panda Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date May 9, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignZoology Tagged , bamboo, Darwinian theory, dexterity, digits, engineering, giant pandas, GUT, ID the Future, intelligent design, mammals, manipulation systems, microbiome, optimal panda principle, Panda's Thumb, podcast, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, wrist bone More Than a Thumb: Integrated Design in the Giant Panda Andrew McDiarmid May 9, 2025 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology 3 Is the famous “panda’s thumb” evidence of unguided evolutionary processes, or is it a masterpiece of engineering. Read More ›
african-american-new-born-baby-hand-holding-mom-finger-on-wh-379518413-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Jonathan McLatchie Date September 13, 2024 CategoriesAnatomyIntelligent DesignReproductive Science Tagged , apoptosis, cell death, cells, cytochrome c, digits, embryonic development, evolutionary mechanisms, feet, foresight, hands, injury, mitochondria, proteins, sculptor, signals The Formation of Our Digits Points to a Process with Foresight Jonathan McLatchie September 13, 2024 Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science 9 Our digits are sculpted from a paddle-like structure in the embryo through the process of apoptosis. Read More ›
panda Type post Author Stephen Dilley Date April 4, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , carnivores, common ancestry, dexterity, digits, economy, efficiency, evolution, evolutionists, intelligent design, leaves, mammals, Panda's Thumb, Religions (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality Is the Panda’s Thumb Suboptimal? Stephen Dilley April 4, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 8 The basic argument is that “[o]dd arrangements and funny solutions” point to evolution whereas “ideal design” points to a “sensible God.” Read More ›
numbers Type post Author William A. Dembski Date May 30, 2023 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindScientific Reasoning Tagged , abduction, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, CIA, computers, digits, Erik Larson, Fibonacci sequence, Harvard University Press, numbers, patterns, pi, spaces, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, Wolfgang Pauli Breaking ChatGPT: Its Inability to Find Patterns in Numerical Sequences William A. Dembski May 30, 2023 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning 10 Pattern completion tasks like this have been part of aptitude testing for a long time. The NSA and CIA, for instance, have used them to help in hiring analysts. Read More ›
Tiktaalik Type post Date January 3, 2022 CategoriesAnatomyEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , Chile, Darwinism, digestive enzymes, digits, evolution, fin rays, fish, gene regulatory network, genes, genetic code, intelligent design, limbs, Long Story Short, mitosis, Neil Shubin, PNAS, Spain, tiktaalik, University of Chicago More Fishy Tales Afoot from Neil Shubin Science and Culture January 3, 2022 Anatomy, Evolution, Paleontology 10 Tiktaalik discoverer Neil Shubin from the University of Chicago searches for genetic clues between fish fins and tetrapod toes. Read More ›