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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, coin toss, complexity, complexity theory, Darwinists, evolution, Francis Crick, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, John Maynard Smith, Leo Kadanoff, Leslie Orgel, natural selection, Paul Davies, poker, probability, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, royal flush, Skeptical Inquirer, specification, specified complexity, target, The Blind Watchmaker, The Design Inference, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, UC Irvine, University of Notre Dame, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Jason Rosenhouse and Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
June 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Not all patterns eliminate chance in the presence of improbability. Take an arrow shot at a target. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Animal Liberation, Anthony Flew, consciousness, Darwin, David Bentley Hart, David Hume, deism, Donald Hoffman, Erasmus Darwin, Europeans, evolution, Francis Crick, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lawrence Krauss, Lucretius, materialism, Michael Ruse, mind, natural selection, natural theology, neuroscience, On the Origin of Species, Peter Singer, Racism, rationalism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Rorty, Stephen Hawking, Thomas Huxley, Tom Wolfe}

How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

_{Neil Thomas
June 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Carl Sagan, DNA, double helix, early Earth, Francis Crick, Harold Urey, James Watson, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, Nobel Prize, proteins, Richard Dawkins, Stanley Miller, University of Chicago, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

Imagining “Abiogenesis”: Crick, Watson, and Franklin

_{Neil Thomas
April 12, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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There are some biologists, such as Richard Dawkins, who still pin their faith in ideas which have resulted only in blankly negative experimental results. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 29, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biological information, cosmic fine-tuning, faith, Francis Crick, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, panspermia, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, theism, universe, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series)}

Intelligent Design: Theistic Implications?

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 29, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Although the case for intelligent design depends upon scientific evidence and methods of reasoning, it may well have larger theistic implications. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, early Earth, evolution, Francis Crick, intelligent design, James Tour, metabolism, primordial soup}

Prebiotic Muffins and an Air of Unreality

_{Paul Nelson
January 21, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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There is a cookbook being proposed for “prebiotic soup recipes” — that is, combinations of non-living chemicals plausibly present on the early Earth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abstraction, American Scientific Affiliation, Brian Miller, complex specified information, David Klinghoffer, evolution, fire, Francis Crick, genetic code, information, intelligence, intelligent design, James D. Watson, Randy Isaac, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

Is Information in DNA “Abstract”? Physicist Randy Isaac Responds

_{David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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"How can we determine whether a 10-digit number is a random number or a specified telephone number to call your mother?" Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 19, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abstraction, American Scientific Affiliation, Brian Miller, Christianity, DNA, English, Francis Crick, information, intelligent design, Randy Isaac, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

Meyer, Isaac: Is Information in DNA “Abstract”?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 19, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The American Scientific Affiliation is an association of Christian scientists who are not on the whole supportive of scientific arguments for ID. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, early Earth, Erasmus Darwin, Francis Crick, Frankenstein, Harold Urey, J.B.S. Haldane, James Watson, Joseph Hooker, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Miller-Urey experiment, Ovid, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus, Richard Dawkins, Stanley Miller, Time Magazine, University of Chicago}

Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step

_{Neil Thomas
August 12, 2021

Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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The notion that the building blocks of life were easily gotten may have seemed intuitive to journalists and others acquainted with Mary Shelley’s novel. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, abiogenesis, aliens, Avi Loeb, Big Bang, Carl Sagan, Center for Science and Culture, Francis Crick, Harvard University, intelligence, James Watson, New York Post, Nobel Prize, panspermia, Prometheus, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, UFOs}

Stephen Meyer: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and the God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2021

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Mainstream scientists have been speculating about other-than-earthly intelligence for decades. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 25, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosome, design triangulation, DNA, Francis Crick, James Watson, Nature (journal), topoisomerases}

A Beautifully Illustrated Open Access Review Article on DNA Topoisomerases

_{Paul Nelson
January 25, 2021

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Crick and Watson realized, very early on, that the winding double helix of DNA would cause all kinds of nasty tangles. Read More ›