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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Darwin's Finches, Drosophila, ecosystem, environments, genetic variations, germline, guppies, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, population, random mutation, stickleback fish}

Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model

_{Emily Reeves
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, behavior, body size, Brown University, eggs, evolution, females, Finding Darwin's God, fish, genetic diversity, guppies, J.B.S. Haldane, Kenneth Miller, morphology, mutations, natural selection, physiology, population dynamics, predators, random mutation, variation}

Are Guppies Examples of Darwinian Macroevolution?

_{Emily Reeves
May 7, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It was 1961, in the steep mountain streams of Trinidad where cascading waterfalls create barriers which predatory fish can’t overcome. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, atheism, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, cultural Christianity, Daniel Dennett, documentary, education, ENCODE, Europe, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Islam, James Shapiro, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, mathematician, natural selection, New Atheism, North America, Old Testament, Oxford University, Pandora’s box, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Sam Harris, Satan, scientific materialism, Scripture, The Design Inference, The God Delusion, Vaccines, William Graham, woke ideology}

Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

_{William A. Dembski
May 1, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

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What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", agnostics, atheism, Charles Darwin, evolution, Evolution News, fitness, human evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, mind, mindless processes, natural selection, Panda's Thumb, pandas, planning, Stephen Jay Gould, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, theology, Young Earth Creationism}

Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views

_{Stephen Dilley
April 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bertrand Russell, chromosomes, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, eukaryotes, evolution, foresight, genes, genetic code, intelligent design, Michael Behe, multicellularity, natural selection, No Free Lunch, Peter Corning, proteins, random variation, RNA, sexual reproduction, synergy, The Design Inference, turtles, William A. Dembski}

Synergies All the Way Down

_{Daniel Witt
April 10, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth. Read More ›

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Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith and science, intelligent design, John West, literature, natural selection, The Magician's Twin, theology}

C. S. Lewis on Natural Selection’s Power, or Lack of It

_{Science & Culture
April 8, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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What were C. S. Lewis's real views on evolution and intelligent design? Dr. John West explores the topic. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
March 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artistry, contingency, death, Ernst Mayr, evolution, females, genetic drift, happenstance, hummingbirds, intelligent design, males, Michael Behe, Modern Synthesis, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pain, peacock, phenotype, Richard Dawkins, sexual dimorphism, Stephen Meyer, waste}

Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
March 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, Christof Koch, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, human consciousness, Integrated information theory, James Tour, natural selection, neuroscience, neuroscientists, panpsychism, philosophers, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, scientists, Teilhard de Chardin, third rail}

Cosmic Fine-Tuning as Evidence for the Reality of Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2024

Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Many neuroscientists hold the materialist view that the mind is a user illusion generated by the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, Charles Darwin, corals, Ernst Mayr, evolution, fossil record, genera, Georges Cuvier, ghost lineages, hippos, intelligent design, Louis Agassiz, Martin Pickford, National Geographic, natural selection, species, stasis, trilobites}

Notes on the Mysterious Origin of Hippos

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
March 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The family Hippopotamidae appears abruptly in the fossil record — like all the other groups that I have so far investigated in detail. Read More ›

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Author
Herman B. Bouma

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, American Association for the Advancement of Science, atheism, Charles Darwin, Constitution, debate, diversity, DNA, equity, evolution, Harvard University, Louis Agassiz, mainstream science, National Association of Biology Teachers, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Richard Dawkins, science teachers, scientists, space aliens, Stonehenge, teaching}

Healthy Debate? No Thanks, Says National Association of Biology Teachers

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One way mainstream science seeks to stifle opposition is by simply refusing to discuss or debate opposing views. Read More ›