Tag: Irreducible Complexity

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, citrate, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, DNA, DNA replication, DNA replisome, Escherichia coli, evolution, generation turnover time, genome duplication, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, lizards, Michael Behe, multicellularity, mutation rates, mutations, natural selection, neutral mutations, Paramecium tetraurelia, placenta, population size, retrovirus, Richard Lenski, Rutgers University, Scott Minnich, tetherin, tetherin antagonism, type III secretion system, viruses, YouTube channels}

Irreducible Complexity: A Reply and Challenge to Daniel Stern Cardinale

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I invite Stern Cardinale to attempt to provide a plausible evolutionary explanation of the origins of a complex system such as DNA replication. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, blind processes, Darwin’s Black Box, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, sex, sexual reproduction}

Sex: A Masterpiece of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 25, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

2}

“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 18, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Black Box, egg, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, fertilization, forethought, goal, human reproduction, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, natural selection, podcast, purpose, seminal fluid, sexual reproduction, sperm, sperm capacitation}

Sexual Reproduction: Engineered for Success

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 18, 2026

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I continue a three-part discussion with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie on why sex is the queen of problems for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

Sperm and egg cell. Natural fertilization. 3d illustration on red background

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, cell division, Charles Darwin, complexity, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, flagellum, forethought, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, middle piece, podcast, regulation, resources, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sexual reproduction is a seeming waste of resources producing little or no short-term advantages. Read More ›

Alfred Nobel Prize. Two medals standing on red fabric.

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 24, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autoimmune diseases, blood-clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body}

No. 9 Story for 2025: Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

_{David Coppedge
December 24, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine

8}

The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for 2025 was awarded to three immunologists who discovered regulatory T cells. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Zoology
Tagged
, bugs, butterflies, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, Discovery Institute, ecosystems, education, engineers, foresight, ID Education Day, insects, intelligent design, invertebrates, Irreducible Complexity, Metamorphosis, nematodes, neo-Darwinian evolution}

Creepy Crawly Complexity: Kate Kavanaugh on the Intelligent Design of Insects

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 22, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Zoology

2}

Far from being mere nuisances, these creatures function as tiny engineers that elegantly solve complex problems to sustain global ecosystems. Read More ›

Exploded 3D visualization of a bacterial flagellum motor — molecular rotor proteins, membrane layers, proton flow illustrated

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bias, Casey Luskin, censorship, creator, Darwinists, design hypothesis, Discovery Institute, dogmatism, Elon Musk, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, functionality, Grokipedia, Harvard University, intelligent design, intimidation, Irreducible Complexity, John West, Judge John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Larry Sanger, materialism, Pennsylvania, persecution, predictions, USA Today}

Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

4}

The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial's anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Bradley Monton, Darwin’s Black Box, David Berlinski, dualism, education, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Judge John E. Jones, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Laurence Moran, Manyuan Long, Michael Behe, National Center for Science Education, peer-reviewed publications, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Ten Myths About Dover, The Origin of Species, University of Kentucky, William Dembski, word salad}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 4, “The Dover Ruling Refuted Intelligent Design”

_{Casey Luskin
December 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Reasoning

32}

Expert witnesses like biochemist Michael Behe and microbiologist Scott Minnich testified about how irreducible complexity makes a positive case for design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, complex specified information, Darwinism, design detection, design intuition, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, engineering, human body, ID the Future, infants, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, nature, pattern, podcast, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

There are also rigorous scientific methods to help us identify the hallmarks of design. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Biology
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biology, Carl Woese, complementarity, Darwin's Black Box, dualism, Erwin Schrödinger, Essays on Life Itself, function, gravitation, Inertia, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, language, Life Itself, Mass, Michael Behe, molecular biologists, natural selection, phenotype, physics, randomness, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, structure, What Is Life?}

In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 2, 2025

Biology, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Read More ›