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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 25, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioengineering, Erika DeBenedictis, intelligent design, MIT, optimality, Research, robustness, scientists, TEDx talk}

Concluding Comments: Playing God vs. Respecting Design

_{Emily Reeves
May 25, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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It truly matters that we follow the evidence to its logical end and base our research and applications on that end. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 24, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, anthropologists, Ashley Montagu, Augustin Fuentes, Charles Loring Brace, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, The Natural Superiority of Women, Thomas Henry Huxley, women}

Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man

_{Michael Flannery
May 24, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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On the book's 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 24, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, "poor design", bioengineering, biological information, biotechnology, blindness, design intuition, Erika DeBenedictis, evolutionary processes, genome, genome editing, Hg38, intelligent design, iPhone, MIT, optimality, TEDx talk}

Intelligent Design Has Implications for Genome Editing

_{Emily Reeves
May 24, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Biology is a lavish display of sophisticated designs exceeding all human engineering to date. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2021

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, genome, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, medicine, Nature (journal), non-coding DNA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}

Noncoding “Junk” DNA Is Important for Limb Formation

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2021

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Some defenders of evolutionary orthodoxy would have us believe that we’ve only found a handful of non-coding DNA sequences that have function. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 21, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", An Introduction to Systems Biology, ARF, bioengineering, biological information, Darwinian processes, diarrhea, Erez Ribak, Erika DeBenedictis, gut bacteria, INK4a, intelligent design, MIT, Müller cells, natural selection, neurons, optic nerve, photoreceptors, physiology, random mutation, Technion, TEDx talk, Uri Alon, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Don’t Have a Good Track Record

_{Emily Reeves
May 21, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

5}

For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 20, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, apologetics, atheism, BreakPoint, Down syndrome, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, John Stonestreet, materialism, mistakes, New Atheists, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, theism, unborn children, utilitarianism, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer: The Evidence “Cries Out” for God, Not the Other Way Around

_{David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I have heard ID dismissed as “apologetics,” with the implication of proponents in search of evidence to support a conclusion to which they're pre-committed. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 20, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ARF, biological information, cancer, constraints, data compression, DNA, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, genome, INK4a, intelligent design, MIT, mutations, open reading frames, optimality, overlapping genes, tumors}

Is the INK4a/ARF Overlap a Settled Example of Poor Design?

_{Emily Reeves
May 20, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. DeBenedictis’s basic argument is that there is a section of the human genome where two genes overlap, both of which are important for suppressing tumors. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", amino acids, biology textbooks, carbon, constraints, development, Drosophila, elements, embryology, Erika DeBenedictis, glycolysis, human engineers, human genome, intelligent design, metabolism, Michael Denton, optimality, Princeton University, TEDx talk, William Bialek}

Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

_{Emily Reeves
May 19, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 18, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", beetles, bioengineering, cancer, ceramics, disease, drones, Erika DeBenedictis, hummingbird, intelligent design, iPhone, MIT, optimality, photosynthesis, solar panels, somatic cells}

How Do We Decide if Something Is Well Designed or Poorly Designed?

_{Emily Reeves
May 18, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

7}

Erika DeBenedictis's statement that “organisms are absolutely the most sophisticated machines we know of” is supported by overwhelming evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 17, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", bioengineering, biological information, chance, engineers, Erika DeBenedictis, intelligent design, machines, MIT, Natural Sciences, TEDx talk}

Should Scientists Play God? MIT Biological Engineer Says YES!

_{Emily Reeves
May 17, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

5}

The design hypothesis is not currently the consensus. However, as young scientists, we should courageously question what we are told. Read More ›