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Irreducible Intelligence: The Ultimate Origin of Biological Information

The more an environment is tuned to amplify probability, the more improbable that environment becomes, requiring further explanation. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Veilleux, J. Wang, J. Greene.

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Defends Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument

Fumagalli does not in the end state whether he himself lands on the multiverse hypothesis, cosmic design, or unknown physics as the best explanation. Read More ›
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Shannon and Kolmogorov Information

There’s a deep connection between probability and complexity. This connection is made clear in Shannon’s theory of information. Read More ›
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Intuitive Specified Complexity: A User-Friendly Account

At this early stage in the discussion, however, it seems wise to lay out specified complexity in a convenient non-technical way. Read More ›
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Mendel’s Peas and More: Inferring Data Falsification in Science

What keeps scientific fraud in check is our ability to detect it, and it’s the design inference that does the detecting.  Read More ›
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How Information Runs the Show in Biology

Specified information — when improbability meets a recognizable pattern — demands explanation. Read More ›
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Photo: Skeletal Reconstruction of <I>Mamenchisaurus youngi</I>, though other sources speak of the very closely related <I>Omeisaurus</I>, in the Dinosaur Museum of Zigong, by Einar Fredriksen, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Long Necks in Sauropod Dinosaurs — By Neo-Darwinism or Intelligent Design?

The origin of the ingeniously intricate long necks in sauropod dinosaurs has been postulated to have arisen more than 35 times independently. Read More ›
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Kudos: Saleem Ali, ID Critic, Agrees to Talk with an ID Proponent

Dr. Ali’s comments in his discussion with Meyer and Brierley are a little bit of a word salad, but never mind. Read More ›
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Darwinist Turns Math Cop: Track 1 and Track 2

Jason Rosenhouse insists that intelligent design proponents obey his rules, but happily flouts them himself. Read More ›
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Anthropic Fine-Tuning as Evidence of Design

The multiverse concept posits the existence of many other universes, each with different sets of physical parameters. Read More ›

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