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Date
April 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Artificial Selection, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Escherichia coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mind, mutations, natural selection, nature, On the Origin of Species, organisms, PLOS Biology, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tom Bethell, yeast}

Fake Darwinism in an International Test of Experimental Evolution

_{Science & Culture
April 26, 2019

Evolution

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It’s fine to search through random results for an outcome you’re aiming for. Just don’t call it Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 22, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __cedited, Amazon, consciousness, earth, environmentalism, Ferris Jabr, humanity, Lake Erie, life, Mars, misanthropy, morality, mysticism, nature rights, New York Times, organisms, religion, rivers, sentience, Toledo}

The Earth: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 22, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Even James Lovelock, who created Gaia Theory, now worries that environmentalism has become a religion. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Amber Rice, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, biologists, cells, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution (journal), fiber optic cables, genes, Greg Lang, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Clerk Maxwell, Lehigh University, machines, molecular machines, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, On the Origin of Species, organisms, planthopper, proteins, public opinion, Richard Lenski, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 1, 2019

Categories
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, bacterium, cryptography, DNA, intelligent design, molecular genetics, organisms, quantum mechanics, SETI, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

What Is Intelligent Design? A Thomistic Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
March 1, 2019

Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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What is it, metaphysically one might say, that distinguishes design in the ID sense from ubiquitous teleological design, in a Thomistic sense? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Corvette, Daniel Nicholson, Darwinism, evolution, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, kinesin, machine metaphor, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, organisms, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, protein machines, proteins, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, software, Tim Berra, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

_{Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, assumptions, chance, Darwinism, deduction, evolution, Hans Vodder, Howard Van Till, intelligent design, Michael Behe, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why the Conclusion that Life Is Designed Really Is Inescapable

_{Douglas Axe
December 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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For theists to eschew the claim that life is designed is puzzling, because nothing seems to force them to adopt that counterintuitive stance. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, C.H. Waddington, calculations, Darwin on Trial, Darwin-skeptics, Darwinists, David Berlinski, evidence, evolution, Michael Denton, micromutations, organisms, organs, Peter Medawar, Philadelphia, Phillip E. Johnson, rational thought, Wistar Symposium}

Wistar: Been There, Done That

_{David Klinghoffer
November 8, 2018

Evolution, Mathematics

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Would it, in fact, be enlightening if you were to sit a Darwinist and a Darwin skeptic together for an extended period of time to talk and see what really lies at the bottom of their disagreement? Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Darwin's Doubt, evolutionary biology, genetic data, humans, Journal of Molecular Evolution, mice, Molecular Biology and Evolution, molecular clock, Nature (journal), organisms, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Y chromosome}

Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

_{Science & Culture
September 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
September 21, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, calculations, computer, Darwinian evolution, dolphin, dragonfly, Hans Vodder, Human, improbability, intelligent design, monkey, natural causes, natural law, organisms, sculpture, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Evolution by Blind Guidance Is Really Just Unguided Evolution

_{Douglas Axe
September 21, 2018

Evolution

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As a theistic evolutionist, Hans Vodder thinks God may well have used Darwinian evolution to create the full diversity of life. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), cells, intelligent design, machines, molecular biology, National Academy of Sciences, organisms, protein folding, protein machines, proteins, Stony Brook University}

Biophysicist Ken Dill: Protein Machines Are “Real Machines. That’s Not a Metaphor”

_{Casey Luskin
June 6, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The implication of design, while no doubt unintended, is so powerful it almost doesn’t need to be spelled out. Read More ›