Tag: heuristic

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, biology, Darwinism, DNA, heuristic, junk DNA, junk RNA, lncRNAs, long noncoding RNAs, mRNA, neo-Darwinian paradigm, Nobel Prize, predictions, proteins, RNA, scientific progress, The Catalyst, Thomas Cech, W. W. Norton}

Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA”

_{Daniel Witt
March 28, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, biological systems, Biomimetics, Bristol University, chicken-and-egg problem, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dartmouth College, Denton, evolution, Evolution (journal), flexibility, heuristic, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Judeo-Christian tradition, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Marcos Eberlin, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, pelvis, pentadactyl design, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, Stephen Jay Gould, strength, Stuart Burgess, Texas, whales, Zombie Science (book)}

Systems Biology Cracks Life’s Engineered Intricacies — A Report from CELS

_{Jonathan Witt
January 10, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

9}

The cherished evolutionary story of whales' “vestigial” pelvic bones joins the growing pile of discredited icons of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cell (journal), embryo, embryonic development, evolution, filaments, heuristic, intelligent design, intermediate filaments, mammals, microscopy, proteins}

The Best and Worst Heuristics for Biological Discovery

_{Paul Nelson
November 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

"We don’t know what this structure does, so it probably does nothing. Remember, evolution produces a lot of non-functional debris." Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, animals, ants, decisions, foraging, gambling, heuristic, humans, Mary Olmstead, neurons, pigeons, rationality, rats, reward, risk, Valerie Kuhlmeier}

Animal Algorithms: Ant Foraging Is a “Rational” Behavior

_{Eric Cassell
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Of course, ants and other animals do not make decisions in a “conscious” manner as humans would. Instead they rely on algorithms. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, complexity, fossils, heuristic, historical sciences, history, inference to the best explanation, information, intelligent design, paleontologists, plate tectonics, predictions, rocks, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), uniformitarianism}

What Is the Positive Case for Intelligent Design?

_{Casey Luskin
April 26, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Imagine that you took your 4x4 truck off-roading and you returned home with the truck covered in mud. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 18, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", apologetics, atheism, BioLogos, evolution, heuristic, intelligent design, methodology, nature, science, Stephen Meyer, theism, theistic evolution, truth}

Stephen Meyer Debunks the “God of the Gaps” Objection

_{David Klinghoffer
December 18, 2017

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

May I add a further observation? If you don’t mind, ID is not an “apologetic tool,” as BioLogos puts it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 5, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, BioLogos, Christianity, creation, Darwinian theory, debate, Deborah Haarsma, deism, Four Views, God, heuristic, Hugh Ross, intelligent design, Ken Ham, Stephen Meyer, theism, theistic evolution, World Magazine, Young Earth Creationism}

In a Radio Debate on Theistic Evolution, Stephen Meyer Meets Deborah Haarsma of BioLogos

_{David Klinghoffer
December 5, 2017

Faith & Science

3}

Their official topic was “Are Evolution and Christianity Compatible?” but the real question addressed by Meyer is whether evolution and science are compatible. Read More ›

The Ongoing Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript: An Ancient Language and Peculiar Botanical Illustrations Awaiting Understanding

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post

Date
January 19, 2017

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __nedited, alphabet, archaeology, book reviews, calligraphy, cryptology, design filter, Design Inference, design intuition, designer, heuristic, hieroglyphics, history, Paul Davies, Rosetta Stone, software analogy, translation, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Voynich Manuscript}

Book Stumps Decoders: Design Filter, Please?

_{Science and Culture
January 19, 2017

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

7}

A mysterious manuscript has baffled historians for centuries. Nobody, though, thinks it wasn't designed for a purpose. Read More ›

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
April 21, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __tedited, AI, anti-human exceptionalism, computer simulations, deep learning, Elon Musk, Futurism, Go (game), heuristic, human intelligence, Internet, machine learning, Michio Kaku, Neural Networks, self-awareness, sentience, Stephen Hawking, superintelligence, unpredictability}

How Likely Is a "Terminator" Future?

_{Brendan Dixon
April 21, 2016

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

6}

Celebrity scientist Michio Kaku is the latest to throw his support behind the "Terminator is coming" mantra. Read More ›