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Paper Digest: What Mutation Accumulation Tells Us About Evolution

Though more than a decade old, this work caught my attention for its possible relevance to our current experiences with COVID-19. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: The Cell as an Embedded Computing System

This paper is an important illustration of how intelligent design theory can be applied at a high level in the academic setting. Read More ›
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Photo: Venus flytrap, by Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Are Plants Cognitive, Intelligent Beings?

Some plant biologists want to see them that way; others continue to insist on a Darwinian view. Read More ›
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Wallace notebooks
Photo: Wallace's notebooks, at the Linnean Society, London, by John Cummings / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Case for an “Overruling Intelligence”

When Wallace broke with Charles Darwin in 1869, it was over the nature of human beings. Read More ›
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Image credit: Photos by Clark, via Flickr (cropped).

Paper Digest: Application of Animal Forms in Auto Styling

The preeminence of design in nature and the utility of mimicking natural designs is a concept championed by the intelligent design community. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Yathin sk, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Four Troublesome Trend Lines for Evolution

Taken as a totality, they make “zero sense in the context” of classic evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Minding the Brain — An Introduction

In our modern age, full of science and technology, physical existence often appears to be the most substantial and “real” aspect of the world. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Umberto Salvagnin from Italy, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Chameleon Vision — A Unique Marvel of Design

A few days ago, my kids and I visited the wonderful tropical aquarium and zoo Haus des Meeres (House of the Sea) in Vienna. Read More ›
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Study: Brain Is Still Active After Death

Obviously, these experiences point to something that is irrelevant to claims about evolution. Read More ›
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New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain

Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: "The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives." Read More ›

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