Tag: Golden Ratio

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, A Little Book of Coincidence in the Solar System, amplitude, asteroids, coincidences, comets, earth, ellipse, fine-tuning, geocentric model, geometric patterns, Golden Ratio, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, inferior conjunction, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, John Martineau, kinetic energy, Mars, Mercury, moons, NASA, Newton’s laws, orbital paths, physics, planets, quantum effects, semimajor axes, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, trigonometry, Venus}

Geometric Design in the Solar System

_{Eric Hedin
August 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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My favorite example of such geometric design arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 30, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), Cosmos Magazine, electromagnetism, extraterrestrials, Fibonacci sequence, fine structure constant, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, Paul Davies, pi, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, relativity, Richard Feynman, University of Nottingham, Wolfgang Pauli}

Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe

_{Evolution News
March 30, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Richard Feynman called 1/137, the fine structure constant, “a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man.” Read More ›

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Date
October 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biomineralization, biominerals, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, David Raup, genetic code, Golden Ratio, hammer, intelligent design, mollusks, morphospace, Nature Communications, Newton, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phys.org, Qesem Cave, scallops, snails, teeth, University of Wisconsin-Madison}

Teeth, Mollusks: Design in Biominerals

_{Evolution News
October 21, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The subject of biomineralization also allows comparing the explanatory power of design over Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Date
June 14, 2019

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, auxin, blind chance, chemical signals, collagen, Darwinians, Fibonacci sequence, genes, Golden Ratio, University of Tokyo}

Plant Spirals Finally Solved?

_{Evolution News
June 14, 2019

Botany, Life Sciences, Mathematics

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The Fibonacci spirals in plants have long attracted scientists and puzzled them as well. How do they form? Read More ›

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Date
September 17, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, D’Arcy Thompson, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, embryo, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, Fibonacci sequence, Flight, flowers, Golden Ratio, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Michael Denton, petals, Platonism, Privileged Species, Richard Owen, The Wonder of Water, U.C. Santa Barbara, University of Kansas, zebrafish}

New Study Supports Michael Denton’s Structuralist View

_{Evolution News
September 17, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The way an embryo develops shows a method of patterning that makes use of physical processes as if they conform to a predetermined plan. Read More ›

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Date
November 3, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, design detection, design filter, Finding Truth, Golden Ratio, honeybees, human mind, intelligent design, Nancy Pearcey, Saudi Arabia, University of Western Australia}

Mysterious Structures in Arabian Desert: All We Know Is that They Were Designed

_{Evolution News
November 3, 2017

Intelligent Design, Science

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How much do you have to know to make a design inference? Read More ›

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Date
September 20, 2017

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, auxin, cell division, Current Biology, embryo, epidermis, Fibonacci sequence, flowers, geometry, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, plasma membrane, stem cells}

Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained

_{Evolution News
September 20, 2017

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Even down to the level of molecules and genes, there doesn’t seem to be any physical reason for plants to grow “Golden Ratio” patterns. Read More ›