Tag: Louis Pasteur

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Biochemical Predestination, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, galvanism, Guillermo Gonzalez, horror novels, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Luigi Galvani, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Percy Shelley, Plato, Reijer Hooykaas, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, Roger Olsen, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, spaghetti, specified complexity, spontaneous generation, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley}

Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2025

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinism, earth, epicycles, evolution, Galileo Galilei, geocentric model, geocentricism, hydrogen, Louis Pasteur, maggots, natural selection, nature, Nicolaus Copernicus, predictions, Ptolemy, quantum mechanics, reality, Richard Feynman, Robert Shedinger, scientific theory, solar system, spontaneous generation}

Does Darwinism Meet the Tests of a True Theory?

_{Eric Hedin
March 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, History of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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An example of a now-discarded theory is that of spontaneous generation, a hypothetical process of living organisms developing from nonliving matter. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
October 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", A. P. Mead, Alfred Russel Wallace, At the Edge of History, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, evolution, intelligent evolution, liberals, Loren Eiseley, Louis Pasteur, M. R. A. Chance, meaning, natural selection, Pithecanthropus, purpose, The World of Life, William Irwin Thompson}

A “Prepared Mind” for Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Michael Flannery
October 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Although Wallace receded into the deep recesses of my memory, I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 27, 2022

Categories
History of Science
Medicine
Origin of Life
Tagged
, bacteria, crucifix, France, Louis Pasteur, perseverance, plagiarism, Robert Koch, Roman Catholic, scientific integrity, spontaneous generation, stereochemistry, stroke, Vaccines}

Louis Pasteur, in Memoriam

_{Ann Gauger
December 27, 2022

History of Science, Medicine, Origin of Life

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“There is a time in every man's life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.” Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, children, Christianity, factories, faith, ID the Future, Latin, Louis Pasteur, microbes, microorganisms, podcast, spontaneous generation, Vaccines, worms}

The 200th Birthday of Louis Pasteur: A Man of Science and Faith

_{Science and Culture
December 21, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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In the 19th century, it was widely believed that the spontaneous generation of life from non-life was common and unremarkable. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, amino acids, biochemists, brain damage, Casey Luskin, chemists, chirality, CRISPR-Cas9, DNA, evolution, fruit flies, homochirality, intelligent design, isoforms, James Tour, life, Louis Pasteur, lung cancer, Nature Communications, proteins, Rob Stadler, sugar, tumors}

Same-Handed Molecules Are an “Overarching Design Principle” in Life, Say Researchers

_{David Coppedge
November 29, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without foresight to solve heterochiral incidents, a primordial cell would quickly perish even if, against all odds, it began homochiral. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alexander Oparin, Aristotle, biopolymers, building blocks, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), Harold C. Urey, J.B.S. Haldane, Louis Pasteur, Paris, proteins, RNA}

All Living Systems Must Process Energy, Store and Utilize Information, and Replicate

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 20, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Louis Pasteur showed that what appeared to be life springing forth from nonliving matter was actually life emerging from exceedingly small living organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alexander Oparin, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinism, evolution, Francesco Redi, Harold Urey, J.B.S. Haldane, Louis Pasteur, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, Stanley Miller, University of Chicago, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series), William Harvey}

Considering “Abiogenesis,” an Imaginary Term in Science

_{Neil Thomas
April 11, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the 17th century, medical pioneer Sir William Harvey and Italian scientist Francesco Redi both proved the untenability of spontaneous generation. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Darwinian evolution, dinosaurs, evolution, Fossil Hall, Georges Cuvier, human body, intelligent design, John Ray, Louis Agassiz, Louis Pasteur, lungs, museums, On the Origin of Species, opposable thumbs, Richard Owen, Smithsonian Institution, walking}

At the Smithsonian, the Nation’s Museum, It’s All Darwin, All the Time

_{David Coppedge
November 17, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Charles Darwin dominates almost every exhibit. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Louis Pasteur, macromutations, Mars, micromutations, Niles Eldredge, Paul Davies, sociobiologists, sociobiology, Stanley Miller, Stephen Jay Gould, Steve Stewart-Williams, Viking mission, William Harvey}

Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)

_{Neil Thomas
November 10, 2021

Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. Read More ›