Tag: functional coherence

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, cicadas, Darwinian theory, evolution, functional coherence, Günter Bechly, insects, intelligent design, Nature Communications, new york, On the Origin of Species, stem, Texas, urine}

Trillions of Cicadas Sing of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
May 29, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Eastern U.S. states will see a natural phenomenon that hasn’t occurred for many years: the coordinated emergence of two broods of noisy cicadas. Read More ›

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Date
April 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Biola University, Discovery Institute, DiscoveryU, Douglas Axe, evolution, functional coherence, genetic code, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, molecular biology, natural selection, Neil deGrasse Tyson, population genetics, Stephen Meyer, Twitter, Undeniable (book), University of Cambridge}

Explore Intelligent Design in Molecular Biology with Douglas Axe at DiscoveryU

_{Science & Culture
April 13, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Dr. Axe devotes a lecture to scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s objection to intelligent design based on supposedly “stupid design” in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, “consensus science”, Bill Nye, children, Cyanobacteria, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, Francis Crick, functional coherence, intelligent design, interventions, intuition, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, photosynthesis, Richard Dawkins, theism, Universal Design Intuition, University of Cambridge}

A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident

_{Jonathan Wells
June 22, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.” Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, Alvin Plantinga, calculations, cellular metabolism, coincidence, Darwinian theory, DNA, enzymes, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, hummingbird, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, organisms, probability, Undeniable (book), Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences

_{Douglas Axe
May 2, 2018

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

9}

Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, accuracy, Darwinism, Del Ratzsch, design intuition, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, intuition, Neil deGrasse Tyson, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why Certainty Doesn’t Always Require Accuracy — A $5 Lesson in Probability

_{Douglas Axe
March 6, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

7}

As our dialogue continues, I think I’m starting to understand your position more clearly. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 18, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, coincidences, Del Ratzsch, design intuition, dragonfly, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, hummingbird, intelligent design, Mars rover, monkey, natural processes, Neo-Darwinism, probabilities, probability, Star Trek, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

The Calculation-Free Design Intuition and the Calculations That Validate It

_{Douglas Axe
December 18, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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From childhood, we all naturally ascribe things like spiders and hummingbirds to a “God-like designer.” But are we right to do this? Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
November 17, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, alphabet soup, dandelions, design intuition, dragonflies, Elliott Sober, eyes, functional coherence, glaciers, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, Mars, Mount Rushmore, mountains, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Challenge to a Critic of the Design Intuition: How Do You Explain Your Own Use of It?

_{Douglas Axe
November 17, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Previously, I questioned a theistic evolutionist's claim that we can’t rule out chance as an explanation for something unless the probability of chance working can be calculated accurately. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
September 15, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, dragonflies, evolution, functional coherence, Gabon, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, Scientific American, smartphone, Undeniable (book)}

The Unmistakable Imprint of Purpose — Response to a Theistic Evolutionist

_{Douglas Axe
September 15, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

7}

We instantly spot the fruits of fertile imaginations by spotting their characteristic functional coherence. Dragonflies. Smartphones. Nuclear power plants. Read More ›

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post

Author
Douglas Axe

Date
July 21, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, evolution, functional coherence, Gabon, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, Martin Nowak, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

A “Natural” Adjustable Wrench? More Conversations with a Theistic Evolutionist

_{Douglas Axe
July 21, 2017

Intelligent Design

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Somehow, without any calculation at all, we’re all certain that geological processes can’t make a wrench. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
July 10, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, bacteria, evolution, functional coherence, God, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, photosynthesis, probability, Richard Dawkins, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

On Functional Coherence — Another Serving of Oracle Soup

_{Douglas Axe
July 10, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

This is the fourth installment of my ongoing conversation with theistic evolutionist Hans Vodder about my book Undeniable. Read More ›