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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 7, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Barbara McClintock, cells, Chance and Necessity, circuitry, cognition, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, function, Jacques Monod, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machine, machine metaphor, membranes, molecular biology, nucleic acids, proteins, self-assembly}

Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind?

_{Robert Shedinger
September 7, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Carl Woese, function, genes, genomes, orthodoxy, Tree of Life}

Quiz: Is This a Prediction from the Tree of Life?

_{Paul Nelson
August 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Conservation of function, but not genes, can be understood with an analogy to natural language. Consider two sentences. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
July 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, carpenter, cells, chemical reactions, cytoplasm, egg, enzymes, function, glucose, hammer, insulin, life, materialism, materialists, natural selection, nature, oxygen, purpose, randomness, science of purpose, scientists, sperm, structure, teleology, telos}

Something Is Missing from the Materialist Framework

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 17, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scientists have learned over the centuries that when a fundamental theoretical impasse is encountered, we do not blame nature. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 6, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ChatGPT, coffee, complex specified information, creativity, Energy, freedom, function, heat, humans, information, intelligent design, kinetic energy, knowledge, Law of Conservation of Information, life, luck, meaning, mind, nature, physical objects, printing press, quantum mechanics, Second Law of Thermodynamics, William A. Dembski}

Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
July 6, 2023

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
June 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bertrand Russell, biomolecules, chemical reactions, form, function, life, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, observation, organic molecules, organisms, paradigm, random mutation, science of purpose, structure, theory, urea, vitalism}

Replacing Chemistry with Purpose

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
June 20, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, eukaryotic cells, evolution, function, genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, mice, phenotype, proteins, ribosomes, Royal Society, University of Toronto, Wikipedia}

Why Knockouts and Deletions Are Insufficient for Inferring Function — The Mystery of Cell “Vaults”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The other day, UPS brought me a copy of Larry Moran’s new book. Moran is a well-known opponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", bees, behavior, coherence, engineers, function, honey, honey bees, honeycomb, human body, intelligent design, Iowa State University, pollinators, Steve Laufmann, superorganism, waggle dance, Your Designed Body}

Natural Engineering in the Lifestyle of Honey Bees

_{Eric Hedin
June 1, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We had no idea, but apparently a swarm of bees in May on an easily accessible branch is something to get excited about! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, animation, butterfly, cells, chrysalis, digestive system, function, Golgi apparatus, Illustra Media, intelligent design, interphase, lysosomes, Metamorphosis, Michael Behe, mitosis, Nature (journal), neurons, Nevada, nucleolus, organelles, Seattle, Secrets of the Cell, shape}

Model Cell Visualized as a Compact Factory

_{David Coppedge
May 30, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Capturing the interior parts of a cell in their complex relationships took a lot of work, but some researchers have set a new high bar for biophysical imaging. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, bad design, BIO-Complexity, bones, Brian Miller, Bristol University, evolution, flexibility, form, function, intelligent design, ligaments, muscles, Nathan Lents, Stuart Burgess}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Answers Claims of “Bad Design” of the Human Foot/Ankle

_{Casey Luskin
March 24, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Many who have studied the foot recognized its “excellent design." Leonardo da Vinci called the human foot “a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, disease, DNA, eLife, evolution, function, human genome, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, loss-of-function mutations, pathology, repetitive elements, Research, Short Tandem Repeats}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)

_{Paul Nelson
March 22, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper. Read More ›