Intelligent-design theorists have long argued that finding complex and specified information (CSI) is the best way to reliably detect intelligent design in nature.
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Although DNA is involved in specifying the amino acid sequences of proteins, other sources of information are needed to specify the three-dimensional structure of the embryo.
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Fox acknowledges what philosopher Thomas Nagel calls the "fiendishly difficult problem" of the origin of life, but he seems to think that, given time, we'll sort it all out.
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Johnson's work showed that there are credible criticisms of Darwinian evolution that come from a strictly scientific standpoint rather than a religious one.
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Neuroscientist Patricia Churchland cites Prairie Voles to illustrate how chemical processes inform morality. Prairie Voles with a greater number of oxytocin receptors were monogamous while those with fewer such receptors were not.
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The skill to contrive a computer that sits comfortably on your lap overshadows the skill it once took to build one, of lesser computing power, that took up an entire room's worth of space.
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