Tag: biological complexity

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 26, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. E. Wilder-Smith, apologetics, biological complexity, biology, Chinese Room, creationists, function, genotype, information, information processing, intelligent design, John Searle, Marcel Schützenberger, Martin M. Kaplan, Mathematical Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Interpretation of Evolution, My Personal History with Information (series), naturalism, Paul S. Moorhead, phenotype, semantics, Stanislaw Ulam, The Creation of Life, University of Illinois at Chicago, William Dembski, Wistar Symposium, Young Earth Creationism}

Information in Biology: A Mystery for Naturalism

_{William A. Dembski
September 26, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Biology was giving us computer programming and symbolic codes which, by mapping functional structures to functional structures, exhibited a tacit semantics. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, biological complexity, Christoph Adami, Drosophila, evolution, fruit flies, functionality, generations, genes, information, Jingwei, mutations, populations, recombinations, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolution of New Genes: The Big “If”

_{Winston Ewert
September 3, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

3}

If the theory can explain the evolution of new genes then evolution can be a successful explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 11, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological complexity, designers, designs, engineering, engineers, evolution, evolutionary theory, human body, ID the Future, intelligent cause, intelligent design, mindless processes, naturalism, optimal engineering, podcast, researchers, scientific evidence, Stuart Burgess, trade-offs, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol}

Introducing Ultimate Engineering: A Conversation with Stuart Burgess

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 11, 2026

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Evolutionary theory, unlike intelligent design, predicts a living world crowded with substandard designs. 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

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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, ambivalence, Ann Gauger, biological complexity, biology, Charles Lyell, chemical evolution, common descent, Darwinian evolution, Duke of Argyll, evolution, First Things, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Michael Chaberek, human body, human life, infraction, Judaism, natural selection, nature, Neil Thomas, On the Genesis of Species, origin of life, Richard Owen, Roman Catholic Church, Science and Culture Today, scientists, slovenliness, St. George Mivart, Stephen M. Barr, theology, universal common descent, vera causa}

Catholicism and “Evolution,” Whatever That Means

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

3}

In the book review by Stephen Barr, I count 66 mentions of “evolution” and not one of “Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 5, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Origin of Life
Planetology
Tagged
, AlphaFold, atmosphere, biochemistry, biological complexity, chance, disorder, entropy, Francis Crick, Imperial College London, informational content, intelligence, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Leslie Orgel, LUCA, molecular assembly, origin of life, panspermia, physical biasing, primitive earth, protocell, Robert E. Endres, universe, water, zircon}

New Paper Argues for the “Unreasonable Likelihood of Being”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 5, 2026

Earth Sciences, Origin of Life, Planetology

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How long did life have to get started? Endres notes that life on earth could not have emerged until after two early global sterilizing impacts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, biological complexity, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Christians, colleagues, conservatives, cosmos, Discovery Institute, faith, Jews, John West, leadership, social media, Stephen Meyer, think tank, Tucker Carlson}

At a Wrenching Time, My Gratitude for Discovery’s Leadership

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

It was last month that another think tank — with a lot of great people there — split down the middle over the organization’s partnership with Tucker Carlson. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological complexity, Charles Murray, conversion, cosmos, Denyse O'Leary, evolution, faith and science, Fornace, Giuseppe Sermonti, intelligent design, interviews, Italy, life, matter, Michael Egnor, mind, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science and Culture Today, Scuola di Filosofia di Fornace, Stephen Meyer, Taking Religion Seriously, Thanksgiving, The Immortal Mind, The Miracle of Man}

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are the Top 3 Reasons for Optimism on Intelligent Design in 2025

_{David Klinghoffer
November 27, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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One reason is the way any materialist explanation of cosmic origins keeps looking more and more implausible. See the new book by Charles Murray on that. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, behaviors, biological complexity, body plans, Casey Luskin, characters, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, faith and science, ID the Future, Jacob Vasquez, life, natural selection, neo-Darwinian model, origin of life, podcast, random mutation, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Truthful Hope}

Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 21, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

3}

Casey Luskin addresses the inadequacy of natural selection and random mutation to generate biological complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological complexity, development, DNA, immaterial genome, information, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, PBS, Plato's Revenge, podcast, public education, Richard Sternberg, United States}

Jonathan Wells Cleared the Ground for Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 11, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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He had a sense of the immateriality of the genome, much like that of his friend Richard Sternberg. Read More ›