Tag: goal-directedness

Concept of biochemistry with dna molecule, Human face, DNA on dark background. Ai generated

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Date
March 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University}

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

_{Science & Culture
March 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, cognition, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, electric fields, ENCODE project, evolutionary theory, Forrest Mims, genome, goal-directedness, Harvard University, human genome, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Michael Levin, minds, Perry Marshall, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, purpose, random mutations, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, Seymour Garte, Stuart Kauffman, teleonomy, Tufts University, William A. Dembski}

Plato’s Revenge: Mathematical Biologist Richard Sternberg Foresaw Major Developments in Biology

_{Brian Miller
April 21, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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A new book traces the ideas of Dr. Sternberg, who offers rigorous scientific evidence that the true control center of life lies outside DNA. Read More ›

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Date
December 12, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, Durham University, goal-directedness, Goldilocks, historians, multiverse, particles, Philip Goff, thought, universe}

Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Science & Culture
December 12, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Bayes factor, Center for Science and Culture, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, eggs, embryos, Escherichia coli, evolution, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, James Tour, likelihood, lizards, metabolites, Michael Behe, natural processes, Rice University, Scott Minnich, The Edge of Evolution, University of Idaho}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate. Read More ›

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Date
February 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, ACLU, animal phyla, bias, Cambrian Explosion, complex specified information, Darwin's Doubt, Dover trial, evolution, Evolution News, genetic information, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Wells, Judge John Jones, Manyuan Long, Michael Behe, peer review, scientific literature, Stephen Meyer, teleology, Twitter, William A. Dembski}

ID Literature and the Great Evolutionary Firewall

_{Science & Culture
February 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

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If you’re going to engage people on the topic of intelligent design publications, don’t let them force two false assumptions on you. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 1, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, Dan Graur, eggs, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, organisms, Research, teleology, teleonomy}

Teleonomy and Evolution

_{Ann Gauger
December 1, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Does a turtle swim ashore and lay eggs, or to lay eggs? Read More ›