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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
December 1, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Arthur Conan Doyle, In Darwin’s Shadow, intelligent cause, intelligent evolution, James T. Costa, Man’s Place in the Universe, Martin Fichman, Michael Shermer, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, Ross A. Slotten, Social Environment and Moral Progress, spiritualism, The Greatest Show on Earth, The World of Life, Wales, William James, William Paley}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Bicentennial Year: A Cause for Celebration and for Sadness

_{Michael Flannery
December 1, 2023

Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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All the hyperbole shows the fix is in — Wallace has been made safe for scientism and Darwinian reductionism. The academy can breathe easy. 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
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
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 ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biological information, cells, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, deadline, early Earth, enantiomerically pure, experts, glucose, handedness, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, monosaccharides, nucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Rice University, RNA, sugars, Tova Forman, YouTubers}

On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Successfully Called These Researchers’ Bluff

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2023

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

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Tour issued his challenge in reply to the false claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, abstract thought, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, gaps, human beings, human uniqueness, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, music, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, principle of utility}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Case for an “Overruling Intelligence”

_{Science and Culture
September 30, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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When Wallace broke with Charles Darwin in 1869, it was over the nature of human beings. Read More ›

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Date
September 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, human origins, ID the Future, intellectual history, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, Michael Keas, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast}

How Evolutionary Theory’s Co-Founder Broke with Darwin

_{Science and Culture
September 18, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Unlike Darwin, Wallace thought that biology, chemistry, and cosmology proclaimed clear evidence of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, base pairs, Bayesian reasoning, BioCosmos, causal circularity, DNA, first life, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, likelihood ratio, mutations, naturalistic philosophy, proteins, replication fidelity, ribonucleotides, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, self-replication, Sy Garte, teleology}

First Life Must Have Had a Minimally Reliable Replication System — A Conundrum for Materialists

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 14, 2023

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

6}

On a design-based view, it is not particularly surprising that the first life would be finely optimized to reduce copying errors. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 23, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Bruce Lipshutz, chemical evolution, Dave Farina, early Earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, peptides, prebiotic Earth, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, water}

Hands-On Chemistry Can’t Simulate Prebiotic Earth

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 23, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Dr. Meyer, “Even the modest movement they get towards life seems to be intelligently designed at each step of the way." Read More ›