lecture arguing that natural selection can produce complex and seemingly improbable features by an accumulation of small, incremental steps. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 15, 2018

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bill Nye, Darwinian evolution, elections, evidence, global warming, March for Science, Minneapolis, science, Scientific American, scientist, UC Berkeley}

Marching for Evidence?

_{Jonathan Wells
April 15, 2018

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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Imagine yourself as a graduate student doing research in one of the natural sciences. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, retina, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
March 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, common descent, Darwinian medicine, disease, DNA, evolutionary theory, medical school, mutations, nature, Neo-Darwinism, patients, physicians, Randolph Nesse, Theodosius Dobzhansky, tissue, tumor, Zombie Science (book)}

Evolutionary Theory Might Explain…a Deadly Disease

_{Jonathan Wells
March 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Medicine

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Evolutionary theory fails to explain what almost all biology students are told it explains: the origin and diversity of life. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, A. N. Wilson, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, fossil record, HMS Beagle, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jerry Coyne, macroevolution, Michael Flannery, microevolution, Richard Dawkins, Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

A.N. Wilson Is Right: “Darwin Was Wrong”

_{Jonathan Wells
February 2, 2018

Evolution

5}

I enjoyed Wilson's book, and I learned a lot from it. But this biography’s most interesting feature is its firm rejection of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Read More ›