Tag: optimization

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ant navigation, archaeology, barnacle waterproof glue, Biomimetics, blowholes, butterfly colors, California, cryptology, crystallography, Death Valley, design filter, fine-tuning, forensic science, geomimetics, geophysics, geysers, ice, ice sheets, ID in Action, intelligent design, Jonathan Boreyko, lightning, magnets, mantis shrimp hammers, Oklo reactor, optimization, Racetrack Playa, Racetrack Valley, rocks, sailing stones, Smithsonian Magazine, snowflakes, spider webs, Virginia Tech, volcanoes}

Is Geomimetics an Intelligent Design Science? Well, Yes and No

_{David Coppedge
August 19, 2025

Environment & Climate, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Biomimetics, the imitation of nature’s designs, clearly qualifies as an ID science. What about “geomimetics” — the imitation of geophysics? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 14, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brains, C. elegans, coherence, complexity, cortex, crystals, efficiency, flight control, fruit flies, intelligent design, morphology, mouse, navigation, Neural Networks, neurons, neuroscience, optimization, pheromones, Research, snowflake, specified complexity}

Design, Engineering, Specified Complexity: Appreciating the Fruit Fly Brain

_{Eric Cassell
November 14, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Groundbreaking new research has documented the complexity and design of the brains of fruit flies. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 23, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Lord Tennyson, aquarium, copper, corals, creator, earth, ecosystems, intelligent agents, intelligent design, iron, life, nickel, oceans, optimization, phytoplankton, seawater, trace elements, zinc}

Oceanic Design: The Fine-Tuned Balance of Trace Elements for Marine Life

_{Günter Bechly
September 23, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This long-term cycling is again indicative of a system that was well designed for sustainability. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
September 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, "poor design", biological systems, cells, Darwinian evolution, development, egg, embryo, foresight, fruit flies, information flow, intelligent design, intent, optimality, optimization, Princeton University, William Bialek}

Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology

_{Emily Reeves
September 19, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bananas, berries, birds, Cretaceous Period, digestion, dinosaurs, fertilization, flowering plants, foresight, fruit, intelligent design, nutrition, optimization, pectin, phytochemicals, potassium, seeds, The Privileged Planet, tomatoes, vitamin C}

Fruit Is Designed for Life

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation. 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
Eric Cassell

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, ant colony, artificial intelligence, behaviors, calculus, David Berlinski, foraging, humans, intelligent design, navigation, Neural Networks, nucleic acids, optimization, pheromones, proteins, Science After Babel, Traveling Salesman Problem}

Can Algorithms Designed by Humans Catch Up with the Genius of Biological Systems?

_{Eric Cassell
August 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

While humans invented algorithms only within the last century, enabling the development of AI, animals exhibit behavioral algorithms that long predate humans. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, Camp Copass, causal circularity, CELS, coherence, computer scientists, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, engineers, graduate students, intelligent design, living systems, medical practitioners, medical researchers, optimization, post-docs}

Where Biology and Engineering Intersect: CELS 2023 Applications Are Open Now!

_{Steve Laufmann
February 17, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 24, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Being as Communion, blind search, computer science, Darwinists, evolution, fish stocks, intelligent design, machine learning, No Free Lunch, optimization, protein folding, proteins, University of Washington, William A. Dembski}

Optimization: A Key Concept in Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
August 24, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

6}

Portraying neo-Darwinism’s mechanisms as optimization strategies is wishful thinking. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 22, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Arctic terns, atmosphere, bats, Carsten Egevang, Corryn Wetzel, dragonflies, Eric Cassell, Evolution News, field work, Flight, Germany, insects, intelligent design, locusts, Maine, Maryland, materialists, McGill University, Michael Denton, migration, New Scientist, optimization, Pennsylvania, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, The Wonder of Water, University of Exeter, University of Oldenburg, water}

Birds, Bats, Insects: Field Work on Animal Flight Reveals Wonders of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
August 22, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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The capabilities of flying animals continue to amaze scientists, and explanations challenge their best efforts. Does evolutionary theory help? Read More ›