Tag: Maxwell’s demon

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 16, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, AlphaFold, antibiotics, ATP synthase, biophysicists, Brownian motion, Caltech, cells, conformations, cytoplasm, Duke University, Eric Hedin, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, noncoding RNAs, nucleus, proteins, Robert Brown, Robert Shedinger, Scotsmen, The Scientist, Washington University}

Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

_{David Coppedge
September 16, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, active transport, aquaporins, cell membrane, concentration gradient, death, disease, entropy, ion channels, life, Maxwell’s demon, natural forces, Nobel Prize, non-life, osmosis, PNAS, potassium channels, Roderick MacKinnon, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selectivity filters, sodium channels, unnatural selection}

Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible

_{David Coppedge
March 20, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, Darwin’s genie, Darwinism, economics, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Maxwell’s demon, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, PNAS, Richard Lenski, scientism, screwdriver, The Abolition of Man, Thomas Sowell}

Darwin’s Genie: Misapplied Natural Selection Continues

_{Science and Culture
July 6, 2021

Biology, Evolution

9}

“Natural selection” is like a Swiss Army knife that researchers in widely different disciplines use to solve their problems. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 9, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ATP synthase, biological systems, cellular machinery, Christianity, Energy, engines, enzymes, food, glucose, Harvard University, information, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, locomotives, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, Paul Ashby, Robert J. Marks II, temperature, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Paul Ashby on Thermodynamics, Information, and Life’s Molecular Machines

_{Brian Miller
September 9, 2020

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

5}

I particularly appreciate how his arguments complement my own analyses addressing the origin of life. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, AAA proteins, ATP, centrosomes, computers, cytoplasm, Darwin-skeptics, Darwinian evolution, dynein, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, homology, humans, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, Michael Behe, molecular machines, natural selection, proteins, Richard Feynman, Rutgers University, slime molds, Stephen Jay Gould, The Blind Watchmaker, worms}

Journal Prints “Intelligent Design”! But…

_{Science and Culture
April 28, 2020

Intelligent Design

11}

The phrase “intelligent design” is almost verboten in today’s science journals. Watch how an evolutionist got away with it — with the journal’s blessing. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, conformational changes, copper, ions, iron, Maxwell’s demon, metabolism, molecular biologists, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, PNAS, potassium, proteins, Roderick MacKinnon, Science Advances, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selectivity filters, sodium, transport}

Security Gates in the Cell

_{Science and Culture
April 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

8}

A key characteristic of life is active transport: control over what enters and exits the cell. Closer looks reveal exquisite “selectivity filters” with moving parts that make active transport work. Read More ›

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post

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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post

Date
January 22, 2020

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, algae, Charles Carter, Charles Darwin, chloroplasts, Communications Biology, cryo-electron microscopy, Cyanobacteria, diatoms, Discovery Institute, earth, enzyme, eukaryotes, evolution, foresight, Heidelberg University, homology, imaging techniques, intelligent design, Maxwell’s demon, microscopes, nanomachines, Nature (journal), photosynthesis, Photosystem II, Purdue University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, University of North Carolina}

Informed Choice Seen in Cellular Nanomachines

_{Science and Culture
January 22, 2020

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

As imaging techniques approach nanometer resolution, the detailed workings of molecular mechanisms reveal precision engineering designs. Read More ›

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post

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 ›