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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayes’s theorem, Bayesian reasoning, Big Bang, biological information, biosphere, cells, environmental fitness, evolution, ID the Future, information, information processing, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, likelihood, Lydia McGrew, nature, Thomas Bayes}

Bayesian Probability and Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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If the phrase “Bayesian calculus” makes you want to run for the hills, you’re not alone! Bayesian logic can sound intimidating at first. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, Casey Luskin, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary mechanisms, functional sequences, functionality, functions, intelligent design, isolation, Jupiter, laws of nature, No Free Lunch theorems, planets, protein evolution, proteins, rarity, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, spacecraft, stars, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve

_{Brian Miller
November 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, climate change, entertainment, evolution, high school, human beings, intelligent activity, intelligent design, materialists, mimesis, music, non-fiction, Patrick T. Brown, René Girard, The Free Press, thin desire}

Mimesis and Identifying the Intelligent Designer

_{Ann Gauger
November 20, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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We are social creatures, meant to be together. That means social pressure is real and can be intense. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 19, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, amino acids, bacterial cells, Big Bang, coding, DNA, Energy, Foresight (book), function, heredity, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Marcos Eberlin, matter, mimesis, modern cells, philosophers, proteins, René Girard, ribosomes, RNA, universe}

Mimesis and the Reception of Intelligent Design Theory

_{Ann Gauger
November 19, 2023

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Natural selection can't work until there is something functional enough to select, and without guidance it cannot happen. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aluminum, batteries, COSM 2023, electronics, entrepreneurs, George Gilder, graphene, James Tour, materials science, mice, modernity, Nobel Prize, plastic, plastics, Rice University, spinal cord}

I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2023

Medicine, Physical Sciences

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Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beak shape, Charles Darwin, Claremont Review of Books, Darwin's Doubt, David Gelernter, evolution, intelligent design, On the Origin of Species, species, Stephen Meyer, Yale University}

Wisdom Wednesday: Yale Polymath David Gelernter’s Farewell to Darwinism

_{Emily Sandico
November 15, 2023

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Writes Professor Gelernter, "The origin of species is exactly what Darwin cannot explain." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, action potentials, Anton Zeilinger, atheism, brain states, cellular metabolism, chance, determinism, evidence, fluid dynamics, free will, government, Jerry Coyne, justice, logic, love, marriage, meat robot, molecules, morality, neuroscience, relationships, truth}

Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

_{Michael Egnor
November 14, 2023

Bioethics, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Andreas Wagner, Casey Luskin, Dan Tawfik, Emily Reeves, empirical evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fitness landscapes, function, intelligent design, KEBDA, mutations, natural laws, natural processes, preconditions, proteins, Religions (journal), Research, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), undirected process, Weizmann Institute}

To Create Functional Proteins, Evolution Would Need a Miracle

_{Brian Miller
November 14, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Theologian Rope Kojonen claims that God designed the laws of nature, which then gave rise to “fine-tuned” preconditions and smooth fitness landscapes. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
November 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergent evolution, Emily Reeves, evidence, evolution, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, KEBDA, preconditions, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), University of Helsinki, William A. Dembski}

Want to Harmonize Evolution and Design? First Check the Data

_{Stephen Dilley
November 9, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Is mainstream evolutionary theory compatible with a biology-based argument for intelligent design? Theologian Rope Kojonen believes that it is. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacteria, chemical evolution, DNA, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, humans, information, intelligence, intelligent design, intervention, Long Story Short, mind, Mycoplasma mycoides, natural processes, natural selection, prebiotic Earth, prebiotic world, proteins, replication, replication fidelity, ribozyme, RNA, Sol Spiegelman, sugars, urea}

New Long Story Short Video Examines Information and the Origin of Life

_{Rob Stadler
November 8, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Does the required information for life come from purely natural processes, or from an intelligent mind? Read More ›