Tag: digestion

The interior of ancient buildings in the Qin and Han dynasties of China

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
October 3, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Baylor University, brain, ChatGPT, Chinese Room argument, computation, digestion, Discovery Institute Press, John Searle, language, Minding the Brain, ontology, philosophy, Science and Culture Today, scientism, subjectivity, The Nature of Nature, William Dembski}

John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

_{Bruce Gordon
October 3, 2025

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Searle’s most famous argument is undoubtedly the Chinese Room argument, first presented in his essay “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980). Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, bacteria, behavior, biochemistry, biological information, biology, biosignatures, cells, cognition, communication, Darwinism, decision-making, digestion, emergent properties, emotions, Eric Hedin, heart rate, human beings, ID the Future, information processing, intelligent design, interviews, life, nervous system, physical laws, physicists, rocks, single-celled organisms, stars, undirected processes, water}

Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bananas, berries, birds, Cretaceous Period, digestion, dinosaurs, fertilization, flowering plants, foresight, fruit, intelligent design, nutrition, optimization, potassium, seeds, The Privileged Planet, vitamin C}

Fruit Is Designed for Life

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 3, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Zoology
Tagged
, Aristotle, cats, Cicero, digestion, Dogs, ethology, Galen, grass, indigenous peoples, intelligence, orangutan, Stanford University}

Animals Using Healing Plants? That’s Old News

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine, Zoology

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Recently, an orangutan who successfully treated a wound by applying chewed leaves to it touched off a worldwide media event. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, carnivorous plants, Charles Darwin, Cologne, convergence, Darwin's Black Box, digestion, enzymes, evolution, Germany, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, morphology, nutrients, On the Origin of Species, prey, tentacles, Utricularia, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Carnivory in Plants: A Problem for Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 21, 2024

Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The paper highlights features of carnivorous plants that exhibit irreducible complexity, a characteristic of designed systems, citing the work of Michael Behe. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, apoptosis, Charles Darwin, circulation, Current Biology, digestion, Drosophila melanogaster, evolution, feedback control, Flight, fruit flies, intelligent design, natural selection, neurons, Nobel Prize, odors, PLOS Biology, timing}

Fruit Fly Eyes and More Surprises for Darwin

_{David Coppedge
February 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Don’t swat too quickly! There’s more awe in that little fly than might be apparent from a cursory glance. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin, circulation, digestion, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, metabolism, organisms, purpose, respiration, science of purpose}

A Darwinian Dilemma: The Paradox of Reproduction

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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Astonishingly, there is one unique organ system that actually detracts from the chances of survival of even the fittest individuals. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, Chernobyl, digestion, electricity, intelligent design, Michael Behe, microbes, New Scientist, ocean, plastic, Secrets of the Cell, Titanic, University of North Carolina}

“Bacteria Are Incredible” — Here Are More Illustrations

_{David Coppedge
June 7, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Much of our plastic debris accumulates in the oceans where it collects in huge revolving garbage patches on the surface called gyres. Read More ›

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Date
July 10, 2019

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, appendix, diarrhea, digestion, evolution, foresight, function, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Marcos Eberlin, Nobel laureates, Occam's Razor, physiology, podcast, vestigial structures, Why Evolution Is True}

Chemist and Foresight Author Marcos Eberlin: Diarrhea by Design

_{Science & Culture
July 10, 2019

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The famed Brazilian chemist discusses the body’s surprisingly helpful (and sophisticated) system for flushing out the bad stuff. Read More ›

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Date
March 15, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arthropods, biological information, body plans, brain, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, digestion, evolution, eyes, fossil record, intelligent design, legs, Mars, National Academy of Sciences, oxygen, PNAS, Precambrian, sexual reproduction, Stephen Meyer, trilobites}

New Paper Confirms the Trilobite Explosion

_{Science & Culture
March 15, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It’s important to note that the “true tempo of early animal evolution” exists in evolutionists’ imaginations, not in the rocks. Read More ›