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Andrew McDiarmid

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Design Concepts: Interoception Is a Match for Proprioception

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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The Physics of Alien Life Would Necessitate Intelligent Design

Anyone imagining alien biology, anywhere across the universe, even if it takes unexpected forms, would have to include this expectation. Read More ›
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Stay Informed about the Evidence for Design, with Michael Kent

Technological advances have led to the discovery of planets outside our solar system, with news heralding the discovery of many “earth-like” planets. Read More ›
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AI Dependence Makes Us Dumber, but That’s Not the Worst Thing About It

I realized this when I found myself, not for the first time, asking Grok to remind me again how long to bake salmon at 400 degrees. Read More ›
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Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. Read More ›
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Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›
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Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high.  Read More ›
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Why Is the 1 Percent Myth So Beloved?

When a belief conflicts with common sense present-day reality, it is usually upholding an irrational value. Read More ›
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Sternberg and Egnor Reveal the Immaterial Realm

This kind of thinking is also on the horizon coming from biologists like Michael Levin unconnected to the ID community. Read More ›
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Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Intelligent Design and His Conversion to Christianity

Sanger was content with his agnosticism until a student posed a question about the fine-tuning of the universe and whether it pointed to a mind behind nature. Read More ›

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