Tag: Irreducible Complexity

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algorithmic specified complexity, Animal Algorithms, birds, brain hemispheres, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian phyla, Center for Science and Culture, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, Emily Reeves, evolutionary biology, fossil explosions, function, functional information, genetics, genomics, George Montañez, goal-directedness, Günter Bechly, Homo (genus), insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Kolmogorov complexity, land plants, mammals, marine invertebrates, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Minding the Brain, molecular biology, Nature Communications, Origin of Species, paleontology, Piers Morgan, protein science, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, split-brain surgery, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Design Inference, The Immortal Mind, Theistic Evolution (book), William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Explosions Persist, and Other Confirmations of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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From 2016 until his tragic death in 2025, Bechly made many important contributions to ID literature on the topic of fossil explosions in the history of life. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 9, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Baylor University, biology, Brown University, bubonic plague, Charles Thaxton, Congress, Darwin’s Black Box., Douglas Axe, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, faculty, injectisome, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Shapiro, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, motorcycles, mousetrap, naturalists, non-theistic evolution, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, protein evolution, Roger Olsen, San Francisco, Seattle Pacific University, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, T3SS, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theistic evolution, type 3 secretory system, University of Chicago, Walter Bradley, Yersinia pestis}

Darwin’s Black Box, 30 Years On: A Seminal Contribution to Biology

_{William A. Dembski
August 9, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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It makes sense to think that the T3SS didn’t evolve into the bacterial flagellum, but that the bacterial flagellum shed some protein parts to become a T3SS. Read More ›

Woman stretching hands in bed after wake up in the morning, Concept of a new day and joyful weekend.

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 8, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian processes, Darwinists, engineering, Eric Hedin, evolution, evolutionary mindset, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, organisms, podcast, scientific understanding, sleep, survival of the fittest, unconsciousness, waking}

The Intelligent Design of Sleep

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 8, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, Alfred North Whitehead, biochemistry, C. H. Waddington, calculus, Christopher Hitchens, complexity, Daniel Dennett, Darwin’s Black Box, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene Wigner, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Joseph Woodger, M.-P. Schützenberger, mechanism, Michael Behe, Michael Polanyi, Michael Ruse, Neo-Darwinism, Nicolas Rashevsky, Richard Dawkins, Robert Rosen, scientific materialism, UC Berkeley, UCSF, UT MD Anderson}

Restoring Our Vision: Michael Behe and Darwin’s Black Box

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 6, 2026

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

4}

What has always stirred me with a deep set of conflicting emotions is his reference to the “elephant in the room.” Read More ›

Bacterial Flagellar Motor Proton-Driven Rotary Nanomachine

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Author
George Montañez

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Big Bangs, biology, bioRxiv, Casey Luskin, computational biologists, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinian processes, dough, evolutionary change, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Last Bacterial Common Ancestor, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Behe, Nature Reviews Microbiology, type III secretion system, Wikipedia, William Dembski, yeast}

Mighty and Meek: Behe’s Great Work at Age 30

_{George Montañez
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The sheer amount of research that has gone into trying to find alternative explanations to what Behe has proposed is mind-boggling. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Caenorhabditis elegans, Chlamydomonasuse, cilium, Darwin's Black Box, electron micrograph, evolution, flagellum, Gaia Pigino, intelligent design, intraflagellar transport, Irreducible Complexity, Kirsty Wan, Ludek Stepanek, Michael Behe, microalgae, mousetrap, organelles, oscillators, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pronk, Science (journal), springbok, University of Cambridge}

Galloping Flagella and Cilia Railroads — Celebrating Darwin’s Black Box

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

These organelles, protruding from the cell into the environment, could not be built by a Darwinian mechanism. Read More ›

Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, bacterial flagellar motor, biochemistry, cells, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Black Box, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, George Gilder, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, National Review, nature, New York Times, Paul Nelson, quantum theory, Revolutionary Behe, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, Watson and Crick}

Irreducible Behe: The Shy Revolutionary Who Took Down Darwin

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The cell for Darwin was a black box. He was, in that sense, blind — and the blindness was the condition in which he formulated his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, adhesion molecules, barcode, blood, brain, Cell (journal), cells, Charles Darwin, cytoskeletal components, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, design logic, digestive system, dorsoventral, embryonic development, extracellular matrix, fortified foods, genes, gradients, hearing, Irreducible Complexity, lecithin retinol acyltransferase, lymph vessels, mice, Michael Behe, nasal tissue, neurons, nose, nucleus, olfactory bulb, olfactory receptor, olfactory sensory neuron, receptors, retinoic acid, retinoic acid receptor, retinoid X receptor, retinyl esters, Science Daily, teratogen, vision, vitamin A}

Nose Knows Better than Darwinism; Design Logic Explains Why

_{Howard Glicksman
May 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

11}

"By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren’t random at all." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, americans, Big Bang, Casey Luskin, cellular machines, chemicals, cosmos, creator, Disclosure Day, documentary, Donald Trump, Epoch Times, evolution, extraterrestrials, faith and science, genetic code, government, humans, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, living cell, molecular machines, natural selection, nature, office-holders, origin of life, physics, Steven Spielberg, The Age of Disclosure, The Story of Everything, UFOs, unintelligent forces, universe}

Luskin: If Aliens Exist, They Were Designed Just Like We Were

_{David Klinghoffer
April 23, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

5}

I’m an agnostic on these purported technologically super-advanced creatures with their physics-defying crafts. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Africa, ball-and-socket joints, cervical vertebrae, Congo Basin, embryological development, engineering, engineers, evolutionary adaptation, evolutionary theory, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, hero shrew, human embryo, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, nervous system, neural plate, neural systems, sloth, spinal columns, spinal cord, spine, synchronization, vertebrae, vertebral column}

The Spine, Human and Otherwise: A Miracle of Embryological Development

_{Stuart Burgess
March 19, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Zoology

5}

The sloth has ten neck vertebrae whereas almost all other mammals have seven. The sloth’s extra vertebrae allow it to swivel its neck almost all the way around Read More ›