Tag: Darwinian mechanism

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, bias, Christianity, cognitive diversity, creativity, Darwinian mechanism, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, geneticists, Graeme Johnstone, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Jack Timpany, Johannes Kepler, materialists, plants, podcast, religion, Richard Buggs, rigor, Robert Boyle, science, science stopper, scientific process, scientific revolution, scientists, Stephen Meyer, Table Talk (podcast), warfare myth}

In Science, Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 16, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Scientific Reasoning

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Contrary to the prevailing view, plant geneticist Richard Buggs says his Christian faith motivates his research. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, adaptation, Ann Gauger, biologic institute, bottles, causation, complexity, correlation, Darwinian mechanism, Douglas Axe, evidence, evolution, frosted cake, hype, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, interpretation, Marci Reeves, molecular biologists, mutations, narrative, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, podcast, potato, raw data, red wine, scientific consensus, scientific thinking, skin, terms, Undeniable (book), universal common descent}

Molecular Biologist Marci Reeves on the Principles of Scientific Thinking

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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She uses the analogy of a beautifully frosted cake. The bottom layer is the raw data, while additional layers include interpretation, narrative, and hype. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, academic freedom, Casey Luskin, Darwinian mechanism, Darwinists, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, films, Hollywood, ID research program, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, persecution, scientific progress, Scopes effect, Scopes Monkey Trial}

Despite Scopes Effect, Intelligent Design Flourishes

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 5, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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As Casey Luskin notes, the intelligent design research project has gone from strength to strength in the last three decades. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cellular life, Charles Darwin, Darwinian mechanism, design logic, eukaryotic cell division, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Latin, modifications, self-replication}

Why Cell Division Challenges Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 28, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

The eukaryotic cell cycle is just one of the many biological systems and processes that could not have arisen by numerous, successive, slight modifications. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, naturalists, On the Origin of Species, podcast, Robert Shedinger}

Darwin’s Bluff: Peeling Back the Myth

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Tucked away in Darwin’s surviving papers is a manuscript of almost 300,000 words that he continually promised to others but never completed or published. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 13, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstract, Asa Gray, biographers, Bridgewater Treatises, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Darwinian mechanism, developmental biology, epigenetics, evolution, genomics, hagiography, mythology, natural selection, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, orchids, paleontology, punctuation, Theodosius Dobzhansky, variation, Victorian period}

Does the World Need Another Book About Darwin?

_{Robert Shedinger
February 13, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We need to let Darwin speak for himself. It turns out that Darwin, given the opportunity, is quite capable of dismantling his own mythology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, boredom, cardiovascular disease, consciousness, darkness, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, experiences, eyes, human flourishing, information, intelligent design, memory, mind, muscles, nervous system, newborn babies, obesity, rapid eye movement, Restoration, sleep, St. Louis, stimuli, wakefulness, Washington University}

Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

_{Eric Hedin
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 27, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arrow, atheism, biological systems, chance, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Darwinian mechanism, Darwinians, evolution, intelligent design, luck, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, pattern, probabilistic resources, probability, random, Richard Dawkins, specified complexity, target, The Blind Watchmaker, The Design Inference, theists, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Natural Selection as the Great Designer Substitute

_{William A. Dembski and Winston Ewert
November 27, 2023

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In this way, the majority of evolutionary biologists, insofar as they understand the design inference at all, rationalize it away. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, bounded adaptation, Casey Luskin, CELS, Charles Darwin, Conference on Engineering and Living Systems, Darwinian mechanism, Eric Anderson, evolution, finch beaks, ID the Future, intelligent design, macroevolution, microevolution, natural selection, peppered moths, podcast, unguided evolution}

Is Adaptation Actually a Fight to Stay the Same?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 26, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin pointed to small changes like finch beak size and peppered moth color as visible evidence of an unguided evolutionary process at work. Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2023

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Christianity, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, natural resources, Queen Mary University of London, Research, Richard Buggs}

How Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity in Scientific Research

_{Science and Culture
June 6, 2023

Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Richard Buggs is a professor and Senior Research Leader at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, one of the UK’s largest plant science research institutes. Read More ›