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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 17, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Catholics, Christians, Creation or Evolution, Creation or Evolution? A Catholic Dilemma, English, ethics, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, Holy Family Institute of Catholic Faith and Life, ID the Future, philosophy, Pope Pius XII, Reasonably Rational (podcast), science and faith, Scripture, Steno Institute for Faith and Science, Steve Greene, systematic theology, theology, Warsaw}

For Many Catholics, Confusion on Evolution Is Like a Game of Telephone

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 17, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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“So by the time most Catholics hear about evolution, the version they get is, well, Pope Pius XII said that the church supports and accepts evolution." Read More ›

A wet concrete driveway with a slight slope and a reflecting surface, bordered by a lush green lawn and mature shrubbery.

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 17, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, brains, Christoph Adami, Claude Shannon, complexity, driveway, election results, evolution, genomes, hemoglobin, historical contingency, historical events, information, intelligent design, malaria, mutation, mutual information, nature, polling, Princeton University Press, proteins, rain, Records, sickle cell anemia, The Evolution of Biological Information, viruses, weather, weather forecast}

Evolution of Biological Information: The Definition of Information

_{Winston Ewert
July 17, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Whether the driveway is wet provides information about whether it rained. If the driveway is dry, it certainly has not rained. Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, David Coppedge, eBioMedicine, Fiona MacDonald, health, human body, ID the Future, information, interoception, mental health, Nils Kroemer, proprioception, Science and Culture Today, ScienceAlert, self-monitoring, senses, sixth sense, The Conversation, University of Tübingen, well-being}

Design Concepts: Interoception Is a Match for Proprioception

_{Science & Culture
July 16, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The take-home point is surely this: Our bodies have all sorts of ways of giving us information that do not run through our senses. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 16, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, agency, algorithmic logic units, avida, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, circuits, combinations, comparators, complex circuits, components, computer simulation, decoders, digital logic circuits, economists, encoders, evolution, functionality, functions, multiplexers, Nature (journal), needs, population counters, Richard Lenski, Robert Pennock, stepping stones, technology}

Technological Evolution: Accidentally Demonstrating the Limits of Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 16, 2026

Evolution, Technology

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While economist Brian Arthur models the development of technology, he refers to it as the “evolution” of technology. Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artifacts, Buddy the Elf, C. S. Lewis, cells, Claude, Claude Delusion, Donald Knuth, evolution, femme bot, intelligence, intelligent causes, intelligent design, large language models, Lego blocks, materialism, Nik Prassas, Richard Dawkins, symbolic artifacts, thinking, tokens, Transformer blocks, Turing test, unintelligent causes}

Why Dawkins’s Argument for AI Is an Argument for God

_{George Montañez
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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If step-by-step mechanical explanations do not rule out creation by intelligent agents, then I’m not sure we can dismiss the evidence for design in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, bears, book, building, cancer, completeness, DNA, electrical wire, Epigenetics and the Architect, habitability, house, idea, imagination, information, James Gills, Jonathan Wells, laws of nature, Leonardo da Vinci, lumber, mammals, mind, Mount Everest, mountains, nails, painters, Science and Culture Today, selection, Thomas Woodward, universe, wholeness, ziggurat}

In Defiance of Evolution, Life Is an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Nobody looks at a bear and thinks, “If it only had a long tail, it would be more bear-like.” Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon Prime, astrophysicists, Bible, Big Bang, birth defects, Carl Sagan, Chelsea Handler Show, churches, community centers, cosmology, Cosmos (series), documentary, evidence, faith, First Cause, human inquiry, ID the Future, Impaulsive, Judeo-Christian tradition, Logan Paul, Mike Majlak, natural disasters, Neil deGrasse Tyson, pestilence, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rotten Tomatoes, schools, scientific community, Stephen Meyer, suffering, The Story of Everything, universe}

Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 15, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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While answers may venture beyond the limits of the empirical sciences, that doesn’t mean the sciences don’t offer meaningful information to bear on them. Read More ›

How microservices enhance application modularity

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Technology
Tagged
, biological systems, biology, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, combinations, Construction Physics, economists, engineering, evolutionary theory, functionality, genes, genetic recombination, horizontal gene transfer, information, intelligent design, modularity, mutations, recombination, sexual reproduction, subcomponents, technology}

Modularity: Insufficient for and Unexplained by Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 15, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Technology

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The fundamental problem with this analysis is that sexual reproduction does not make anything modular. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithm, artificial intelligence, atheism, blind processes, chemistry, Darwinism, ID the Future, illusion, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, materialism, physics, programmers, reason, Rebekah Valerius, statistical patterns, syntax, technology, truth}

Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If our minds are the product of a blind and aimless process, what reason do we have to believe what we think? Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon jungle, animals, Antoni Gaudí, architects, Barcelona, C. S. Lewis, Carlsbad Caverns, cosmos, Epigenetics and the Architect, Homo sapiens, human intelligence, humanity, Isaac Newton, James P. Gills, Johannes Kepler, Judeo-Christian tradition, La Pedrera, medieval Church, Park Güell, Sagrada Família, Spain, Steve Fuller, theism, Thomas E. Woodward, University of Warwick}

Peering into the Known and the Unknown

_{Thomas E. Woodward and James P. Gills, MD
July 14, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Every masterpiece can be traced to its master designer — the architect. Sagrada Família is no exception. Read More ›