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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 10, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological systems, blood clotting, Boston Review, Case Western Reserve University, Cell (journal), Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fibrinogen, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Wells, Karl Giberson, mice, Michael Ruse, MIT, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, pathology, philosophers, pregnancy, Robert Pennock, Russell Doolittle, The Scientist, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski}

Excerpt: A Reply to Michael Ruse

_{Michael Behe
December 10, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution

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Let me tell a little story about blood clotting, Russell Doolittle, and Michael Ruse. Read More ›

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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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Date
August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Dan Graur, DNA, ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, evolution, Evolution News, genomics, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, MIT, National Institutes of Health, Nature (journal), RNA}

Next Phase of ENCODE Finds MORE Functional Information in Genome “Junk”

_{Science & Culture
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The ENCODE project, now in its 17th year, ended its third phase with a new record of annotated elements in human and mouse genomes. Phase 4 is coming. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, C.S. Lewis, Dan Brown, future, history, ID the Future, john lennox, Max Tegmark, MIT, mythology, Oxford University, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, science fiction, theology, transhumanism}

Oxford Mathematician John Lennox Reviews AI Predictions Through the Ages

_{Science & Culture
July 31, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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With Robert J. Marks, Dr. Lennox discusses AI’s cousin, transhumanism, its surprising history, and its potentially very dark future. Read More ›

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Date
June 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Biomimetics, capillaries, carbon, cartilage, engineers, hair, human body, intelligent design, materials science, Michelangelo’s David, MIT, nitrogen, physiologists, red blood cells, Science Advances, synapses, University of Colorado}

The Human Body as a Biomimetic Inspiration

_{Science & Culture
June 15, 2020

Intelligent Design

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As symbols of the perfection of human form, one might consider the Venus de Milo or Michelangelo’s David. But those don’t show the insides. Read More ›

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Date
May 31, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, convergent evolution, evolution, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, MIT, podcast}

Lee Spetner on Convergent and Non-Random Evolution

_{Science & Culture
May 31, 2020

Evolution

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Dr. Spetner challenges the idea of convergent evolution and explains his non-random evolutionary hypothesis. Read More ›

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Date
May 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, evolution, ID the Future, information, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, MIT, Neo-Darwinism, Not by Chance, physicists, podcast, propaganda, The Evolution Revolution, Thomas Malthus}

Why Neo-Darwinism Is Less than a Theory

_{Science & Culture
May 17, 2020

Evolution

1}

Lee Spetner also argues that, contrary to Darwinist propaganda, the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria demonstrates a loss of information rather than a gain. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, academia, academic freedom, assisted suicide, atheism, authority, Brian Miller, Caroline Crocker, Charles Marshall, Commentary, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan Brown, Darwinism, David Coppedge, David Gelernter, Douglas Axe, Edmond Kirsch, Energy, Eric Hedin, fluctuation theorems, Günter Bechly, Inference (journal), intelligent design, James Tour, Jeremy England, Keith Fox, Lee Cronin, Martin Gaskell, MIT, neighbors, Orthodox Jews, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, second of law thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Unbelievable, unemployment, University of Glasgow, University of Southampton}

Courage, Courtesy, and the Origin of Life — Congratulations to Physicist Jeremy England

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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As Yale’s David Gelernter has said of Darwinism, to challenge it is to “take your life in your hands.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ATP synthase, Charles Dickens, chemical bonds, chemists, DNA, early Earth, energy production, entropy, enzymes, fluctuation theorems, free energy, genome, India, Inference (journal), information, information processing, James Tour, Jeremy England, media, MIT, molecular machines, molecules, nanotechnology, natural processes, physicists, ribozymes, self-replication, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Inference Article Demonstrates Implausibility of Natural Processes for Explaining the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
May 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life

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The piece is highly technical and mathematical, but the basic argument can be quickly summarized with only a marginal loss of technical accuracy. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ancient Earth, Center for Science and Culture, complex systems, Discovery Institute Press, Duke University, emergence, entropy, equilibrium, intelligent agency, MIT, molecules, second of law thermodynamics}

Thermodynamic Challenges to the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
March 27, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Spontaneous natural processes always tend toward states of greater entropy, lower energy, or both. Read More ›