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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, biological complexity, biological information, biosignatures, functional information, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, NASA, natural selection, simulations, Steven Benner, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski}

Cronin-Tour at Harvard: How Researchers Smuggle Design into Their Theories

_{Brian Miller
December 12, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Cronin presented his Assembly Theory as a framework for understanding life’s origin. I believe he is correct but not in the way he intends. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, chemical evolution, Clockwork, complexity, consciousness, Elon Musk, fallacy, Harvard University, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, Lee Cronin, materialism, methodological naturalism, molecular biology, naturalism, Nature (journal), ontology, Oxford University, phase transition, quantum entanglement, Reductionism, Rice University, saltation, scientific method, theoretical physics, Unbelievable, worldview}

A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate

_{Günter Bechly
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Origin of Life

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Under the theory of an unguided process of chemical and biological evolution, should a threshold of complexity, clearly identifying life, be expected? Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
December 5, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, carbon, initial entropy, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Justin Brierley, life, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, observer, planets, Return of the God Hypothesis, science fiction, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, universe, William Lane Craig}

Despite Fine-Tuning, Roger Penrose Is “Agnostic” About Intelligent Design

_{Granville Sewell
December 5, 2023

Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The slightest changes in almost any of the basic parameters of nature would have led to a universe without stable stars or without stars at all. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
December 1, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Arthur Conan Doyle, intelligent cause, intelligent evolution, Man’s Place in the Universe, Michael Shermer, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, spiritualism, The Greatest Show on Earth, The World of Life, Wales, William James, William Paley}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Bicentennial Year: A Cause for Celebration and for Sadness

_{Michael Flannery
December 1, 2023

Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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All the hyperbole shows the fix is in — Wallace has been made safe for scientism and Darwinian reductionism. The academy can breathe easy. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, Casey Luskin, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary mechanisms, functional sequences, functionality, intelligent design, isolation, Jupiter, laws of nature, No Free Lunch theorems, planets, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, spacecraft, stars, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve

_{Brian Miller
November 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, climate change, entertainment, evolution, high school, human beings, intelligent activity, intelligent design, materialists, mimesis, music, Patrick T. Brown, René Girard, The Free Press}

Mimesis and Identifying the Intelligent Designer

_{Ann Gauger
November 20, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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We are social creatures, meant to be together. That means social pressure is real and can be intense. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, action potentials, Anton Zeilinger, atheism, brain states, cellular metabolism, chance, determinism, evidence, free will, government, Jerry Coyne, justice, logic, love, marriage, molecules, morality, neuroscience, relationships, truth}

Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

_{Michael Egnor
November 14, 2023

Bioethics, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacteria, chemical evolution, DNA, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, humans, information, intelligence, intelligent design, intervention, Long Story Short, mind, Mycoplasma mycoides, natural processes, natural selection, prebiotic Earth, proteins, replication, RNA, sugars, urea}

New Long Story Short Video Examines Information and the Origin of Life

_{Rob Stadler
November 8, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Does the required information for life come from purely natural processes, or from an intelligent mind? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biological information, cells, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, deadline, early Earth, experts, glucose, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, nucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Rice University, RNA, sugars, Tova Forman, YouTubers}

On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Successfully Called These Researchers’ Bluff

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour issued his challenge in reply to the false claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, abstract thought, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, gaps, human beings, human uniqueness, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, music, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, principle of utility}

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

_{Science & Culture
September 30, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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When Wallace broke with Charles Darwin in 1869, it was over the nature of human beings. Read More ›