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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, creativity, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, front-loaded design, hummingbird, ID the Future, intelligent design, intuition, natural processes, organisms, podcast, Religions (journal), Stephen Dilley, theistic evolution}

Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Work Together in Harmony?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Or is that wishful thinking? Casey Luskin concludes his conversation with philosopher Stephen Dilley about a recent proposal. 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

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

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, biography, books, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute Press, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, Kindle, On the Origin of Species, Robert Shedinger}

Darwin’s Bluff Is a Number 1 New Release on Amazon!

_{David Klinghoffer
February 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Charles Darwin seems never to have been with honest with himself about the fact that his big book about the actual evidence for his theory could not be written. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, analogy, bacterial flagellum, complexity, Design Inference, evolution, evolutionary theory, initial conditions, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, jackpot, laws of nature, living systems, molecular machines, natural processes, natural selection, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, serendipity, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), universe, University of Helsinki}

Intelligently Designed Evolution? Sorry, Wrong Universe

_{Casey Luskin
February 15, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Many in the intelligent design camp have considered the possibility that the evolutionary process was designed. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 22, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, complexity, Darwin's Black Box, egg cell, evolutionary theory, forethought, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, podcast, sexual reproduction}

Sex: A Masterpiece of Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 22, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place. And so you require multiple codependent sub-functions.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 20, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Darwin, egg, evolutionary theory, foresight, forethought, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, podcast, sexual reproduction, sperm}

Sex: Engineered for Success

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 20, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sexual reproduction depends on an irreducibly complex core of components for its success. Can we credit a gradual evolutionary process for this system? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, biologists, Charles Darwin, complementarity, evolutionary theory, flagellum, genotype, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, males, meiosis, middle piece, mitosis, modifications, podcast, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex Is a Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 17, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

2}

Could sex be the product of a gradual evolutionary process, one dictated by “numerous, successive, slight, modifications,” as Darwin himself put it? Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, abortion, anti-Semitism, Aryans, assisted suicide, C.S. Lewis, culture, emotion, evolutionary theory, France, Germany, humanity, Jews, mortality, Nazi Germany, power, radio, skin color, That Hideous Strength, transhumanism, white supremacy, World War II}

The Nazis and Their Transhumanist Delusion

_{Peter Biles
January 17, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Technology

4}

A new series on Netflix shows what can happen when the delusions of transhumanism join forces with an appalling ideology. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, David Barash, dehumanization, evolutionary theory, Holy Grail, humans, humanzee, Nautilus, pain, Rob Sheldon, Soviet Union, Templeton Foundation, University of Washington, worms}

Return (Yet Again) of the Humanzee

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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So it comes down to a war on the human soul. Now, here’s the interesting part: Humans are self-evidently unique. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, beta-lactamase, biologic institute, Brian Miller, Cambridge, Dennis Venema, designer, Douglas Axe, E. coli, Emily Reeves, enzyme, evolution, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, New Scientist, No Free Lunch theorems, preconditions, protein folds, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), Unbelievable, universe}

Defending Douglas Axe on the Rarity of Protein Folds

_{Brian Miller and Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The following examination and defense of Dr. Axe serves as a direct, empirical test of Rope Kojonen’s design hypothesis. Read More ›