Author: Winston Ewert

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 6, 2026

Categories
Mathematics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biology, Christoph Adami, Conservation of Information, encoded information, evolution, functional sequences, information, intelligent design, mathematics, monkeys, monomers, origin of life, random chance, RNA world, Scrabble, The Evolution of Biological Information, William A. Dembski, William Shakespeare}

Origin of Life: The Fundamental Challenge

_{Winston Ewert
September 6, 2026

Mathematics, Origin of Life

5}

But what if instead of keyboards, the familiar monkeys were drawing Scrabble tiles? Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, airplanes, avida, benefit, budding yeast, Christoph Adami, code, conditional sections, error correction, evolutionary processes, genomes, information, mutation rate, mutational load, mutations, redundancy, redundant systems, robustness, selection, survival, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolutionary Origin of Information: The Problem of Robustness

_{Winston Ewert
September 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution

3}

It is surprising to me that the authors of these studies did not consider it more of a priority to understand the mechanics of robustness. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, biological complexity, Christoph Adami, Drosophila, evolution, fruit flies, functionality, generations, genes, information, Jingwei, mutations, populations, recombinations, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolution of New Genes: The Big “If”

_{Winston Ewert
September 3, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

3}

If the theory can explain the evolution of new genes then evolution can be a successful explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Artificial Cell Model, avida, calculations, Christoph Adami, complex systems, complexity, computer models, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary models, fitness, genomes, information, intelligent design, metabolites, precursor molecules, pykaryotes, simplicity, The Evolution of Biological Information, Thomas Ray, Tierra}

Evolutionary Models Reward Complexity for Complexity’s Sake

_{Winston Ewert
September 2, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

But then the complexity is not interesting. Crucially, it’s not really information. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Angraecum sesquipedale, Charles Darwin, Christoph Adami, coevolution, evolution, evolutionary theory, experiments, insects, Madagascar, natural selection, nectar, nectary, orchids, pollen, predictions, proboscis, sphinx moth, spur, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Orchids, Moths, and (Supposed) Evolutionary Predictions

_{Winston Ewert
August 26, 2026

Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

What Adami has actually done is taken a prediction that has nothing to do with evolution and attribute it to evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, amoebas, avida, bacteria, biological information, brains, cells, Christoph Adami, citrate, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, evolution, flasks, intelligent design, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, Michigan State University, oxygen, Podarcis siculus, population, pre-existing information, recycling, Richard Lenski, temperatures, The Evolution of Biological Information, Tierra, UC Irvine, viruses}

Origin of Biological Information? Nope, Just Its Recycling

_{Winston Ewert
August 25, 2026

Biology, Evolution

3}

Followers of the debate between intelligent design and Darwinian evolution will be familiar with Christoph Adami's example. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, avida, biological systems, biology, chaperone, Christoph Adami, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, experiments, eye evolution, function, letters, mutation rate, proteins, The Evolution of Biological Information, vertebrate eye}

Avida and Making Eye Evolution Seem Plausible

_{Winston Ewert
August 24, 2026

Biology, Computational Sciences, Evolution

4}

Adami says, “it is hard not to see the parallels to other evolutionary innovations, for example the co-option of the existing crystallin protein in the eye.” Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 19, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ALife, Armageddon, artificial life, bombers, bootstrappers, Christoph Adami, computer code, computer models, Core War, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, evolution, guidance, hydras, imps, intelligent design, Michael Behe, non-intervention, pit-trappers, quickscanners, replicators, scanners, simulations, The Evolution of Biological Information, Tierra, VENUS (simulation)}

Simulations Point to Design: Learning from the History of Artificial Life

_{Winston Ewert
August 19, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Once you introduce step-by-step guidance, you are no longer simulating an evolutionary process. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 18, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, adaptation, amoebas, Charles Darwin, Christoph Adami, epigenetics, evolution, evolutionary experiments, evolutionary processes, experiments, fossil record, genes, genetics, heat-resistant variants, mechanisms, mutations, regulatory genes, Reverend William Dallinger, temperatures, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Lessons from Cooked Amoebas: The Dallinger Experiment

_{Winston Ewert
August 18, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

3}

Christoph Adami discusses work by Reverend William Dallinger, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, ancestral population, cecal valve, Christoph Adami, Darwinian processes, Darwinists, digestive process, environment, environmental triggers, epigenetic marker, epigenetics, evolution, genetic mutation, heads, information, information theory, intestine, islands, jaws, lizards, Podarcis melisellensis, Podarcis siculus, species, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolution of Biological Information: Lizards and a “New” Organ

_{Winston Ewert
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

3}

The first experiment that Christoph Adami discusses is one where scientists transported lizards from one island to another. Read More ›