Tag: design

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 29, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, A Universe from Nothing, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, chance, Dan Graur, design, ENCODE project, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, junk RNA, Lawrence Krauss, Leonard Mlodinow, lizard brain, Michael Shermer, models, physicists, researchers, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Scoles, Science and Culture Today, Scientific American, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, survival, The God Delusion, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, University of Houston}

In Science, Endless Competing Models Are a Warning Sign

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 29, 2026

Cosmology, Genetics, Origin of Life

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Some of us are old enough to remember when the origin of life was a question that science would answer — soon. But that was hundreds of promising theories ago. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
June 10, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, child, Claude, Claudia, consciousness, conversations, design, employee, encyclical, evolutionary logic, humans, Large Language Model, LLMs, machines, men, mice, person, Pope Leo XIV, Richard Dawkins, self-reflection, slave, spiritual communion, Ted Chiang, telos, The Atlantic, The Free Press, Tyler Cowen, UnHerd, wisdom, word-generation machines, writing, zombies}

Zombie Metaphysics: Dawkins Versus Pope Leo

_{Bethel McGrew
June 10, 2026

Computational Sciences, Metaphysics

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This casual devaluing of consciousness is actually intertwined with the rush to ascribe it to AI. The ultimate conclusion is the same. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Big Bang, consciousness, creator, cryogenics, David Klinghoffer, design, experiences, identity, individualism, individuality, infinite possibilities, information theory, intelligence, intelligent design, life, materialistic universe, natural processes, naturalism, neuroscience, non-life, Origins and Destiny, plat's revenge, Robert Gange, Second Law of Thermodynamics, ultimate reality}

Origins, Destiny, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
February 25, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Apart from an intelligent designer, “…we are forced to believe that nucleic acids eventually acquire awareness of their own existence when they are mixed.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, armadillos, arthropods, beauty, beehive, biodiversity, biology, Biomimetics, butterfly wings, compound eyes, Darwinism, design, engineering, evolution, False Messiah, function, Gothic cathedrals, honeycomb, intelligent design, multifunctionality, Neil Thomas, phylogeny, reptiles, scales, sunflowers}

Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws? Read More ›

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Author
Kelley J. Unger

Date
November 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, articles, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, chimpanzees, design, Discovery Institute, editors, educators, Evolution News and Views, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, Nota Bene, parents, photographs, Research, scholars, Science and Culture Today, Smithsonian Institution, students, subscription, writers}

Getting Out Truth Around Mainstream News

_{Kelley J. Unger
November 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

This was a major accomplishment, considering how intelligent design proponents or anyone who critiques evolution is treated in mainstream media. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, creation, design, Epicureans, human eye, intelligent design, modern life, natural world, Plato, Platonism, randomness, scientific truth, theology, Wheaton College}

For Christmas, Reading St. Athanasius on the Beauty of the Universe

_{Peter Biles
December 24, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Besides the prose itself being so pleasing to read, these thoughts reaffirm some of my main reasons for believing this universe is the product of a Mind. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, chance, design, intelligent agents, Lee Smolin, multiverse, physical constants, physicists, probabilities, universe, William Lane Craig}

Examining the Fine-Tuning Argument by Elimination

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 19, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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In his article “Has the Multiverse Replaced God?” William Lane Craig presents the fine-tuning argument using the process of elimination. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, creation, design, Epicureans, human eye, intelligent design, modern life, natural world, Plato, Platonism, randomness, scientific truth, theology, Wheaton College}

For Advent, Reading St. Athanasius on the Beauty of the Universe

_{Peter Biles
December 14, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

4}

Besides the prose itself being so pleasing to read, these thoughts reaffirm some of my main reasons for believing this universe is the product of a Mind. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 18, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, automobiles, chance, critics, design, design detection, explanatory filter, intelligent design, necessity, probability, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sean McDowell, Uncommon Descent}

Chance, Necessity, and Design

_{William A. Dembski
June 18, 2020

Intelligent Design

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To properly use the Explanatory Filter, it is vital to identify what exactly one is trying to explain. Take a rusted automobile. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, amino-acid sequences, Caltech, Cambridge, cells, Darwinian evolution, design, directed evolution, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, genes, intelligent design, New York Times, Nobel Prize, protein evolution, selection, University of Missouri}

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Intelligent Design?

_{Douglas Axe
October 3, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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The problem these efforts face in the lab is exactly the problem faced by Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism in the wild. Read More ›