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Jonathan Witt

Date
July 11, 2021

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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, Andrew McDiarmid, cilia, Darwin's Black Box, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, Intraflagellar Transport, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Michael Behe, molecular machines, podcast, The Edge of Evolution}

Michael Behe and Cilia 3.0 … or, Irreducible Complexity Cubed

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July 11, 2021

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The once seemingly humble cilium is actually even more irreducibly complex than Dr. Behe suggested in his first book. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 7, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, bacterial flagellum, Colorado State University, computer science, cost, design triangulation, dimensions, form, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, materials, motility, Paul Nelson, propulsion, signals, Steve Laufmann, Systems Biology, timing, Waldean Schulz}

New Paper Investigates Engineering Design Constraints on the Bacterial Flagellum

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July 7, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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This technique of examining biology through the eyes of engineering is not necessarily new — systems biologists have been doing it for years. Read More ›

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Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, alleles, CELS 2021, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, evolution, Germany, hybridization, mutations, Science Advances, Stephen Jay Gould, U.C. Berkeley}

Recasting Darwin Stories into Engineering Models

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July 2, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin gets credit by default for changes in organisms that should be seen instead as engineered products of foresight. Read More ›

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Date
June 21, 2021

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Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, anti-fragility, Brian Miller, CELS 2021, Charles Darwin, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinians, events, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, functional requirements, genes, giraffes, historical sciences, horizontal gene transfer, information processing, intelligent design, laptop computer, Mars rover, Michael Behe, modularity, NASA, Paul Nelson, regulatory elements, reverse-engineering, robustness, specifications, The Blind Watchmaker, toys}

Biology as Engineering: The Way Forward

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June 21, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A giraffe grows from a zygote to an 18-foot-tall adult while keeping its organs and systems coordinated. Limits to variation is a significant point to clarify. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 14, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, Azusa Pacific University, bacteria, biologists, Carolyn Hovde, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, E. coli, engineers, ID the Future, intelligent design, Journal of Bacteriology, Long Term Evolution Experiment, LTEE, Michigan State University, Neo-Darwinism, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, University of Idaho}

Biologist Dustin Van Hofwegen Punctures Claims for Lenski’s Long-Term Evolution Experiment

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June 14, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the biggest evolutionary development in the course of the experiment involved some bacteria beginning to feed on citric acid. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 14, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological designs, biologists, Cambridge, cells, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, engineers, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, living systems, medical practitioners, Nature (journal), Nature Communications, Paul Nelson, researchers, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, unguided evolution, William A. Dembski}

Nelson: Evolution Morphing into Intelligent Design?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 14, 2021

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An “engineering theory of evolution” might be one way of expressing what the ID proponents who participated in the CELS event were seeking. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
June 11, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteriophages, biological systems, biologists, CELS 2021, Center for Science and Culture, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Denton, Discovery Institute, ecosystems, Engineering Research Group, engineers, human body, information, intelligent design, living systems, medical practitioners, molecules, researchers, Texas}

CELS 2021 — A Report from the Trenches

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June 11, 2021

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In this workshop-like setting, a group of 60 biologists, engineers, medical practitioners, and researchers from related disciplines assembled for three days. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 7, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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, affordances, biomimicry, Casey Luskin, Dominic Halsmer, earth, Hacking the Cosmos, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, Oral Roberts University}

Listen: Intelligent Design, Biomimicry, and Hacking the Cosmos

_{Jonathan Witt
June 7, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Dominic Halsmer draws on the engineering concept of affordances to explore how Earth shows evidence of having been intelligently engineered for life. Read More ›

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Date
June 5, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, adaptability, beauty, Casey Luskin, Dominic Halsmer, durability, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent design, International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, modularity, Oral Roberts University, peer-reviewed literature, Science}

Dominic Halsmer: Aesthetic Arguments for Intelligent Design

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June 5, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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How do modularity, specificity, adaptability, durability, and other aspects of engineering systems argue for design in nature? Read More ›

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Date
June 1, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, Big Data, Carl Woese, Cédric Blais, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Current Biology, Darwinian theory, eukarya, genomics, hybridization, intelligent design, introgression, John M. Archibald, jumping genes, lateral gene transfer, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, taxonomy, Texas, transposons, Tree of Life}

Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design

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June 1, 2021

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If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration. Read More ›