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Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Photo: Screenshot from "Molecules Don’t Care About Life."

James Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life”

Blowing smoke is what science media and even scientists themselves do a great deal of the time when they talk about the origin of life. Read More ›
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Webinar: The Promise of Design Triangulation

For the past few years, I have been telling myself, and students, “Conceive of design as a scientific theory as if Charles Darwin had never lived.” Read More ›
tools
tools
Photo credit: Cesar Carlevarino Aragon, via Unsplash.

In Cells, Proofreading and Repair Testify to Intelligent Design and Foresight

Like a skilled workman, the cell maintains “An array of tools, each one finely tuned.” Read More ›
Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata
Photo: Kimberella quadrata, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Kimberella — Interpreting the Fossils

One of the few features that are uncontroversial is the body size: The fossils measure usually 1-5 cm in length. Read More ›
Murchison Widefield Array
Murchison Widefield Array
Photo: A portion of the Murchison Widefield Array, Australia, by Pete Wheeler, ICRAR, via EurekAlert!

Ouch, Huge Sky Survey Shows No “Alien Technosignatures”

I say “ouch” on behalf of materialists, atheists, and Darwinists. Ten million stars and not a hint of alien civilization. Read More ›
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace, by George Beccaloni / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

When Alfred Russel Wallace Spoke to Me

I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind” to take in what Wallace had to tell me. Read More ›
steam-powered locomotive
Photo: Steam locomotive, by Petar Milošević / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Paul Ashby on Thermodynamics, Information, and Life’s Molecular Machines

I particularly appreciate how his arguments complement my own analyses addressing the origin of life. Read More ›
fish oil capsules
fish oil capsules
Photo: Fish oil capsules, by Marco Almbauer / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Famed Biologist Jørn Dyerberg Explains His Turn to Intelligent Design

If, like me, you’ve got a bottle of fish oil capsules in your refrigerator as a health supplement, you can thank Dr. Dyerberg. Read More ›
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The “Hard” Problem of Consciousness

Above is a picture of three children in the 1950s. One of them is me, the other two are not. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Masahiro miyasaka / CC Photo: Kimberella fossil, BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Kimberella — Conflicting Evidence from Taphonomy

The fossilization of Kimberella specimens was most likely based on rapid burial with sand during storm events. Read More ›

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