Tag: George Gaylord Simpson

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 2, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, A Biologist’s View, African elephants, Asian elephants, Bible, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, chimps, classes, computers, creations, Darwinism, designs, evolution, Evolution after Darwin, explosions, fossil record, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, Gorilla gorilla, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, orders, Pan paniscus, phyla, software, species pair problem, theists, TimeTree.org, University of Chicago Press}

Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem

_{Granville Sewell
June 2, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Armin Moczek, biochemistry, BioCosmos, children, Christianity for Doubters, civilizations, College Physics, computers, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwin’s Doubt, David Snoke, engineering, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, eyes, Field Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), George Gaylord Simpson, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, John von Neumann, Marcos Eberlin, mathematicians, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, origin of life, Peter Urone, phones, reproduction, Rice University, Robotica, self-reproduction, simplicity, spaceships, The Story of Everything}

Four Major Questions for Materialists

_{Granville Sewell
April 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

12}

Let’s look at the long, complicated counterargument of the materialists to see if we can find the errors or unverified points. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Adobe Acrobat, analogy, Animal Operating System, animals, bilaterians, biology departments, body plans, Charles Darwin, Ernst Mayr, European Molecular Biology Organization, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, gene regulatory networks, George Gaylord Simpson, graves, mutations, natural selection, operating systems, Ronald Fisher, smartphones, The EMBO Journal, Theodosius Dobzhansky, zombies}

Another Hypothesis for the Origin of Animals

_{Science & Culture
February 25, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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This one uses an analogy to the origin of smartphones. No kidding. Yet, it’s an interesting article. Just not really evolutionary theory in any normal sense. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Aristotle, athens, biology, C.S. Lewis, change over time, Democritus, DNA, dynamis, eidos, energeia, evolution, From Logos to Bios, George Gaylord Simpson, H. B. Whittington, Heraclitus, history, Jerusalem, Leucippus, Lev Berg, Malcolm Gordon, metaphysics, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nomogenesis, philosophy, Pierre-Paul Grassé, Plato, Plotinus, potentiality, Pythagoras, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, tautology, Tertullian, The Selfish Gene, universal common descent, Western thought, Wynand de Beer}

Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer

_{Michael Flannery
February 24, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Philosophy

8}

An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, automobiles, chemical processes, Christianity for Doubters, computers, evolution, George Gaylord Simpson, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, jet airplanes, natural selection, nuclear power plants, physics, power plants, skulls, smart phones, software, technology, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, unintelligent forces}

The Strongest Argument for Intelligent Design Is Also the Simplest

_{Granville Sewell
January 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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“Those are just the skulls,” I protested. “The outside of my 1980s PC looks pretty similar to the frame of my new HP computer." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 13, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, arXiv, astrobiology, astronomers, Avi Loeb, Big Think, Columbia University, David Kipping, extraterrestrial life, George Gaylord Simpson, Medium, technology, UFOs, Voyager spacecraft}

Astrobiology as a Secular Quest for Meaning

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 13, 2025

Astronomy, Planetology

7}

I don’t think this stuff does any harm — as long as it is understood as drama and not given undue importance in science or philosophy. Read More ›

Bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC as setting sun illuminates interior of the monument

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
April 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anglo-Saxons, Big Book, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, conservatives, Darwin’s Bluff, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, Ernst Mayr, Francis Crick, George Gaylord Simpson, HMS Beagle, J.B.S. Haldane, liberalism, liberals, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, On the Origin of Species, orchids, pseudoscience, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Nagel}

Intelligent Design Is Not Just for Conservatives

_{Robert Shedinger
April 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

15}

After a decade of immersing myself in Darwin studies, evolutionary theory, and intelligent design, I find myself unexpectedly supportive of the iD position. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 29, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, adaptations, Armin Moczek, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, cars, convergence, creator, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, evolution, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, improvements, Indiana University, intelligent design, life, magic wand, New York Times, PDE2D, planning, software, testing, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, theology, unintelligent process, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert}

Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

_{Granville Sewell
January 29, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology

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If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Paleontology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abduction, anomalies, artifacts, Avalon explosion, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Doubt, explosions, Fossil Friday (series), George Gaylord Simpson, gradualism, great Ordovician biodiversification event, Lower Cambrian, molecular biology, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, photosynthesis, population genetics, predictions, random mutations, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, specified complexity, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Greatest Show on Earth}

Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2024

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Paleontology

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The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›