Tag: Dean Kenyon

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, book reviews, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Dean Kenyon, Discovery Institute, endorsements, intelligent design, origin of life, origins science, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Jastrow, Robert Shapiro, scientists, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Walter Bradley: The Origin Story of an Intelligent Design Classic

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Today, we bring you the second half of Robert J. Marks’s 2020 interview with Dr. Bradley. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Biochemical Predestination, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, Guillermo Gonzalez, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Percy Shelley, Plato, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, Roger Olsen, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, spaghetti, specified complexity, spontaneous generation, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley}

Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2025

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino-acid sequences, Biochemical Predestination, complex specified information, Dean Kenyon, Hubert Yockey, information, information theory, Irreducible Complexity, James Tour, perpetual motion machine, Rice University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, synthetic organic chemistry, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Washington, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Washington DC}

Information and Life’s Origin — A Retrospective View

_{Eric Hedin
June 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Unguided natural processes, according to the generalized Second Law, cannot systematically increase the information content of a closed system over time. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
March 13, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood pressure, Dean Kenyon, esophagus, evolution, fossil record, geneticists, Giraffe, giraffe’s neck, grass, heart, intelligent design, jackpot, leaves, Live Science, lottery, mutations, Nature (journal), okapi, President, Richard Dawkins, ruminants, South Africa, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Evolution’s Tall Tale — The Giraffe Neck

_{Jonathan Witt
March 13, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The engineering marvel that is the giraffe, long neck and all, was intelligently designed. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Dean Kenyon, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Isaac Newton, James Hutton, On the Origin of Species, Peter Bowler, Principles of Geology, Thomas Huxley, William Shakespeare}

Was Darwinian Theory Based on a False Analogy to Geology?

_{Neil Thomas
June 8, 2022

Evolution, Geology, Physical Sciences

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Given the degree of discipleship for Sir Charles, Darwin fully expected to receive Lyell’s commendation for his labors. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Ball State University, Baylor University, Caroline Crocker, Darwin Day, Dean Kenyon, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, freedom from religion foundation, George Mason University, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Martin Gaskell, Nancy Bryson, Nature (journal), San Francisco State University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski}

Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 11, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, biological information, biologists, Cambridge University, chemical evolution, Dallas, Dean Kenyon, DiscoveryU, DNA, intelligent design, San Francisco State University, self-organization, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer: Did a Student’s Challenging Question to Dean Kenyon Spark the Modern ID Movement?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 11, 2021

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Education

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Stephen Meyer discusses theories, like Kenyon’s, that seek to account for the information in DNA by reference to chemical forces alone. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, annus horribilis, Brian Miller, cells, Charles Thaxton, Colorado School of Mines, Darwinism, Dean Kenyon, experts, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Marvin Olasky, metabolism, Privileged Species, Psalms, Rice University, Roger Olsen, scientists, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, Texas A&M, textbooks, The Miracle of the Cell, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, virtue-signaling, Walter Bradley, World Magazine}

Life’s Origin — A “Mystery” Made Accessible

_{David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If you “listen to the experts,” or anyway some of the experts, cells are “little bags of garbage” and Miller-Urey is a “true simulation of prebiotic chemistry.” Read More ›

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Date
March 17, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Colorado School of Mines, Dallas, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Dean Kenyon, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, England, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, geochemistry, intelligent design, Jon Buell, marriage, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Olsen, San Francisco State University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Cambridge, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Remembering Our Friend Jon Buell, Intelligent Design’s “Matchmaker”

_{Science and Culture
March 17, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If others have been hailed as the “father of intelligent design” (Michael Behe) or the “godfather” (Phillip Johnson), then Jon Buell was the “matchmaker.” Read More ›

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Date
March 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP synthase, California, Carnegie Mellon University, Cassini mission, Curiosity rover, Dean Kenyon, flagellum, John West, kinesin, Leonardo da Vinci, Living Waters, Michael Behe, Mount Everest, Museum of the Bible, NASA, National Geographic, Norway, Secrets of the Cell, seeds, The Last Supper, The Magician's Twin, World Magazine}

Designs in Miniature — Some Are the Most Wonderful of All

_{Science and Culture
March 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The smaller a design, the harder it may be to detect. But miniature designs can inspire awe more than large ones. Read More ›