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Is Complexity an Argument Against Design?

Often these claims that “no designer would have done it that way” dissolve on closer inspection. Read More ›
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Two Articles in Nature Call for Rethink in Biology

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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Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Work Together in Harmony?

Or is that wishful thinking? Casey Luskin concludes his conversation with philosopher Stephen Dilley about a recent proposal. Read More ›
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Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Read More ›
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A Darwinian Dilemma: The Paradox of Reproduction

Astonishingly, there is one unique organ system that actually detracts from the chances of survival of even the fittest individuals. Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: The Oracle Problem

Our most advanced artificial intelligence systems, which I’m writing about in this series, require input of external information to keep them from collapsing. Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms

It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time. Read More ›
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The Interactome Multiplies Specified Complexity

No longer think of proteins as isolated parts in a cell. Think of them as friends networking and participating together in a community. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology

Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones. Read More ›
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Emergence by Design

The originators of the concept were two 19th-century British philosopher-scientists, John Stuart Mill and George Henry Lewes. Read More ›

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