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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, bacterium, BioSystems, encyclopedia, evolution, genes, genetic code, heteropalindromes, intelligence, intelligent design, Long Story Short, meaning, nanomachines, optimization, proofreading, repair, sophistication, unguided evolution}

New Long Story Short — Life’s Ingenious Code

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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The video asks, “Where in your experience do things like language, proofreading, nanomachines, and information-rich code come from? You know the answer." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, DNA, genes, genetic code, information, Marcello Barbieri, materialism, meaning, natural selection, paradigm, private truth, public truth, teleology, University of Ferrara}

A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biological information, genes, illusion, information, intelligence, Marcello Barbieri, meaning, molecular biology, physicalism, University of Ferrara}

Is Life Just Chemistry, or Chemistry Plus Information?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 10, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms as something that “does not really belong to science.” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 9, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atheism, Charles Darwin, chess, evolution, fossils, intelligent design, Julian Huxley, Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen, meaning, meaninglessness, Norway, On the Origin of Species, pain, paleontologists, religion, Thomas Henry Huxley, University of Chicago}

The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 9, 2023

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 6, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ChatGPT, coffee, complex specified information, creativity, decoherence, Energy, freedom, function, heat, humans, information, intelligent design, kinetic energy, knowledge, Law of Conservation of Information, life, luck, meaning, mind, nature, physical objects, printing press, quantum mechanics, rigged game, Second Law of Thermodynamics, William A. Dembski}

Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
July 6, 2023

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Anthony Esolen, beauty, Book of Wisdom, creator, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Divine Comedy, Genesis, God's Grandeur, infinity, Jackson Pollock, Johann Sebastian Bach, meaning, music, painting, Peter Kreeft, poetry, randomness, Roman Catholic, science, Scripture, symphony, universe}

A Living and Symphonic Order — Appreciating Anthony Esolen

_{Ann Gauger
June 6, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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I knew I wanted to choose someone who wrote beautifully. He, however, was someone I didn't know, and I could not predict his views on intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
April 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, algebra, Arthur Conan Doyle, Blood Meridian, books, C.S. Lewis, Cormac McCarthy, fiction, geometry, intelligent design, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Joyce, Jurassic Park, Leo Tolstoy, literature, mathematician, meaning, Michael Crichton, New York Times, order, Stella Maris, The Passenger, The Road}

Why Mathematics and Literature Point to Intelligent Design

_{Peter Biles
April 28, 2023

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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In an era where un-design is celebrated, a mathematician shows that structure and order are inherent in both literature and the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
Tagged
, bees, code, DNA, English, information, meaning, Michael Behe, Morse code, organisms, Peter Robinson, pollen, purpose, random processes, science of purpose, Spanish, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine

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These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 19, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, biologists, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, government, intelligent design, materialism, meaning, poets, purpose, readers, scholars, scientists, taxpayers, universe}

Let’s Thank the Scientists Who Uplift Us

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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Many scientists, receiving vast support from taxpayers, are content with busying themselves in sifting dry technical details. Read More ›