Tag: goal

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Matter of Time, agency, agent theory, Amahury J. Lopez-Diaz, biology, Carlos Gershenson, Denis Walsh, environments, Everything Flows, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, goal, intelligent design, intentionality, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, means, metaphysics, naturalism, Newtonian physics, objectcy, ontology, repertoire, requirement, science of purpose, scientism, synthetic realization, teleology, thermodynamics, University of Toronto}

Agency as the Emerging Naturalist Paradigm

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 18, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Jaques Monod, along with other champions of 20th-century scientism, was entirely mistaken. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 18, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Black Box, egg, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, fertilization, forethought, goal, human reproduction, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, natural selection, podcast, purpose, seminal fluid, sexual reproduction, sperm, sperm capacitation}

Sexual Reproduction: Engineered for Success

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 18, 2026

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I continue a three-part discussion with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie on why sex is the queen of problems for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, accident, creator, Daniel Witt, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, evolution, genes, goal, intelligent design, life, meaning, molecules, Nature (journal), Oxford University, purpose, Richard Dawkins, teleology, The Selfish Gene}

Oxford Biologist Denis Noble: “The Fact Is that I Think Neo-Darwinism Is Dead”

_{Casey Luskin
July 30, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I respect Denis Noble and in disagreeing with him I do not mean to slight his deep insights into how biology works. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
Tagged
, bees, biosphere, birds, goal, gymnosperms, honey, intelligent design, natural phenomena, organisms, pollen, prey, purpose, ruminants, salmon, science of purpose, snakes, wolves}

Defining the “Science of Purpose”

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 16, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science

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The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Charles Townes, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmological constant, cosmos, electromagnetic force, goal, gravity, initial entropy, intelligent agents, intelligent design, life, mind, physical constants, physical laws, Planck time, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), universe}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Physics

_{Casey Luskin
May 3, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Multiple physical laws and constants must be finely tuned for the universe to be inhabited by advanced forms of life. Read More ›