Tag: abiogenesis

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
May 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, assumptions, asteroids, bias, confidence, evidence, experiments, Gerald Joyce, investigator intervention, James Tour, Long Story Short, meteors, methodological naturalism, Miller-Urey experiment, murder, natural causes, natural processes, naturalism, origin of life, polymerase, repeatability, researchers, ribozyme, RNA, Science and Culture Today, scientists, self-replicating molecules, Sol Spiegelman, suicide, tabloids, water droplets}

Applying Scientific Method to the Origin of Life Yields Shaky Results

_{Rob Stadler
May 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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Scientists are not, or should not be, tabloid headline writers. They should only make claims that are strongly supported by evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, blobs, Brandon McGuire, chemical assembly, chemical decay, chemical evolution, Daily Dose of Wisdom, documentary, early Earth, intelligent design, James Tour, origin of life, replicator, Rice University, simplification, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, tickets, Veritasium, YouTube videos}

Meyer: Time Is the Archenemy of an Unguided Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
April 23, 2026

Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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A video claims to show how the unguided origin of life is easy to envision, involving random chemical “blobs” forming into a replicator, given enough time. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, agnostics, atheists, biologists, careers, complexity, Curtis Hrischuk, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, endowed by our creator, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary jargon, Gregory Reeves, human engineers, information, John West, living things, Michael Egnor, narrative gloss, natural selection, nature, neurosurgeon, organisms, Philip Skell, physics, Science and Culture Today, Stuart Burgess, transcendent intelligent source}

Evolution: What Is in a Word? (Hint: Not Much)

_{Eric Hedin
March 18, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Physics

5}

Since the entire non-living universe contains far less information content than a single living cell, life presents an enigma to materialism. Read More ›

footprints and a car in the snow, a car stuck in a large pile of snow

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, God of the gaps, ID the Future, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?}

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, alphabet soup, Canceled Science, creationists, Douglas Axe, earth, evolutionists, functional complexity, generalized second law of thermodynamics, information, intelligence, intelligent beings, intelligent design, James Tour, matter, Michael Behe, micro-needle, molecular structures, natural processes, New Generalized Second Law, Origins and Destiny, particles, patterns, physicists, physics, Robert Gange, spoon, star, sun}

Foundational Evidence for Design: The Generalized Second Law of Thermodynamics

_{Eric Hedin
February 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Physics

9}

For almost the last 40 years, I have understood the truth of Gange's statement based on its foundation in well-established laws of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alan Linton, biologists, biomechanics, Bristol University, David Gelernter, Dean Kenyon, evolution, evolutionary materialism, Günter Bechly, Hallmarks of Design, intelligent design, King Charles III, muscles, non-scientists, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Reith lecture, Richard Dawkins, technology, tendons, Ultimate Engineering, unguided evolution}

Friends in High Places: Prince Charles and Others

_{Stuart Burgess
February 19, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

6}

The prince’s criticism of evolutionary theory did cause quite a stir in the national press in the UK. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, asteroids, biological complexity, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, chemists, comets, glass, lightning, mind, origin of life, oxygen, paint, Paul Nelson, science, screws, starting pistol, UV light, volcanoes}

Here We Go Again: For Complex Life, Just Add Fertilizer

_{David Coppedge
January 23, 2026

Evolution, Origin of Life

8}

You may have all the ingredients you want, in the right quantities, but without a builder, nothing functionally complex will emerge. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Carl Sagan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Francis Crick, groupthink, Imperial College London, Leslie Orgel, Live Science, Lynn Margulis, Medium, National Geographic, Occam’s razor, origin of life, protocell, Star Trek, Star Wars, terraforming, Universe Today}

At Present, the Origin of Life Isn’t a Scientific Question; It’s a Political One

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Some answers are Correct Groupthink but others will get you Canceled. It’s not clear that the current approach will enable many more insights. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 7, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, chemicals, disorder, entropy, evolutionary theory, God’s Grandeur, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, materialists, mind, mindless processes, multiverse, natural selection, natural theology, origin of life, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, podcast, scientific discoveries, teleology, YouTube channels}

Brian Miller: The Basic Challenge to Materialist Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 7, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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“All natural processes tend to create greater disorder (entropy)…The origin of life requires chemicals to go into a state of both high order and high energy.” Read More ›

Young boy and chimpanzee, both with open mouths in excitement or surprise, side by outdoor setting

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ancient Greece, cells, chimpanzees, China, civilizations, complexity, David Berlinski, evolutionists, human origins, ID the Future, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, mathematicians, non-life, origin of life, RNA, RNA world, Science After Babel, Stephen Jay Gould, Western Europe}

David Berlinski on Human-Chimp Differences, Human Origins, Origin of Life, and More

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 29, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

He challenges Stephen Jay Gould’s idea that the difference between humans and chimps is merely one of degree but not kind, calling this “utterly ridiculous.” Read More ›