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Concept of biochemistry with dna molecule, Human face, DNA on dark background. Ai generated

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Date
March 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University}

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

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March 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 3, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Darwinian evolution, David Coppedge, electrical signals, engineering, foresight, GUT, healing, homeostasis, information exchange, internal dialogue, interoception, Irreducible Complexity, organs, pathogens, Piezo proteins, proprioception, receptors, second brain, system of systems}

Discovering Interoception, the Body’s Internal Dialogue

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 3, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The coordinated information exchange and irreducible complexity required for these systems to function suggest foresight and engineering. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACL, anatomy, bipedal posture, cross links, cruciate ligaments, engineers, evolutionary theory, flexion, foot, four-bar linkage, hip joint, human knee, intelligent design, joints, knee joint, locking, multifunctioning, Nathan Lents, PCL, poor design, quads, rotation, squatting, standing, strength, tibia}

The Incredible “Floating” Human Knee Joint

_{Stuart Burgess
March 2, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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I fully agree with Nathan Lents that the evolutionary paradigm predicts the knee should be a very poor design Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, American Founding, American Revolution, americans, Bible, blasphemy, consent, cornerstone, creator, Declaration of Independence, education, educators, endorsements, endowed by our creator, faith and science, feudalism, Founders, G. K. Chesterton, How Americans View the American Founding, human equality, jesus, John West, Middle East, monarchy, natural theologians, New Testament, political scientists, Politics, reason, revelation, theocracy, truths, United States, untruths, war}

War on the Founding: New Book by John West Describes the “Battle for America’s Soul”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 2, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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At the present moment, defending the Declaration as our creed puts you on a collision course with some very influential people. Read More ›

footprints and a car in the snow, a car stuck in a large pile of snow

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, God of the gaps, ID the Future, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?}

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, alphabet soup, Canceled Science, creationists, Douglas Axe, earth, evolutionists, functional complexity, generalized second law of thermodynamics, information, intelligence, intelligent beings, intelligent design, James Tour, matter, Michael Behe, micro-needle, molecular structures, natural processes, New Generalized Second Law, Origins and Destiny, particles, patterns, physicists, physics, Robert Gange, spoon, star, sun}

Foundational Evidence for Design: The Generalized Second Law of Thermodynamics

_{Eric Hedin
February 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Physics

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For almost the last 40 years, I have understood the truth of Gange's statement based on its foundation in well-established laws of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Big Bang, consciousness, creator, cryogenics, David Klinghoffer, design, experiences, identity, individualism, individuality, infinite possibilities, information theory, intelligence, intelligent design, life, materialistic universe, natural processes, naturalism, neuroscience, non-life, Origins and Destiny, plat's revenge, Robert Gange, Second Law of Thermodynamics, ultimate reality}

Origins, Destiny, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
February 25, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Apart from an intelligent designer, “…we are forced to believe that nucleic acids eventually acquire awareness of their own existence when they are mixed.” Read More ›

Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, archaellum, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellar motor, Basarab Hosu, Darwin’s Black Box, Destin Sandlin, engineering, evolution, Harvard University, Honda Civic, intelligent design, living cells, Michael Behe, Michael D. Manson, nanomotors, PNAS, proton gradient, protons, rotary motors, Smarter Every Day, Tesla, unguided natural processes, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Can the Flagellum Get Any Better? Yes! Add Gears

_{David Coppedge
February 24, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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The bacterial flagellum is more souped-up than even Michael Behe thought: it’s a gear-driven motor of motors! Read More ›

Bare foot of young woman walking at home, closeup

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 23, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, ankle fusion, ankle performance, apes, arched feet, arches, Arches National Park, Australopithecus afarensis, Carol Ward, cuboid bone, cuneiform bone, D. J. Meldrum, E. E. Sarmiento, Energy, engineering, Ethiopia, fibula, flat feet, foot, Foot and Ankle International, football, fossils, Hadar, Homo sapiens, HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology, human foot, humans, irreducibly complex systems, jig, keystones, lateral arch, linkage system, lower body, Lucy, medial arch, midfoot, Nathan Lents, P. J. Mitchell, Roman arch, shock, squash, talus bone, tibia, Utah}

Appreciating the Irreducible Complexity of the Human Foot

_{Stuart Burgess
February 23, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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In the fossil record there are no transitional forms between the arched feet of humans and the flat feet of apes. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 22, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological processes, Bret Weinstein, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryonic development, ERVs, evo-devo, evolution, evolutionary biology, function, gene expression, genes, genome, integer variables, intelligent design, Joe Rogan, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, microsatellites, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, supporters, telomeres, variables}

Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

_{Casey Luskin
February 22, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Read More ›