Nasice_cement Type post Author Casey Luskin Date April 1, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Aeon, amoeba, biological systems, biology textbooks, cell biology, church, college, computers, cytoplasm, Denis Noble, developmental biologists, egg cell, embryo, factory, feminism, genes, human technology, humanities, humans, ideology, information, intelligent design, machines, Marcello Barbieri, metaphors, nucleus, organelles, post-modernism Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex Casey Luskin April 1, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 11 Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›
The-Information-Enigma Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 20, 2023 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionIntelligent DesignPhysics Tagged , consciousness, Darwinian evolution, DNA, genes, genetic code, information, Marcello Barbieri, materialism, meaning, natural selection, paradigm, private truth, public truth, teleology A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning Denyse O’Leary August 20, 2023 Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics 6 The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Read More ›
Electric DNA Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 15, 2023 CategoriesBiologyChemistryEvolutionIntelligent DesignOrigin of LifePhysics Tagged , artifacts, books, chemical evolution, chemical reactions, complex specified information, Ernst Mayr, genes, Hubert Yockey, humans, information, information theory, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, letters, Marcello Barbieri, molecular machines, music, numbers, photos, pixels, proteins Barbieri’s Dilemma: Biological Information without Intelligence Denyse O’Leary August 15, 2023 Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics 6 The problem is obvious: Information is by its nature immaterial. It is measured in bits, not kilograms or joules. Read More ›
DNA Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 10, 2023 CategoriesBiologyChemistryEvolutionIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindOrigin of Life Tagged , biological information, genes, illusion, information, intelligence, Marcello Barbieri, meaning, molecular biology, physicalism Is Life Just Chemistry, or Chemistry Plus Information? Denyse O’Leary August 10, 2023 Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life 6 Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms as something that “does not really belong to science.” Read More ›