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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Alpha Centauri, Bayes’ Theorem, cosmic fine-tuning, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, jackpot, living cells, Lydia McGrew, prior probability, probability}

Applying Bayes’ Theorem to Biological Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 15, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy

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Suppose we want to know the odds that a particular individual won last week’s Mega Millions jackpot in the United States. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 14, 2020

Categories
Epistemology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayes’ Theorem, Big Bang, biological design, cosmic fine-tuning, evidence, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, life, likelihood, Luke Barnes, Lydia McGrew, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Bayes, William A. Dembski, William Lane Craig}

A Bayesian Approach to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 14, 2020

Epistemology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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I have come to think of evidence in Bayesian terms and this has in turn impacted the way I think about the biological arguments for ID. Read More ›

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Author
Ken Pedersen

Date
June 22, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, atheism, atoms, DNA, electromagnetism, elementary particles, Energy, Freeman Dyson, galaxies, gravity, human mind, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, matter, multiverse, physical reality, planets, proteins, quantum state, RNA, scientific materialism}

Bits and Bytes at the Bottom

_{Ken Pedersen and Jonathan Witt
June 22, 2020

Intelligent Design

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A funny thing happened on the way to modern scientific materialism’s victory party. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
April 16, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Abraham Loeb, atmosphere, BIO-Complexity, distance, Hubble Space Telescope, hydrogen, Milky Way, Neptune, oxygen, rockets, solar system, The Privileged Planet, Uranus}

Is Space Travel Our Destiny?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
April 16, 2020

Physical Sciences

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I was motivated to do this study after two papers were published in 2018 on the difficulty of launching rockets from super-earths. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Sagan, Cosmos 3.0, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, DNA, equations, Evolution News, habitability, Harold Urey, hydrogen, Mars, Mercury, NASA, Neil deGrasse Tyson, RNA, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago, Venus}

Cosmos Episode 6 — That’s Entertainment! (But Is It Science?)

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Here is the problem with speculative thinking about extraterrestrial life as well as about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
July 18, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, earth, Earth’s crust, fossil fuels, galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope, humans, hydrogen, intelligent design, Milky Way, minerals, Moon, oxygen, solar system, stars}

Remembering the First Manned Moon Landing at 50; What Does the Future Hold?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
July 18, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

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I remember watching the Apollo moon landings on TV from 1969 to 1972 as a child. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 13, 2019

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, apology, biologists, carbon, civility, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute, hydrogen, Internet trolls, Jack Szostak, James Tour, jesus, Nature (journal), Nobel laureate, nucleotide, Scientific American, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, synthetic organic chemistry}

Professor James Tour: A “Liar for Jesus”?

_{John G. West
May 13, 2019

Chemistry, Evolution, Origin of Life

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Renowned scientist James Tour at Rice University is facing the wrath of Internet trolls because of his candid evaluation of origin of life research. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Arno Penzias, Big Bang, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, general relativity, helium, hydrogen, inflation, Milky Way, solar system}

Confirming the Big Bang: The Recent Decades

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 7, 2019

Cosmology, Physical Sciences

5}

The Big Bang theory also gives us an age for the universe. The latest estimate, based on several cosmological observations, is 13.80 +/- 0.02 billion years. Read More ›

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Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, Bronze Age, calcium, carbon, collagen, Donald Brownlee, Enceladus, Europa, hydrogen, intelligent design, Iron Age, Jupiter, magnesium, Michael Denton, Milky Way, nitrogen, oxygen, Periodic Table, Peter Ward, phosphorus, potassium, rare earth elements, Saturn, Science (journal), sodium, Stone Age, sulfur, supernova, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, Vanderbilt University}

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
March 5, 2019

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, biophysics, earth, hydrogen, ice, information, Michael Denton, Nanoscale, Philip Ball, PNAS, proteins, temperature, The Wonder of Water, Velcro, viscosity, water}

The Wonder of Water at the Nanoscale

_{Science and Culture
December 21, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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More detail has come out on the fascinating role of water in cellular dynamics, touched on by Denton in his book, The Wonder of Water. Read More ›