Tag: chemistry

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 17, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, advanced life, Andromeda, chemistry, Children of Light, coincidences, compounds, comprehension, cosmos, Darwinism, density, earth, evidence, hydrological cycle, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, land, Michael Denton, oxygen, photochemistry, photosynthesis, playing cards, The Wonder of Water, transparency, viscosity, water}

The Remarkable Life-Friendly Properties of Sunlight and Water

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 17, 2026

Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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“The right light,” says Dr. McLatchie, would be like the thickness of “a few playing cards in a stack stretching beyond the galaxy of Andromeda.” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 27, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, A. E. Wilder-Smith, Biochemical Predestination, biochemistry, cassette tapes, Charles Thaxton, chemistry, Dean Kenyon, Energy, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Gary Steinman, information, intelligent design, Jon Buell, Lake Thun, Man’s Origin — Man’s Destiny, mathematics, My Personal History with Information (series), Of Pandas and People, origin of life, Philosophical Library, Roger Olsen, San Francisco State University, Switzerland, technology, The Creation of Life, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago, University of Helsinki, Walter Bradley}

Discovering a Design Argument Based on Biological Information

_{William A. Dembski
September 27, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Charles Thaxton, along with Walter Bradley and Roger Olsen, wrote what arguably was the first official book of the intelligent design movement. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abductive inferences, ad hominems, Arkansas, Bruce Gordon, chemistry, contingency, cosmology, creator, dark matter, demarcation problem, evolutionary biologists, existence, forensic scientists, genetic fallacies, geologists, Larry Laudan, necessary being, New Atheists, philosophy of science, red herrings, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, The Telegraph}

“God of the Gaps,” and Other Old Friends: Responding to Critics in The Telegraph

_{Bruce Gordon
September 23, 2026

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science

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There are a lot of commenters refuting arguments that Stephen Meyer never made. What he is offering is what philosophers of science call an abductive inference. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 14, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, architecture, biological systems, biology, cell boundary, cells, chance events, charge gradients, chemical mixture, chemical reactions, chemical transformations, chemistry, complexity, control, control systems, coordinated manufacturing, coordination, emerging system, Energy, energy management, engineering, environmental sources, equilibrium, experiments, feedback regulation, hydrothermal vents, information, information processing, intentions, life, natural engines, natural processes, organization, origin of life, physical forces, proteins, thermodynamics, undirected natural processes}

Why Every Theory of Life’s Origin that Excludes Design Must Fail

_{Brian Miller
September 14, 2026

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The proposal ceases to be an inference from observations and known physics and becomes an appeal to the absurd. Read More ›

Showing centered translucent blue droplet floating in lab fluid with microdroplets particles bokeh

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, chemistry, control feedback loops, embedded computing, Energy, enzymes, feedstock, formaldehyde, informational system, intelligent design, iron, lipids, microspheres, minimally complex cells, molybdenum, Nayan Chakraborty, organic molecules, origin of life, origin-of-life literature, peptides, philosophical commitments, phosphate, protocells, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Shashi Thutupalli, signal processing, specified complexity, spherules, storytelling, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Protocell Pretensions: The Illusion of Progress in Origin-of-Life Research

_{Brian Miller
September 3, 2026

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This paper contains the imaginative storytelling, speculative leaps, and inflated claims that have become staples of the origin-of-life literature. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, back, biology, bipedal spine, butterfly stroke, chemistry, constraints, dancing, data storage, diseases, DNA, engineering, ESA, evolution, flexing, foot, genetic faults, gymnastics, human body, imperfect design, imperfection, intelligent design, joints, jumping, lifting heavy loads, Lucy Hyde, NASA, pain, Panasonic, physics, pregnancy, primates, Psalms, quadrupedal spine, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, spine, swimming, synovial fluid lubrication systems, technology, theology, twisting, Ultimate Engineering, walking}

A Level Above: The Superiority of the Design Approach

_{Terrell Clemmons
August 3, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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"According to evolution, biology should be a level below human technology because evolution is constrained." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Science Education
Tagged
, biology, chemistry, college students, curricula, deadlines, Discovery Institute Academy, evolution, evolutionary magic, flexibility, high school, ID the Future, illusion, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, leaders, nature, Parent’s Guide to Intelligent Design, podcast, registration, scholars, science education, Summer Edwards, Summer Seminars}

High School Science with an Intelligent Design Perspective? Yes, Please!

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2026

Biology, Chemistry, Science Education

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Kristin Marais and Summer Edwards explain why they’re so passionate about teaching their subject and how the courses are designed with maximum flexibility. Read More ›

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, aesthetic judgments, Anthony O’Hear, beauty, Boethius, C. S. Lewis, chemistry, classical Christian education, Douglas fir trees, education, evergreen forests, Fibonacci sequence, Johannes Kepler, John Frame, Junius Johnson, Kevin Clark, natural philosophy, old books, On the Incarnation, Pacific Northwest, physics, prayer, Ravi Jain, remembering, Roman philosophers, Science and Beauty (series), St. Athanasius, stem, Surprised by Joy, The Father of Lights, The Liberal Arts Tradition, The Weight of Glory, Third Law of Planetary Motion, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Western redcedars}

Physical Beauty, Mathematical Beauty, Scientific Beauty

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 23, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Fifteen centuries ago, when he was falsely accused of treason, exiled from his home, and awaiting his execution, Boethius consoled himself with those words. Read More ›

Reading hobby learning animal curious monkey book

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithm, artificial intelligence, atheism, blind processes, chemistry, Darwinism, ID the Future, illusion, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, materialism, physics, programmers, reason, Rebekah Valerius, statistical patterns, syntax, technology, truth}

Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If our minds are the product of a blind and aimless process, what reason do we have to believe what we think? Read More ›

Human (animal) cell under microscope. 3d illustration

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, 3D bioprinting, amino acid chain, assembly process, atomic layer deposition, atomic printer, biomolecules, boundary condition., cells, cellular components, chemistry, Cornelius Hunter, electric fields, electromagnetic forces, embryonic development, genetic code, idea, information, intelligent design, interatomic level, LED screens, life as information, matrix, Michael Polanyi, organs, particles, physics, pixels, protein structure, Richard Sternberg, wholeness}

Cellular Design: More than Information, It Is the Manifestation of an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 10, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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I’ll attempt to describe an additional aspect of living organisms that highlights their “wholeness” and negates the possibility of reducing life to information. Read More ›