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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 28, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, aboutness, angiosperms, biosphere, cell membrane, combustion, dispositionalism, intentionality, migration, ozone, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, Thomas Aquinas, transcription, Unmoved Mover}

Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 28, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon-based life, ecosystem, elegance, Freeman Dyson, George Wald, glaciers, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Linus Pauling, metabolism, mitochondria, nitrogen, nucleus, ocean, oxygen, parsimony, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water}

Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, biosphere, California, carbon, Cassini mission, continents, Europa, European Space Agency, Ganymede, habitability, hydrogen, lakes, magnetic field, methane, Michael Denton, NASA, nitrogen, organic molecules, Saturn, temperature, The Privileged Planet, Titan, water, weather}

Saturn’s Moon Titan as a Habitability Test

_{David Coppedge
July 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s called one of the most earthlike environments in the solar system with an atmosphere and organic molecules. How does it measure up compared to Earth? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
July 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biosphere, copper, insulin, intentionality, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, life, Newtonian mechanics, oxygen, purpose, science of purpose, thermodynamics}

Illuminating the Power of Life

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That which is unique to life alone, which offers the only valid explanation of irreducible complexity, is the manifestation of goal-directed functional logic. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, biosphere, complex specified information, evolutionists, Gaia, humans, information, information processing, intelligent design, life, plate tectonics, PLOS Biology, probabilities, prokaryotes, Universe Today, University of Edinburgh, volcanoes, water}

Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

_{David Coppedge
March 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology

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Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›

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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
David Coppedge

Date
June 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bacteria, biosphere, cancer, complex life, Duke University, intelligent design, Mercury, microbes, Nature (journal), Nature Microbiology, New Scientist, ocean, Penn State, pollution, Science Advances, seafood, tuna, UC Riverside}

Gifted Microbes Elevate the Case for Intelligent Design to the Entire Biosphere

_{David Coppedge
June 27, 2023

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Far from being humble, primitive steppingstones to higher life, microbes display superpowers that so-called “higher” forms of life depend on. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 16, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptability, Alaska, Arizona, biologists, biosphere, birds, cars, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, designer, echolocation, elephants, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, mammals, middle ear, natural selection, naturalists, penguins, physiology, polar bears, whales}

Natural Selection Subtracts, It Doesn’t Add — And That Matters

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 16, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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In the wild, all organisms must live within their niche. There are no wild polar bears in Arizona, and no iguanas in Alaska. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physics
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, biosphere, Brown University, cognitive dissonance, creation, creator, DNA, Edward Feser, evolution, evolutionary biology, faith and science, Genesis, Georgetown University, God's Grandeur, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jesuits, John Haught, Kenneth Miller, life, materialism, molecular biology, Pope Benedict XVI, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, scientific materialism, Scripture, Stephen Barr, Teilhard de Chardin, theistic evolution, theistic evolutionists, theologians}

Shall We Baptize Darwin? A Catholic Biologist Reflects

_{Ann Gauger
April 18, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physics

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Theistic evolutionists are baptizing a theory first composed by Darwin as a substitute for the doctrine of special Creation. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Adam Frank, Arthropoda, biosphere, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent life, Jacques Monod, life, probability, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference, Tree of Life, universal common descent, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities

_{Paul Nelson
March 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor? Read More ›