Tag: Freeman Dyson

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon-based life, Charles Tanford, ecosystem, electronegativity, elegance, Freeman Dyson, George Wald, glaciers, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Lawrence J. Henderson, Linus Pauling, metabolism, mitochondria, nitrogen, nucleus, ocean, oxygen, parsimony, primer, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water}

Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Cosmic Habitable Age, dark energy, earth, expansion rate of universe, fine-timing, Freeman Dyson, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, Michael Denton, Moon, Privileged Species, solar system, sun, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, The Privileged Planet, universe}

Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{David Coppedge
October 19, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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In combination, the factors mentioned here and in my last two posts constrain the “cosmic habitable age” to narrower dimensions. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
December 8, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Christmas gifts, Discovery Institute, Freeman Dyson, laptop computer, magnets, Zazzle}

Gift Ideas? Check Out Our Stocking Stuffers

_{Amanda Witt
December 8, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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We have affordable pens, stickers that can be placed on laptops or water bottles, and magnets. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, “selfish gene”, Alfred Russel Wallace, Carl Woese, Charles Darwin, eukaryotic cells, Freeman Dyson, Jerry Coyne, Linnean Society, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, prokaryotic cells, Reductionism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen}

When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete

_{Michael Flannery
May 3, 2021

Evolution

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The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
January 22, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenosine triphosphate, atoms, ATP, ATP synthase, Darwinian theory, electronic circuits, fitness, Freeman Dyson, intelligent design, mathematician, Michael Denton, mitochondria, mitochondrial membrane, molecular machines, physicists, primal blueprint, protons, science fiction, turbine, universe}

Of Turbines and Pumps: More on Denton’s Latest

_{Eric H. Anderson
January 22, 2021

Intelligent Design

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We rarely give a second thought to our body’s energy production. Robots use a battery pack and long lengths of wiring to transfer electricity. Read More ›

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Date
December 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antarctica, calcium, cobalt, Communications Earth & Environment, Design of Life, enzymes, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Freeman Dyson, Freshwater, Geophysical Research Letters, glaciers, Greenland, ice, Illustra Media, iron, krill, magnesium, manganese, materialists, metals, Michael Denton, molybdenum, PNAS, potassium, Privileged Species, rivers, sodium, The Wonder of Water, trace elements, vitamin B12}

Glaciers Enhance the Biosphere — By Design

_{Science and Culture
December 23, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Glacial meltwater performs unexpected and surprising roles that benefit life on earth. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 17, 2020

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, batteries, carbon-based life, Charles Darwin, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness of nature, Freeman Dyson, intelligent beings, intelligent design, Kepler, magnets, Zeitgeist}

Whatever the Cause, We Are No Accident

_{Michael Denton
August 17, 2020

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The unique fitness of nature for carbon-based life and intelligent beings of our biology is an empirical discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Ken Pedersen

Date
June 22, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, atheism, atoms, DNA, electromagnetism, elementary particles, Energy, Freeman Dyson, galaxies, gravity, human mind, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, matter, multiverse, physical reality, planets, proteins, quantum state, quarks, RNA, scientific materialism, stardust}

Bits and Bytes at the Bottom

_{Ken Pedersen and Jonathan Witt
June 22, 2020

Intelligent Design

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A funny thing happened on the way to modern scientific materialism’s victory party. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, aesthetics, Cambridge University, Duke University, E.O. Wilson, Freeman Dyson, intelligent design, miracles, New York Times, pseudoscience, scientists, Signature in the Cell, telepathy, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist as Rebel, Wendell Berry}

Remembering Freeman Dyson and the Enduring Lesson of “Dyson’s Hypothesis”

_{Michael Flannery
March 3, 2020

Ethics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Dyson points out that the highly improbable is actually quite probable by invoking “Littlewood’s law of miracles.” Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, A Fortunate Universe, Al Gore, Big Science, bombing, Cambridge University, Christianity, climate change, Frank Tipler, Freeman Dyson, Gifford lectures, Institute for Advanced Study, intelligent design, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jacques Monod, Nobel Prize, pantheism, physicists, Politics, quantum mechanics, religion, Scotland, space travel, string theory, Templeton Prize, theology, Trinity College, universe, war, William Happer, World War II}

Freeman Dyson: The Passing of an Iconoclastic Physicist

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dyson was careful to take an open-minded approach: not fully endorsing design, yet not rejecting it either. Read More ›