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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", agnostics, atheism, Charles Darwin, evolution, Evolution News, fitness, human evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, mind, mindless processes, natural selection, Panda's Thumb, pandas, planning, Stephen Jay Gould, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, theology, Young Earth Creationism}

Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views

_{Stephen Dilley
April 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, chickens, designer, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary pathway, evolutionary theory, lungs, organisms, Princeton University, Research, Richard Dawkins, superpower, synchronicity, Thanksgiving}

Ignorance of Evolutionary Theory as a “Superpower”

_{Daniel Witt
April 15, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Early in her career, Celeste Nelson tried to publish a paper on chicken lung development. The reviewers were not very interested in her findings. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
April 14, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Big Science, Elon Musk, entertainment, evolution, film, movies, Neuralink, New York City, parasite, Sam Altman, Spider-Man, transhumanism}

Science Gone Wrong, Thanks to a Hasty Transhumanist

_{Peter Biles
April 14, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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“40,000 years of evolution and we’ve barely even tapped the vastness of human potential." Read More ›

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Date
April 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Bernardo Kastrup, consciousness, Discovery Institute, evidence, evolution, ID the Future, immaterial reality, intelligent design, interviews, materialists, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, podcast, Walter Bradley Center}

Did Consciousness Evolve?

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April 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beliefs, bias, critics, disagreement, evidence, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, journalists, Julia Galef, opinions, podcast, science, truth}

Science Needs a Scout Mindset; Here’s Why

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One advantage of the scout mindset is that it makes adjusting the confidence we have in our opinions more of a low-stakes enterprise. Read More ›

Close-up of a bacterium under a microscope, with vivid purple and pink colors highlighting cellular details.

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 11, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, archaea, Arthur S. Reber, bacteria, cells, cellular basis of consciousness, cellular cognition, cognition, consciousness, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, František Baluška, fungal mind, fungi, intelligent design, mind, minds, Neo-Darwinism, Peter Corning, protozoans, sentience, unguided evolution, William B. Miller Jr.}

Was God a Bacterium?

_{Daniel Witt
April 11, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We should acknowledge that this theory is, unlike some similar attempts, at least an actual solution: if true, it would explain how complex life evolved. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biogeography, complementarity, Douglas Futuyma, dysteleology, embryology, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, Francis Collins, Francisco Ayala, George Williams, God-talk, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, marsupials, methodological naturalism, Niles Eldredge, NOMA, paleontology, Panda's Thumb, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, textbooks, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology}

Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?

_{Stephen Dilley
April 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bertrand Russell, chromosomes, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, emperor penguins, eukaryotes, evolution, foresight, genes, genetic code, Grand Unified Theory, intelligent design, Michael Behe, multicellularity, natural selection, No Free Lunch, Peter Corning, proteins, random variation, RNA, self-replicating molecules, sexual reproduction, synergistic selection, synergy, The Design Inference, turtles, William A. Dembski}

Synergies All the Way Down

_{Daniel Witt
April 10, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, animals, body plans, Denis Noble, evolution, hype, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Nature (journal), Nick Lane, Oxford University, podcast, Research, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field. Read More ›

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Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith and science, intelligent design, John West, literature, natural selection, The Magician's Twin, theology}

C. S. Lewis on Natural Selection’s Power, or Lack of It

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April 8, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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What were C. S. Lewis's real views on evolution and intelligent design? Dr. John West explores the topic. Read More ›