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Three Ways that Plants Defy Darwin’s Mechanism

Plants have no brains and limited mobility, yet they have mechanisms to thrive in place. One mechanism involves the prevention of inbreeding. Read More ›
Are we alone?
Fermi paradox
Image credit: An imagined alien “super-Earth,” by ESO/M. Kornmesser, via NASA.

Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Here’s a Real Paradox for You

The problem is, none of these people cite papers or other writing by researchers on intelligent design, like the work done by Douglas Axe on protein evolution probabilities. Read More ›
Michelangelo’s David
Photo: Michelangelo’s David, by Jörg Bittner Unna [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Two Views of Evolution, and Why They Don’t Mix

If he chose to, could God use a sandstorm to turn a block of marble into a representation of the human form that would put Michelangelo’s David to shame? Read More ›
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A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident

In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.” Read More ›
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Image: Bone structure of a human hand, by Henry Gray (1918), Anatomy of the Human Body, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The “Botched” Human Body, Revisited

As a systems architect, I’ve spent decades designing and implementing large and complex systems of information systems. Read More ›
Polypeptides
Photo: "Waltz of the Polypeptides" (sculpture), Cold Spring Harbor, by Vik Nanda, via Flickr.

Protein Folds Violate Evolutionary Expectations

Protein folds show more flexibility than previously thought, but the flexibility appears designed. If it’s hard to get one fold to work, how about two in the same protein? Read More ›
Reigning champs 'dethroned'; 1st SOPS wins with numbers
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As a Critic of Intelligent Design, Nathan Lents Fails to Connect

Initially, I was pleased to find someone who might be an interesting new participant in the evolution debate. Read More ›
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When Evolving Life, Don’t Forget the Astrophysics

What happens down here depends a lot on what’s going on up there. Read More ›
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Straw Man: Nathan Lents Versus the Theory of Perfect Design

True, things go wrong with our bodies, with results that range from the tragic to the merely expensive or inconvenient. Read More ›

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