Tag: Mars

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, astrobiologists, atmosphere, building blocks, Casey Luskin, chemical reactions, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (comet), comet theory, comets, David Coppedge, early Earth, get out of jail free card, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, intelligent direction, life, Lord Kelvin, Mars, materialists, Monopoly (game), organic molecules, origin of life, panspermia, Richard Anslow, Svante Arrhenius, undirected panspermia, University of Cambridge, William Dembski}

Say Goodbye to This Origin-of-Life “Get Out of Jail Free Card”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

It’s good to be able to reflect that proponents of intelligent design have been saying things like this for years. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
October 7, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Are the Planets Inhabited?, astronomers, canals, E. M. Antoniadi, E. Walter Maunder, earth, Giovanni Schiaparelli, intelligence, intelligent design, Is Mars Habitable?, Man’s Place in the Universe, Mariner 4, Mars, Mars (book), Mars and Its Canals, Mars as the Abode of Life, Martians, meteorites, optical illusions, Percival Lowell, planets, universe}

Canals on Mars: A Mistaken Design Inference

_{Winston Ewert
October 7, 2026

Astronomy, Planetology

5}

Any remaining doubts were settled by Mariner 4 which flew by Mars in 1965 and took pictures demonstrating that there were no canals. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 31, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic publishers, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, cats, courtroom, Designer Science, evolution, fabrication, headline, intelligent design, intent, linchpin, Mars, Michael Behe, misquote, New York University Press, reporters, Retraction Watch, scholarship, sloppiness, smell test, telephone (game), testimony}

Retraction Watch Reports on Designer Science Fiasco, but Mischaracterizes It

_{David Klinghoffer
August 31, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

The headline is glaringly inaccurate. It says, “University press removes book about intelligent design for misquoting ID proponent.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 29, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, auditorium, bibliography, cinema, earth, evil, films, galaxy, intelligent design, Jay Richards, life, lifelessness, Mars, movies, musical score, nature, photo permissions, Return of the God Hypothesis, reviews, Rotten Tomatoes, simulation theory, Star Wars, Stephen Meyer, stories, The Mandalorian and Grogu, The Story of Everything, theaters, universe, visuals}

A Surprise Conversation About, Well, Everything

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 29, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

As I walked out of the theater after the movie, I heard a familiar voice. I smiled as I realized it was our colleague Jay Richards. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 20, 2026

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Tagged
, Alexandria, artificial general intelligence, artificial superintelligence, batteries, Brownshirts, Caltech, competition, Elliot Pryce, engineering, experience machine, family, fans, fiction, fidelity, general intelligence, governments, Gustav Mahler, human beings, humans, intelligences, language, light, machine life, Maine, marriage, Mars, metaphysics, Palo Alto, perpetual light, processors, quantum effects, retirement, Robert Nozick, robots, Science and Culture Today, self-preservation, superintelligence, technology, The Battering Company, theorems, University of Texas}

Requiem for an Artificial Superintelligence

_{William A. Dembski
March 20, 2026

Arts, Computational Sciences, Ethics

19}

On the morning of his upload, he signed transfer papers, redundancy protocols, continuity covenants, and one handwritten page that no lawyer saw. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Ethics
Planetology
Tagged
, animals, astrobiology, comprehension, Elon Musk, ethicists, geological features, indigenous people, International Court of Justice, Mars, moons, nature rights, planets, solar system, space exploration, trees, waves}

Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 29, 2025

Astronomy, Ethics, Planetology

3}

The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, advice, Alexander Oparin, amino acids, Baltimore, biopolymers, building blocks, chemistry, DNA, education, extraterrestrial life, geology, Harold Urey, homochirality, hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, Mars, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, origin of life, prebiotic conditions, proteins, public school, RNA, RNA world, Roman Catholicism, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, solar system, Stanley Miller, sugars, theistic evolution, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Heidelberg}

Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

70}

A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, asteroids, coincidences, comets, earth, fine-tuning, geocentric model, Golden Ratio, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, kinetic energy, Mars, Mercury, moons, NASA, physics, planets, quantum effects, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, Venus}

Geometric Design in the Solar System

_{Eric Hedin
August 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

8}

My favorite example of such geometric design arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 3, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, campfire, cosmologists, Cyanobacteria, dark matter, existence, hydrological cycle, Mars, Native Americans, scientists, Utah}

Reflections on Astronomy in Iconic National Parks

_{Eric Hedin
July 3, 2025

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

The most poignant evidence of design intervention on planet Earth is certainly life itself. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, chemistry, Christianity, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, intelligence, J. B. S. Haldane, John Milton, Lord Monboddo, Mars, race, science fiction, scientific racism, scientists, The Descent of Man, Third Reich, UNESCO}

The End of Scientific Racism

_{Daniel Witt
June 24, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

10}

J. B. S. Haldane initially subscribed to some of the racism of the era — but, to his credit, his views shifted over time as more evidence came to light. Read More ›