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Papers: Argumentation and Surprise Are Best Ways to Do Good Science

I’m sure the authors of these papers didn’t mean to pay ID any compliments, but everything we’ve seen here closely tracks with intelligent design literature. Read More ›
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Science Journal: Humanity’s Big Brains Evolved “For No Particular Reason”

This is tantamount to saying the human brain, chief marvel in the cosmos as far as we can tell, evolved because, well, why the heck not? Read More ›
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Design Haunts a New Hypothesis for the Origin of the Ribosome

It’s worth paying some attention to the identity of the first author, population geneticist Michael Lynch of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State. Read More ›
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Evolution: What Is in a Word? (Hint: Not Much)

Since the entire non-living universe contains far less information content than a single living cell, life presents an enigma to materialism. Read More ›
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On Tree of Life, Max Telford Misses the Design Possibility

I’ll be reviewing the book topically, beginning with the beauty and importance of classification and ending with the implications of belief in the tree of life. Read More ›
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Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Read More ›
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Oxford Conference on Evolution: Heresies and New Ideas Every Day

Michael Lynch, Jerry Coyne, and Richard Dawkins would have split themselves in two, like Rumpelstiltskin in a wild rage, if they had attended. Read More ›
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No. 2 Story for 2025: My Conversation with Denis Noble About Intelligent Design

In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›
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No. 4 Story for 2025: Farewell to Günter Bechly

I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research

Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its research program. For intelligent design, this is good news. Read More ›

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