Tag: Physics Essays

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, apology, Applied Mathematics Letters, compensation argument, errors, humans, humor, intelligent design, Kirk Sewell, laymen, life, materialists, mathematics, natural causes, peer-reviewed literature, Physics Essays, Rick Romager, sarcasm, Science and Culture Today, scientific rigor, Second Law of Thermodynamics, YouTube videos}

A Note on the “Compensation” Argument

_{Granville Sewell
June 16, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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This debate is not really too complicated for the layman to understand, though it seems to be too simple for many scientists. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 1, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, Biological Information: New Perspectives, civilization, Darwinists, disorder, entropy, human intelligence, Mathematical Intelligencer, Moon, multiverse, natural forces, open system, order, physical constants, Physics Essays, probability, Second Law of Thermodynamics, specified complexity, sun, tautology, temperature, William A. Dembski}

Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

_{Granville Sewell
March 1, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 4, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, automobiles, BIO-Complexity, Biological Information: New Perspectives, civilization, computers, duplication errors, earth, events, evolution, intelligent design, materialists, natural forces, open system, Physics Essays, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sun, tornado, William A. Dembski}

The Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law

_{Granville Sewell
January 4, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Extremely improbable events must be macroscopically (simply) describable to be forbidden. Read More ›

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Date
February 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Adam Marcus, Applied Mathematics Letters, autism, bioRxiv, coronavirus, Dilbert, Elsevier, entropy, evolution, Evolution News, Granville Sewell, India, intelligent design, junk science, Nautilus, peer review, Physics Essays, Retraction Watch, Scott Adams, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Why Evolution Is Different}

Retraction Watch Guys Hallucinate “Intelligent Design” Yet Again

_{Science & Culture
February 5, 2020

Intelligent Design

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A helpful formulation comes from podcaster Scott Adams, of “Dilbert” fame, who comments entertainingly on the political scene. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
May 22, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, Apple iPhones, atoms, cars, civilization, computers, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian processes, earth, entropy, intelligence, intelligent design, libraries, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, mutations, natural selection, nuclear power plants, Physics Essays, Second Law of Thermodynamics, tornado, unintelligent forces, Universal Darwinism}

Two Schemes to Defeat the Second Law

_{Granville Sewell
May 22, 2019

Physical Sciences, Physics

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I also have a scheme that I believe can defeat the generalized second law. My scheme is called “intelligence.” Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 1, 2019

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, airplanes, chromosomes, computers, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, devolution, earth, evolution, genetic information, intelligent design, iPhones, Mathematical Intelligencer, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Michael Behe, mutations, Physics Essays, unintelligent process, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Vindicated by Behe: Devolution Is Natural, Evolution Is Not

_{Granville Sewell
April 1, 2019

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics

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You do not need to study mutations for thirty years to predict that bombarding plant chromosomes with radiation will not lead to major agricultural advances. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
November 5, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __cedited, airplanes, Alexander Tsiaras, cars, computers, Darwinists, encyclopedia, entropy, evolution, gravity, iPhone, Irreducible Complexity, natural forces, oocyte, Physics Essays, Sarah Chaffee, Second Law of Thermodynamics, TED talk, The American Spectator, thermodynamics}

Why Evolution and Reproduction Are Unnatural

_{Granville Sewell
November 5, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physics, Reproductive Science

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Reproduction is the most fundamental characteristic of life. We see it happen everywhere, so we may feel there is nothing “unnatural” about it. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
August 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, “consensus science”, Adam Marcus, Applied Mathematics Letters, carbon, earth, Elsevier, entropy, Granville Sewell, intelligent design, natural selection, open system, order, Physics Essays, pseudoscience, Retraction Watch, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

So, Who Is Doing “Pseudoscience”?

_{Granville Sewell
August 23, 2018

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

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You will be astonished by how corrupt science can become when reviewers are “very, very vigilant” to protect consensus science. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, __video-unavailable, Applied Mathematics Letters, Biological Information: New Perspectives, carbon, common sense, computers, Cornell University, Darwinists, earth, entropy, iPhone, libraries, Mathematical Intelligencer, Physics Essays, Richard Dawkins, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Smithsonian, steel, sun, tornadoes, unguided evolution}

The Second Law Argument: A Timeline

_{Granville Sewell
February 26, 2018

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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“Remove the sun,” wrote Isaac Asimov, “and the human brain would not have developed.” Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 28, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Applied Mathematics Letters, entropy, Physics Essays, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

Darwinists Take Refuge in Logically Invalid “Compensation” Argument

_{Granville Sewell
March 28, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The seems to be something very unnatural about an advanced civilization arising from the dust of a barren planet. Read More ›