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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, earth, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, natural selection, Not by Chance, species, The Evolution Revolution}

Lee Spetner on What Natural Selection Can Do — And What It Can’t

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr Spetner also explores aspects of population genetics and the constraints the Earth’s history imposes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Big Book, Charles Darwin, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's bulldog, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent designer, Luther College, natural selection, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, orchids, Richard Dawkins, Robert Shedinger, Samuel Wilberforce, Stephen Jay Gould, Thomas Henry Huxley}

What Ever Happened to Darwin’s Big Book?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 5, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Why didn’t Darwin publish the evidence for his momentous theory? And why was his thesis hailed as one of the greatest ideas in science despite that fact? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Energy, Galen Strawson, illusion, matter, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutation, snakes, universe}

Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology

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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinian scientists, evolution, history of life, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Life Sciences, natural selection, podcast, random variation, teleology, universe}

Alfred Wallace’s Views Hold Up Well Today — Unlike Those of His Friendly Rival Charles Darwin

_{Science & Culture
August 30, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Wallace’s stance is remarkable in foreshadowing modern intelligent design theory. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian theory, evolution, genomes, James Shapiro, living cells, meaning, natural selection, panpsychism, Philip Ball, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purpose, random mutation, tautology}

Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›

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Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, monarch butterfly, natural selection, Not by Chance, podcast, population genetics, species, The Evolution Revolution}

Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

_{Science & Culture
August 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Canada, Darwinian gradualism, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Montana, natural selection, speciation, Tyrannosaurus rex}

Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids

_{Günter Bechly
August 2, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, Asa Gray, athletes, blood, blood pressure, blood vessels, calcium, carbon dioxide, Charles Darwin, circulatory system, Communications Biology, Darwin’s Bluff, embryo, evolution, glucose, great apes, heart, heart rate, humans, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural selection, oxygen, placenta, potassium, Robert Shedinger, selective pressure, Steve Laufmann, temperature, Your Designed Body}

Exposing the Heart of Neo-Darwinism

_{Howard Glicksman
July 30, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Technology

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At complete rest, for your organs and tissues to work properly, your heart must pump out about five liters of blood per minute. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 30, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, feelings, human consciousness, insects, Jerry Coyne, Lars Chittka, natural selection, naturalism, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, protozoans, qualia, Queen Mary University, Scientific American, sentience, Tufts University}

Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 30, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", bears, evolution, François Jacob, gradualism, intelligent design, Max Planck Institute, Nathan Lents, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Nobel Prize, Panda's Thumb, primates, Stephen Dilley, Stuart Burgess}

New Paper on the Panda’s Thumb: “Striking Imperfection or Masterpiece of Engineering?”

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 27, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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"If the panda’s thumb is an embodiment of bad design, where are the evolutionists’ proposals indicating how they could have done better?" Read More ›