Tag: chemists

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chemists, debates, English, evolution, faith and science, Grzegorz Malec, intelligent design, philosophers of science, Poland, Polish, secularization, teleology, Warsaw, Wojchiech Sady}

Postcard from Warsaw: Debating Teleology in Science

_{William A. Dembski
August 31, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An English version of the debate, with Professor Sady's words translated into English, is now available on YouTube. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, Brian Westad, carbohydrates, cell membranes, chemistry, chemists, coacervates, Discovery Institute Academy, early Earth, enzymes, Evolution News, experiments, Kristin Marais, Le Chatelier’s principle, Marcos Eberlin, mass transfer, molecular machines, origin of life, polymerization, prebiotic synthesis experiments, protocells, relay synthesis, São Paulo, smart barriers, South America}

Postcard from São Paulo: Design Evidence from High School Chemistry

_{Casey Luskin
July 23, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Kristin Marais spoke about “How to Make Chemistry Fun by Teaching Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Addy Pross, chemists, cognition, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, decision-making, Gaia, Galen Strawson, Hard Problem, human consciousness, materialism, memory, panpsychism, philosophers, physicalism, Robert Wright, thinking}

Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
January 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, biologists, chemists, faith and science, intelligent design, metaphysical naturalism, methodological naturalism, physicists, psychologists, religious beliefs, sociologists}

In Science, How “Assumed Atheism” Harms Religious Students

_{Robert Shedinger
January 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science

6}

For all practical purposes, there seems to be little daylight today between methodological and metaphysical naturalism, at least in graduate science classes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 19, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemicals, chemists, early Earth, James Tour, Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience, Politicians, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, science media, Stephen Meyer}

Stephen Meyer, James Tour: The Origin-of-Life Hustle

_{David Klinghoffer
July 19, 2023

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Science Reporting

2}

Researchers perform experiments using specially purchased chemical ingredients and assure the credulous science media that this has something relevant to say. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, biological origins, chemists, Dave Farina, debates, evolution, James Tour, primordial soup, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, YouTube videos}

Origin of Life: James Tour and Dave Farina Will Debate at Rice University on Friday; Watch Here

_{David Klinghoffer
May 18, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

3}

Dr. Tour is highly skeptical that theorists have got it all figured out about how life arose on a barren early Earth through known material processes alone. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, amino acids, biochemists, brain damage, Casey Luskin, chemists, chirality, CRISPR-Cas9, DNA, evolution, fruit flies, homochirality, intelligent design, isoforms, James Tour, life, Louis Pasteur, lung cancer, Nature Communications, proteins, Rob Stadler, sugar, tumors}

Same-Handed Molecules Are an “Overarching Design Principle” in Life, Say Researchers

_{David Coppedge
November 29, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

Without foresight to solve heterochiral incidents, a primordial cell would quickly perish even if, against all odds, it began homochiral. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 28, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University, chemists, Darrel Falk, Darwinian evolution, directed evolution, early Earth, Gerald F. Joyce, prebiotic conditions, Retraction Crisis, Return of the God Hypothesis, ribozymes, RNA self-replication, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Times Literary Supplement}

Darrel Falk Badly Mischaracterizes RNA World Experiments. . .and Stephen Meyer

_{Brian Miller
May 28, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

17}

Falk claims that Meyer misled his readers by not mentioning an allegedly significant newer result. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 3, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, chemists, chess, debate, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Public Radio, Paul Ashby, Return of the God Hypothesis, University of Texas El Paso}

No Sweat: When Meyer Debated a Chemist and a Biologist Simultaneously

_{David Klinghoffer
April 3, 2021

Intelligent Design

1}

I had to laugh out loud at how Steve, in typical gentlemanly fashion, tied up these two critics of intelligent design in their own words. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, chemists, design hypothesis, DNA, evidence, George Rose, information, intelligent designer, interactome, James Tour, macromolecules, nucleotides, Peter Tompa, proteins, Rice University, RNA, tools}

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Assembly of Cellular Components

_{Brian Miller
April 2, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

I suspect this challenge will not be widely heeded. Studying these issues will lead researchers toward a conclusion they simply are not willing to accept. Read More ›