Tag: James Clerk Maxwell

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Benjamin Franklin, chicken, Claude Shannon, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Essays on Life Itself, garden snail, genome, George D. Rose, Hypatia of Alexandria, information, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, junk DNA, Levinthal paradox, Life Itself, logos, Michael Levin, nature, Neoplatonism, Nous, Peter Tompa, physical world, Plato's Revenge, Plotinus, Protein Science (journal), Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, seashells, snails, The Physical Basis of Biology, Walter Elsasser, whiteboard, yeast}

A Diffident Revolutionary

_{David Klinghoffer
June 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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In a meeting with colleagues at Discovery Institute in 2024, Richard Sternberg was sketching his thoughts on a whiteboard. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, electromagnetic wave, evolution, Evolution: A Theory is Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, electromagnetic wave, evolution, Evolution: A Theory is Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Charles Darwin, complexity, DNA, electricity, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), grass, James Clerk Maxwell, living systems, Ludwig Boltzmann, magnetism, mountains, oak tree, oceans, proteins, RNA, rocks, sand, Second Law of Thermodynamics, simplicity, soil, sugars}

Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Evolutionary theory and the development of the second law of thermodynamics are two of the three major scientific discoveries of the 19th century. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiology, bioRxiv, C.S. Lewis, California, Christians, Europa, extraterrestrial life, Geophysical Research Letters, habitable zone, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Webb Space Telescope, Jupiter, life, Mars, Michael Denton, Mono Lake, Mount Everest, NASA, Paul Sutter, SETI, solar system, The Miracle of Man, University of Copenhagen, University of Washington, Venus, volcanism, water, wind}

Astrobiology Points to the “Miracle of Man”

_{David Coppedge
May 31, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Scientists are making observations that add to Denton’s case, further constraining the requirements for habitability. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 6, 2020

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Barbara McClintock, chaos, Discovery Institute, engineers, Eva Jablonka, intelligence, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Shapiro, John Cairns, Maxwell’s demon, molecular machines, motors, nanotechnology, natural genetic engineering, order, origin of information, Paul Davies, rotors, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, The Demon in the Machine}

Hey, Paul Davies — Your ID Is Showing

_{Robert Shedinger
March 6, 2020

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

5}

No better advertisements for intelligent design exist than works written by establishment scientists that unintentionally make design arguments. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, ATP synthase, BackReaction, bacterial flagellum, biologists, cells, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution (journal), fiber optic cables, genes, Greg Lang, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Clerk Maxwell, Lehigh University, Lost in Math, machines, molecular machines, Mr. Spock, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, On the Origin of Species, organisms, planthopper, proteins, public opinion, Richard Lenski, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

15}

Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›

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Date
March 13, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, agency, artificial satellites, asteroids, chance, Claude Shannon, earth, Erwin Schrödinger, evolutionists, extraterrestrials, Illustra Media, James Clerk Maxwell, materialists, Maxwell’s demon, meteorites, Nature (journal), Paul Davies, photosynthesis, proteins, Richard Dawkins, The Demon in the Machine, Turing Machine}

Crying “Chance, Chance” When There Is No Chance

_{Science and Culture
March 13, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

7}

Note the artfully deployed passive voice. One-way traffic “was finally counteracted by the launch of the first artificial satellites.” Who counteracted it? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, Jerry Coyne, natural theology, Stephen Meyer, Why Evolution Is True, William Paley}

According to Jerry Coyne, “Why Evolution Is True” in a Nutshell

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2012

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Coyne mainly does two things: Make fun of religion, and post pictures of cute cats. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 21, 2012

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, evolution, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, law, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural theology, science, Stephen Meyer, William Paley}

A New Study of James Clerk Maxwell Attempts to Defend His Design Argument at the Expense of Intelligent Design

_{Michael Flannery
March 21, 2012

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Maxwell breathed new life into natural theology and helped in some measure to sustain the design argument in Victorian England. Read More ›