Tag: Maxwell’s demon

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post

Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Medicine
Tagged
, antiviral drugs, Christoph Adami, entropy, environment, evolution, genome, higher-order correlations, HIV, HIV evolution, information, inhibitor, Maxwell’s demon, protease, resistance, sequence entropy, The Evolution of Biological Information, treatment protocols, variability}

Evolution of Biological Information: HIV Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 29, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Medicine

5}

What Christoph Adami’s results actually show is that when HIV is subjected to the protease inhibitors, the sequence variability increases. Read More ›

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post

Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, ancestral genes, animals, arthropods, bacteria, biological descent, biological information, bony vertebrates, chordates, Christoph Adami, COX2, cytochrome c oxidase subunit II, entropy, eukaryotes, evolution, fish, homeobox, homeodomain, information, lineages, mammals, Maxwell’s demon, proteins, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolution of Biological Information: The Line of Descent

_{Winston Ewert
July 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

3}

In the end, Christoph Adami’s method has not shown anything about the entropy or information content of ancestral sequences. Read More ›

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post

Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, Christoph Adami, complex molecular structures, damage, Darwin Devolves, Energy, evolution, genome, increase of information law, information, loss, Maxwell’s demon, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, The Evolution of Biological Information, William F. Basener}

Evolution of Biological Information: Maxwell’s Demon

_{Winston Ewert
July 21, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Maxwell’s demon is a hypothetical entity that can increase the energy in a compartment by choosing to admit or exclude incoming particles based on speed. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, British Association, Cambridge University, cancer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cecil J. Monro, Charles Darwin, Charles Thaxton, configurational entropy, cosmology, Daniel Silver, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolution, fine-tuning, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, Maxwell’s demon, molecules, Origin of Species, pain, Pangenesis, physics, poetry, punishment, Red Lions, science stopper, thermodynamics, Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism}

Post-Darwin, Too, Maxwell Drew a Remarkable Design Inference

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

11}

So far we detect significant prescience about intelligent design in Maxwell’s thought. He all but uses the phrase himself. Read More ›

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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, cytoplasm, Duke University, Eric Hedin, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, nucleus, proteins, Robert Shedinger, 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
, cell membrane, death, disease, entropy, ion channels, life, Maxwell’s demon, natural forces, Nobel Prize, non-life, PNAS, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

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, Darwinism, economics, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Maxwell’s demon, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, PNAS, Richard Lenski, scientism, The Abolition of Man, Thomas Sowell}

Darwin’s Genie: Misapplied Natural Selection Continues

_{Science & 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, 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
, __edited, 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 & 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
, __cedited, ATP, copper, ions, iron, Maxwell’s demon, metabolism, molecular biologists, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, PNAS, potassium, proteins, Science Advances, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sodium}

Security Gates in the Cell

_{Science & 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 ›