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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, biological information, Canceled Science, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Anderson, Eric Hedin, ID the Future, organisms, podcast, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

Information, Entropy, and the First Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 23, 2024

Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Some push back with the argument that the Earth is an open system, gaining energy from the sun. Is that a workaround for a naturalistic account of life? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 14, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, children, earth, electromagnetic force, family, galaxies, helium, humans, hydrogen, life, natural forces, organisms, parents, photons, planets, stars, strong nuclear force, universe, weak nuclear force}

What Can We Infer About the Source of Life?

_{Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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If I may, I would submit that a familial relationship exists between the author of life and what has been made. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian process, Eric Hedin, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, organisms, podcast, sleeping, wakefulness, waking}

Sleeping and Waking: A Designer’s Gift

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 20, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some scientists have posited that organisms came prepackaged to sleep, and that we only needed to evolve wakefulness. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, argument from ignorance, Daniel Witt, Darwinian processes, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, organisms, podcast, vital force, vitalism}

Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 2, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Vitalism is the age-old idea that living things possess a vital force — some fundamental element that generally does not exist in non-life. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, accidents, Caltech, cells, complexity, David Coppedge, eternity, Hurricanes, information, insects, nature, openness, organisms}

Deconstructing Belief in Evolution

_{Eric Hedin
June 9, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Reproductive Science

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A young biochemist suggested to me that hurricanes constitute an observable example of a natural artifact exhibiting complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, chickens, designer, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary pathway, evolutionary theory, lungs, organisms, Princeton University, Research, Richard Dawkins, superpower, synchronicity, Thanksgiving}

Ignorance of Evolutionary Theory as a “Superpower”

_{Daniel Witt
April 15, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Early in her career, Celeste Nelson tried to publish a paper on chicken lung development. The reviewers were not very interested in her findings. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", “backwards retina”, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, designer, DNA, enzymes, evidence, evolutionary processes, fiber optic cables, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Müller cells, organisms, replication, replisome, retina, topoisomerase}

Is Complexity an Argument Against Design?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Often these claims that “no designer would have done it that way” dissolve on closer inspection. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biochemists, bioengineering, Casey Luskin, Denis Noble, Evolution News, evolutionary scientists, funding, genome, hydrothermal vents, ID the Future, ID theorists, Joana Xavier, Nature (journal), Nick Lane, organisms, Oxford University, primordial soup, promotion, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, tenure}

Two Articles in Nature Call for Rethink in Biology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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These frank acknowledgements from evolutionary scientists are encouraging signs and serve to confirm what ID theorists have long argued. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, creativity, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, front-loaded design, hummingbird, ID the Future, intelligent design, intuition, natural processes, organisms, podcast, Religions (journal), Stephen Dilley, theist on the street, theistic evolution}

Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Work Together in Harmony?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Or is that wishful thinking? Casey Luskin concludes his conversation with philosopher Stephen Dilley about a recent proposal. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, BioEssays, blueprint, Brian Miller, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), computers, Denis Noble, Dennis Venema, diseases, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, factory, genes, genomes, How Life Works, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, junk DNA, machines, Nature (journal), organisms, paradigm shift, Philip Ball, proteins, purpose, RNA genes, traits, transformers}

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Read More ›