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April 14, 2023

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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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, assumptions, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evidence, intelligent design, models, natural world, optimality, predictions, purpose, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology, tools}

Is a New Design-Based Paradigm of Biology Emerging?

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April 14, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Brian Miller reports that optimality is becoming a tool of prediction in biology, with more biologists returning to the use of design-based assumptions. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 14, 2023

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Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, atheism, critics, debates, dialogue, epilogue, evolution, faith and science, information, intelligent design, interviews, Michael Shermer, paperback, podcast, resources, respect, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer, Shermer: Civil Dialogue and Mutual Respect

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 14, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Michael Shermer, a long-time debating partner of Dr. Meyer and an opponent of intelligent design, welcomes Meyer onto his podcast. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, books, debate, faith, God Hypothesis, Great Minds with Michael Medved, information, intelligent design, Michael Medved, paperback, resources, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, Stephen Meyer}

Debate About the God Hypothesis: An Overview with Stephen Meyer

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 11, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Stephen Meyer's Return of the God Hypothesis is out now in paperback with a new epilogue by Dr. Meyer responding to critics. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
April 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, breast cancer, Darwin Devolves, elephants, evolution, extinction, genes, genetic information, genomes, machinery, mutations, proteins, The Blind Watchmaker, woolly mammoth}

Even More Mammoth Devolution

_{Michael Behe
April 11, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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The lesson from woolly mammoth studies, and many other ones, is that it is much faster and easier to break or blunt a gene than to improve or make a new one. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Berra's Blunder, Casey Luskin, Corvette, Darwinists, dinosaurs, engines, evolution, extinction, mammals, paleontologists, Phillip E. Johnson, promissory note, railroad, Royal Society Open Science, steam engine, Tim Berra, University of Kansas}

There Was Berra’s Blunder; Now Lieberman’s Lapse

_{David Coppedge
April 10, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Tim Berra thought evolution was like the diversification and progress seen in Corvette models. Now, another evolutionist makes an analogy for extinction. Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
April 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, antiquity, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, atomism, Charles Darwin, Copernican Revolution, evolution, Francisco Ayala, Hippocrates, intelligent design, Lucretius, materialism, Modern Synthesis, natural processes, Neo-Darwinism, Plato, population genetics, Romans, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology}

Engineering Principles Explain Biological Systems Better than Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 9, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Hippocrates proposed in the late 5th or early 4th century BC a model for heredity and adaptation that Charles Darwin described as nearly identical to his own. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
April 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, astrobiology, black holes, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmological constant, Frederik van Niekerk, fundamental forces, geophysics, habitability, hydrogen, intelligent design, life, Nico Vorster, physical constants, physicists, Science and Faith in Dialogue, solar system, universe, Weak Anthropic Principle}

Local Fine-Tuning and Habitable Zones

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
April 6, 2023

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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In considering fine-tuning, physicists assume that the constants and initial conditions (and possibly the physical laws) could have been different. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
April 4, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Epistemology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physics
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, Christianity, creator, faith, Francisco Ayala, Frederik van Niekerk, humanity, intellectuals, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, natural selection, Nico Vorster, NOMA, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Robert Boyle, Science and Faith in Dialogue, soul, William of Ockham, worldview}

Qualified Agreement: How Scientific Discoveries Support Theistic Belief

_{Stephen C. Meyer
April 4, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Epistemology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physics

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For many intellectuals, a scientifically informed worldview was a materialistic worldview. It is not hard to see why they held this opinion. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Belgium, civilization, culture, emotions, feelings, females, gender, gender dysphoria, Germany, males, society, thought, transgenderism}

In Belgium, Subjectivity Triumphs Over Biology

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 3, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Life Sciences

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The attitude will metastasize across society and culture, eventually corroding our most fundamental institutions and societal structures. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, cells, complexity, DNA, efficiency, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary biologists, humpback whale, Illustra Media, ingenuity, intelligent design, Living Waters, Michael Denton, molecular machines, natural selection, PNAS, proofreading, proteins, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Tim Standish, Uppsala University}

Denton’s “Puzzle of Perfection,” Then and Now

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April 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The flip side of Darwin’s proposal of natural selection as a designer substitute is that “things look designed — because they are designed.” Read More ›