Tag: Leo Kadanoff

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Computations in Science Seminars, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary search, evolutionists, information, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jerry Coyne, Leo Kadanoff, mathematicians, Michael Behe, My Personal History with Information (series), Paul Nelson, slides, Third Way of Evolution, Travel, University of Chicago, Wheaton College}

My 2014 Talk at the University of Chicago

_{William A. Dembski
October 9, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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After it had been announced on campus, Jerry Coyne, a prominent Darwinian biologist at the University of Chicago, tried to talk Leo into disinviting me. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Baylor University, Charles Ofria, Christoph Adami, Darwinian evolution, David Thomas, Denmark, displacement, evolutionary computing, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, George Montañez, Harvard University, Iain Strachan, information, intelligent design, Isak Dinesen, Jakob Wolf, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Leo Kadanoff, Michael Behe, My Personal History with Information (series), Nature (journal), Niels Bohr, Niels Bohr Institute, Richard Dawkins, Richard E. Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, Robert T. Pennock, smuggling, Steiner trees, Thomas Schneider, University of Copenhagen, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Evolutionary Computing: An Audit of Smuggled Information

_{William A. Dembski
October 6, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The most significant stop for me in Denmark was a lecture that Jakob Wolf arranged for me to give at the Niels Bohr Institute. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 28, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, A. E. Wilder-Smith, design community, entropy, Ergodic Theory and Information, Evanston Public Library, formalism, improbability, information, information theory, Journal of Theoretical Probability, Leo Kadanoff, mathematics, nonlinear dynamics, Patrick Billingsley, physics, probability, Probability and Measure, probability theory, randomness, specified complexity, uniform probability distribution, Wolf Prize}

My Mathematical Development: Probability and Improbability

_{William A. Dembski
September 28, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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As it is, probabilities are everywhere in information theory, and yet probability theory and information theory have a very different feel. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, Douglas Axe, evolution, eye, flagellum, Harvard University, Jason Rosenhouse, Leo Kadanoff, physical processes, probabilities, Rosenhouse’s Whoppers (series), stochastic processes, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, University of Chicago}

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: Probability Theory Is Irrelevant

_{William A. Dembski
September 2, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science

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If you deny that probabilities apply to a physical process, you’ve abjured science — you no longer have a scientific theory. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arthur Hunt, bacteria, BIO-Complexity, chloroquine resistance, Darwinian gradualism, Darwinian processes, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), James Shapiro, Jason Rosenhouse, Kenneth Miller, Leo Kadanoff, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), On the Origin of Species, Plasmodium falciparum, probabilities, The Edge of Evolution, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, University of Chicago}

Evolution With and Without Multiple Simultaneous Changes

_{William A. Dembski
June 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwinism is committed to evolution happening gradually, one step at a time, by single mutational changes. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, coin toss, complexity, complexity theory, Darwinists, evolution, Francis Crick, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, John Maynard Smith, Leo Kadanoff, Leslie Orgel, natural selection, Paul Davies, poker, probability, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, royal flush, Skeptical Inquirer, specification, specified complexity, target, The Blind Watchmaker, The Design Inference, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, UC Irvine, University of Notre Dame, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Jason Rosenhouse and Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
June 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Not all patterns eliminate chance in the presence of improbability. Take an arrow shot at a target. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, biologists, debate, email, engineers, evolutionary biologists, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, Leo Kadanoff, mathematician, peer-reviewed literature, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, University of Chicago, YouTube videos}

The Challenge from Jason Rosenhouse

_{William A. Dembski
June 18, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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"The response would be a lot chillier if they tried the same arguments in front of audiences with the relevant expertise." Is that so? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 7, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Leo Kadanoff, News, science, Views}

Remembering Leo Kadanoff

_{William A. Dembski
January 7, 2016

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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I stayed in touch with Leo sporadically over the coming years. Occasionally, he would comment on intelligent design. Read More ›