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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, biologists, biology, Casey Luskin, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Denis Noble, differences, Discovery Institute, engineering, engineers, environmental changes, function, ID 3.0, information, intelligent design, intention, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Perry Marshall, poster, purpose, random mutation, randomness, similarities, teleology, Third Way of Evolution, top-down design, Venn diagram}

Here’s the Venn Diagram from My Conversation with Denis Noble

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2025

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While preparing for the conversation, I created the diagram comparing the similarities and differences among three viewpoints. Read More ›

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Date
August 7, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiotic processes, Accounts of Chemical Research, biopolymer backbones, biopolymers, building blocks, causal precondition, contradiction, Darwinian evolution, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, living state, molecules, polymerization, RNA}

Biopolymers: Change One Word to Eliminate the Contradiction

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August 7, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The living state itself depends on the prior existence of biopolymers (such as RNA and DNA) which were themselves not produced by abiotic processes. 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
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, climate change, Columbia Law School, ecosystems, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, human beings, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, international community, International Court of Justice, legal standing, nature rights, Pact for the Future, radical environmentalism, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, World Economic Forum}

International Tribunals Grant Nature Rights, Restrict Energy

_{David Klinghoffer
August 7, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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The vaunted "international community" is going all-in on radical environmentalism. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, artificial inteligence, epistatic effects, evolution, evolutionary process, false science, fitness landscape, fitness score, genetic sequences, globular protein folds, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, PNAS, Protein Fold Evolution Simulator, protein folds, protein sequence space, protein structure, proteins, researchers, sampling bias, simulation tool, structure prediction tools}

False Science: A Claim to Simulate Protein Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
August 6, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The researchers designed a simulation tool, and then falsely claimed that it represents the evolutionary process. Read More ›

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Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __trending, academic publishing, artificial inteligence, authorships, citations, government, John Sexton, misconduct, Moore’s law, Northwestern University, PNAS, publications, science, science fraud, science publishers, scientific literature, scientific process, stakeholders, standards, technology, trust}

Fraudulent Science Networks Outpace Legitimate Science

_{Science and Culture
August 6, 2025

Ethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Before the public loses confidence in the scientific process"? Hasn't that train already left the station? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Andrew McDiarmid, Ben Grimm, bonus scene, Charles Darwin, culture, Doctor Doom, drama, evolution, family, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Grok, H.E.R.B.I.E, intelligent design, Johnny Storm, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paywall, principles, scientific materialism, social media, subscription, tension, The Daily Wire, The Hungry Caterpillar, universe}

Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high. 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
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ageing, biowaste, cancer, cells, Darwinism, dendritic cells, disasters, disposal services, DNA, DNA-Protein Crosslinks, electron transport chain, Erika Causa, evolution, Immune System, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, Mark Fransen, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nature Immunology, neurodegeneration, Nucleic Acids Research, organelles, Patricia Reis-Rodriguez, proteins, reactive oxygen species, topoisomerase, University of Cambridge, University of Strathclyde}

With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, biology, Casey Luskin, conversation, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwinists, dialogue, DNA, evolution, Evolution 2.0, funding, intelligent design, Kevin Laland, Lala Lab, Laland Lab, money, Neo-Darwinism, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, physiologists, prestige, recognition, St. Andrews University, Third Way of Evolution}

Darwinists Fear Conversations Like the One Casey Luskin Just Had with Denis Noble

_{David Klinghoffer
August 1, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As Casey Luskin described yesterday, he had a fruitful and genial online discussion recently with Oxford University biologist and physiologist Denis Noble. Read More ›