Category: Origin of Life

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Carl Sagan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Francis Crick, groupthink, Imperial College London, Interesting Engineering, Leslie Orgel, Live Science, Lynn Margulis, Mark Thompson, Medium, National Geographic, Occam’s razor, origin of life, protocell, Psychology for Mental Health, Robert Endres, Science Sensei, spontaneous emergence, Star Trek, Star Wars, terraforming, Universe Today}

At Present, the Origin of Life Isn’t a Scientific Question; It’s a Political One

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Some answers are Correct Groupthink but others will get you Canceled. It’s not clear that the current approach will enable many more insights. Read More ›

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Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ancient Earth, cells, chemistry, design evidence, design signal, destiny, deterministic pathways, fascination, frustration, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, lipids, Loren Williams, LUCA, molecules, NASA, National Science Foundation, nucleic acids, ocean, organic chemistry, polysaccharides, proteins, ribosomes, water, wet-dry cycles, YouTube videos}

Origin-of-Life Researcher at Georgia Tech Picks Up the Design Signal in Biopolymers

_{Science and Culture
September 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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You will hear one word, over and over in this remarkable talk, that has stolen the place, or taken the credit, for what is undeniable evidence of design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 7, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, chemicals, disorder, entropy, evolutionary theory, God’s Grandeur, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, materialist thinkers, materialists, mind, mindless processes, multiverse, natural selection, natural theology, origin of life, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, podcast, scientific discoveries, teleology, YouTube channels}

Brian Miller: The Basic Challenge to Materialist Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 7, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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“All natural processes tend to create greater disorder (entropy)…The origin of life requires chemicals to go into a state of both high order and high energy.” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, advice, Alexander Oparin, amino acids, Baltimore, biopolymers, building blocks, chemistry, computer languages, Dave Keeling, Deep Ocean Raman In Situ Spectrometer, DNA, education, Edward Anders, Edward T. Peltzer, extraterrestrial life, geology, Gustaf Arrhenius, Harold Urey, homochirality, hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, Klingons, lipid world, Mars, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, ocean chemistry, oceanography, organic chemistry, origin of life, Pope, prebiotic conditions, prebiotic soup, proteins, public school, racemization, RNA, RNA world, Roman Catholicism, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, solar system, Stanley Miller, starches, sugars, surface-based chemistry, theistic evolution, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Heidelberg, Vulcans}

Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, cells, chemical processes, codes, dead end, Francis Crick, Hoover Institution, information, intelligent design, James Tour, languages, molecules, origin of life, Peter Robinson, proteins, Richard Dawkins, saccharides, Shannon information, specified complexity, specified information, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer}

From Dead Ends to Design: Meyer and Tour on Life’s Code

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 7, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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“Molecules,” chemist James Tour notes, “have “no propensity… to move toward life.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Doubt, digital code, DNA, Hoover Institution, James Tour, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Peter Robinson, primordial soup, Rice University, scam, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge, Watson and Crick}

The Unsolved Mystery of Life’s Origin: Stephen Meyer and James Tour

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How did life originate? For decades, many scientists clung to “primordial soup” models. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Adler & Adler, Baylor University, Brian Miller, Campus Crusade for Christ, Charles Thaxton, Christian Leadership Ministries, Christianity Today, coconuts, Dallas, David Klinghoffer, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Faculty Commons, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Jon Buell, Jonathan Wells, mechanical engineering, Michael Polanyi Center, Michael Ruse, Monsters Inc., origin of life, Origins (book), Phillip E. Johnson, Philosophical Library, professors, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Shapiro, Robert Sloan, Roger Olsen, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, Texas, Texas A&M, The Blind Watchmaker, They Mystery of Life's Origin, University of Washington, Waco, Walter Bradley, Washington University}

Remembering Walter Bradley (1943–2025)

_{William A. Dembski
July 23, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I’m going to describe some of my personal encounters with Walter that are not in his biography. These I hope will bring to light the man in a fresh way. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, book reviews, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Dean Kenyon, Discovery Institute, endorsements, Fritz Schaefer, intelligent design, origin of life, origins science, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Jastrow, Robert Shapiro, scientists, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Walter Bradley: The Origin Story of an Intelligent Design Classic

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Today, we bring you the second half of Robert J. Marks’s 2020 interview with Dr. Bradley. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 16, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, BioCosmos, biomolecules, building blocks, C. James, cells, diffusion, diffusion coefficient, dipeptide, discovery time, half-life, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, M. C. Parker, nucleotides, origin of life, peptide bond, physics, proteins, Rice University, RNA, statistical decay theory, thermodynamics, water}

New Article from James Tour Undermines a Pillar of Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Brian Miller
July 16, 2025

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

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Proteins and RNA degrade at rates that render their spontaneous formation under natural, undirected conditions highly implausible. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, origin of life, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center}

Walter Bradley on the Origin of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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We are grieving the recent loss of Walter Bradley, a longtime Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute. Read More ›