Tag: evolutionary processes

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, animals, biology, circuitry, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's tree, discontinuity, embryonic development, endowed by our creator, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary tree, function, generative entrenchment, monophyletic tree, natural selection, nature, Paul Nelson, Stephen Meyer, Tree of Life, University of Chicago, William Wimsatt}

“Generative Entrenchment”: A Fundamental Problem for Darwin’s Tree

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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An “entity” may be so fundamental, so entrenched, arising so early in embryonic development, that it can't be toyed with by evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, code, creative power, Darwin’s Doubt, evolution, evolutionary processes, ID the Future, information processing systems, integrated circuits, intelligent design, Joe Rogan, mutation/selection mechanism, nano-machines, neo-Darwinian theory, podcast, signaling molecules, Stephen Meyer, transcriptional hierarchies, variations}

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Question for Stephen Meyer

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

That’s a good question that could start a very productive conversation about the origin and development of life on Earth. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, creativity, Eric Holloway, escalator, evolutionary processes, human creativity, large language models, Lovelace test, Minding the Brain, mountain climbing, naturalistic explanations, parallel universes, Pat Flynn, Planck cubes, Planck time, randomness, Richard Taylor, Robert J. Marks II, Selmer Bringsjord, Wyoming}

Can We Credit Human Creativity to Blind Evolution?

_{Science and Culture
May 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

The genius of the human mind requires an external, intelligent source beyond the material world. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, dexterity, efficiency, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionists, ID the Future, intelligent design, NOMA, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), Panda's Thumb, philosophers, podcast, precision, religion, science, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, theology, trade-offs}

The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", “backwards retina”, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, designer, DNA, enzymes, evidence, evolutionary processes, fiber optic cables, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Müller cells, organisms, replication, replisome, retina, topoisomerase}

Is Complexity an Argument Against Design?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Often these claims that “no designer would have done it that way” dissolve on closer inspection. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, biological complexity, convergence, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, laws of nature, Ockham’s razor, preconditions, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, science, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), William A. Dembski}

Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

_{Casey Luskin and Stephen Dilley
March 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, biological diversity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, front-loaded design, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, interviews, podcast, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, theologians}

Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Be Happily Wedded?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

2}

Casey Luskin kicks off a series of interviews responding to theologian Dr. Rope Kojonen’s proposal. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, common ancestor, common ancestry, convergence, convergent evolution, dolphins, evolution, evolutionary processes, fish, intelligent design, lineages, natural selection, paleontology, Paul Nelson, preconditions, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, sharks, solutions, swimming, systematics, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Convergent Evolution: An Argument That Comes at a Price

_{Emily Reeves
January 9, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen sees convergence as evidence that laws of form "play a significant role" in helping evolutionary processes cluster around similar solutions. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, eagle, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary processes, flora, intelligent design, Ockham’s razor, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theodicy, theology, University of Helsinki}

Is Intelligent Design Compatible with Evolutionary Theory? A Theologian Weighs In

_{Stephen Dilley
November 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

9}

Of course, a critic might worry that Kojonen’s model violates Ockham’s razor. Why posit two explanations when only one will do? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Biomimetics, cockroaches, communication, control, electronics, evolutionary processes, hardware, heat dissipation, intelligent design, International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, legs, obstacles, robot, sensors, structure, Stuart Burgess, surfaces}

Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

_{Emily Reeves
October 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

6}

The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›