Tag: Monty Python

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Author
George Montañez

Date
June 1, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, alphabet, books, bookshelves, Claude, fair coin, fiction, Hebrew, hexagons, implausible, implossibility, implossible, impossible, intelligent design, Jorge Luis Borges, letters, library, Monty Python, peer-reviewed literature, probability, punctuation, spaces, The Library of Babel, universe, Vindications, World Cup, zero}

On Implossibility (No, Spell-Check Didn’t Fail Me)

_{George Montañez
June 1, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life

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What is the probability of forming a book with at least one hundred words in a row, if we are sampling from the Hebrew alphabet? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 5, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __nedited, amino acids, Carl Zimmer, DNA, DOGE, Genesis, John Cleese, King Lear, living cells, Monty Python, NASA, New York Times, nucleobases, organic molecules, panspermia, proteins, RNA, science writers, Signature in the Cell, species, University of Michigan, uracil}

Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?

_{David Klinghoffer
February 5, 2025

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Rare Earth

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Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aeon, Casey Luskin, cells, Google, hierarchy, metaphors, Monty Python, nurturing, organelles, Politics, socialism, violence}

The Cell as an “Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Navare, a science writer and an enthusiast of Feminist Science Studies, plausibly makes a scientific case against seeing the cell as a hierarchical entity. Read More ›

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Date
March 15, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Brown University, Cornelius Hunter, DNA, evolution, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jerry Coyne, just-so stories, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Michael Behe, Monty Python, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, proteins, RNA, serendipity, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne, Ken Miller Revive a “Fishy Story”

_{Science & Culture
March 15, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Coyne is sure this is going to come as a rude shock, to our colleague and contributor Dr. Behe in particular, “a slap in the face of IDers like Michael Behe — a fish slap like the one below.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, computational biology, Darwinian evolution, Dennis Venema, Evangelical Christians, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Templeton Foundation, Monty Python, Nature Ecology & Evolution, population genetics, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Washington University}

Discussion Over: On Adam and the Genome, Former BioLogos Fellow Backs Down

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2018

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Dennis Venema sought to persuade his fellow Christians that genetic science had disproven the traditional idea of a “bottleneck” of two human ancestors. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 6, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Cyanobacteria, Monty Python, photosynthesis}

New Study on the Evolution of Photosynthesis — A “Very Advanced Capability”

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 6, 2017

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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It is not as though photosynthesis is a tangential capability or a minor event in the “evolutionary history” of life. Read More ›

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Date
January 9, 2012

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, Monty Python, scientists, shark hybrid}

The Digital Age Liberates Science

_{Science & Culture
January 9, 2012

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Freedom

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Science has protected its public trust through peer review, publication, and replication. The digital age is changing that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 5, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Discovery Institute, DNA, education, evolution, Monty Python, science, shark hybrid, Summer Seminars}

Hybrid Sharks: From the Annals of Overselling Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
January 5, 2012

Evolution

1}

"There, he moved!" "No, he didn't, that was you pushing the cage!" Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 22, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, intelligent design, John Cleese, Massimo Pigliucci, Monty Python, Paul Nelson, Reductionism, science, video}

Molecular Animation Reveals the Machinery — Yes, Machinery — of Life

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 22, 2011

Intelligent Design

1}

I shudder to think what Pigliucci and Boundry might have to say about this molecular visualization. Read More ›

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Date
December 20, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, __video-unavailable, darwinist, Discovery Institute, John Cleese, Monty Python, Panda's Thumb, Reductionism, science, video}

John Cleese on Scientific Reductionism

_{Science & Culture
December 20, 2011

Intelligent Design

1}

"Thank you, I needed that." Read More ›