Tag: Golden Ratio

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, asteroids, coincidences, comets, earth, fine-tuning, geocentric model, Golden Ratio, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, kinetic energy, Mars, Mercury, moons, NASA, physics, planets, quantum effects, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, 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), electromagnetism, extraterrestrials, Fibonacci sequence, fine structure constant, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, Paul Davies, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, relativity, Richard Feynman, Wolfgang Pauli}

Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe

_{Science & Culture
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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post

Date
October 21, 2019

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

Teeth, Mollusks: Design in Biominerals

_{Science & Culture
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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post

Date
June 14, 2019

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, blind chance, collagen, Darwinians, Fibonacci sequence, genes, Golden Ratio, University of Tokyo}

Plant Spirals Finally Solved?

_{Science & Culture
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
, __cedited, Charles Darwin, 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, Platonism, Privileged Species, Richard Owen, The Wonder of Water, zebrafish}

New Study Supports Michael Denton’s Structuralist View

_{Science & Culture
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, 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

_{Science & Culture
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, cell division, Current Biology, embryo, epidermis, Fibonacci sequence, flowers, geometry, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, stem cells}

Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained

_{Science & Culture
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 ›