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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aging, cancer, Casey Luskin, Current Biology, Endogenous retroviruses, function, gene expression, genomics, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, PLOS Biology, PNAS, transposable elements, zebrafish}

In “Junk DNA,” Here Are Benefits of Seeking Function

_{David Coppedge
February 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You wouldn’t toss out all the punctuation in a book as “junk ABC” now, would you? Punctuation has a function. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 9, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Baylor College of Medicine, censorship, Christmas, coordination, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, eugenics, evolution, function, genomes, intelligent design, meaninglessness, Nature (journal), orchestration, Racism, regulation, Science Advances, Science Magazine, signaling, X Club}

Will an Engineering Paradigm Supplant Darwinism?

_{David Coppedge
January 9, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Its summer of dominance after neo-Darwinism arose and conquered every field of biology led to an autumn of colorful just-so stories, and now a Narnian rule. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, feet, fingers, function, intelligent design, molecular biologists, philosophers, physicalism, teeth, terminology, thoughts}

Can We Eliminate the Idea of Function from Biology? A Philosopher and a Biologist Want to Try

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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They propose the term “biological role” instead. Thus, presumably, “the function of teeth is chewing” becomes “the biological role of teeth is chewing.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, chronology, CSI, data, dependency graph, Douglas Axe, explanatory power, function, gene sequences, intelligent agents, intelligent design, junk DNA, observations, predictions, scientists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), Winston Ewert}

Does Intelligent Design Make Predictions or Retrodictions?

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

I would argue that a chronology of exactly what was predicted when is not dispositive as to whether a positive argument can be made. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Discover Magazine, DNA, ENCODE, Endogenous retroviruses, evolution, experiment, function, genome, hypothesis, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, line, MicroRNAs, Neo-Darwinism, non-coding DNA, observation, science stopper, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

_{Casey Luskin
May 2, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bacillus subtilis, beauty, biological systems, design triangulation, E. coli, elegance, enzymes, evolution, fitness, function, gene expression, genetic information, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, optimality, precision, proteins, robustness, speakers, sporulation, Stanford University, transmission}

Application of ID: Leveraging Design Triangulation to Anticipate Biological Redundancy

_{Emily Reeves
March 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In previous posts, I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, design triangulation, DNA, evolution, fitness, function, genetic material, genotype, intelligent design, Martin Nowak, neo-Darwinian theory, organisms, robustness}

No More Confusion: Three Categories of Biological Redundancy, Simplified

_{Emily Reeves
March 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rewriting the categories of biological redundancy in terms of function clarifies their purpose and contribution. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, design triangulation, DNA, evolution, fitness, function, genes, intelligent design, junk DNA, Martin Nowak, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, purpose, redundancy}

How Intelligent Design Clarifies Biological Redundancy

_{Emily Reeves
March 3, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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ID licenses scientists to be curious about non-conserved biological redundancy and to investigate the possibility that biological redundancy is purposeful. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological systems, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Denton, doctors, engineered systems, engineers, events, evolutionary biologists, function, intelligent design, living systems, Texas}

Join Us to Discuss Biology and Engineering, June 3-5, in Denton, TX

_{David Klinghoffer
March 19, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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The theory of intelligent design understands living systems to be engineered systems. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, evolution, function, genes, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, phenotypes, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The literature is looking at the same data that intelligent design proponents are looking at, making similar observations, and asking similar questions. Read More ›