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Jacques Monod

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Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind? 

At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Read More ›
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A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities

How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor? Read More ›
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Erasmus Darwin and Credible Denial

Consideration of Erasmus Darwin’s writings suggests that his unbelief could well have been father to the thought in the matter of his evolutionary speculations. Read More ›
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How We Moved Beyond Darwin to the Miracle of Man

The extraordinary ensembles of natural environmental fitness described in my book are thoroughly documented scientific facts. Read More ›
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Mutation

According to evolutionary biologist Thomas Cavalier-Smith, the idea that DNA contains all the information needed to make an organism “is simply false.” Read More ›
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The Ghost of Epicurus and the Doctrine of Natural Selection

The classical pantheon, lacking moral credibility, had become a source of embarrassment to thoughtful Greeks. Read More ›
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What Triggered a Biology Journal to Demand Government Censorship of Intelligent Design

The article is like a thermometer measuring a fever among evolutionists. Read More ›
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Freeman Dyson: The Passing of an Iconoclastic Physicist

Dyson was careful to take an open-minded approach: not fully endorsing design, yet not rejecting it either. Read More ›
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Life Exponential: Life Exhibits Intelligent Design at Many Levels

Complexity (such as we see in a pile of autumn leaves) can arise spontaneously from unguided natural processes, but complex specified information cannot. Read More ›

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