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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, COSM, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Pacific Ocean, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Princeton University, San Francisco, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, The Design of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Yale University}

Remembering Jonathan Wells, a Key Figure in the Intelligent Design Movement

_{William A. Dembski
September 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When I spoke to Jonathan about the cost he paid in standing for his principles, he remarked that his decision to do prison time contained a blessing. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
September 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, "poor design", biological systems, cells, Darwinian evolution, development, egg, embryo, foresight, fruit flies, information flow, intelligent design, optimality, optimization, Princeton University}

Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology

_{Emily Reeves
September 19, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”? 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, 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
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 9, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, chronology, consciousness, eliminative materialism, Greek, Homer, Nautilus, panpsychism, Princeton University}

Is Consciousness a Recent Development?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Few stopped to ask how a poet like Homer wrote the Iliad if he really was not conscious himself. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 21, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Asia, Assembly Theory, Biomimetics, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Discovery Institute, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Latin America, Lee Cronin, Princeton University, Rice University, Sergiu Klainerman, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Joe Rogan Experience, U.C. Berkeley, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

An Outstanding Year for Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
December 21, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I saw on multiple occasions the impact the truth about design can make in individual lives. Recently at U.C. Berkeley, I spoke about the evidence for a Creator. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artifacts, Bill Gates, chance, charity, events, intelligent design, logic, natural processes, natural selection, patterns, Princeton University, probability, proteins, Robert J. Marks II, Sergiu Klainerman, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Dembski Won the Argument with His Critics; New Edition of The Design Inference Shows How

_{Brian Miller
November 16, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The expanded edition represents the culmination of decades of thought. Esteemed Princeton University mathematician Sergiu Klainerman has welcomed the book. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, artificial intelligence, babies, ChatGPT, chimpanzees, computer, dementia, human life, humans, infanticide, infants, medicine, persons, Peter Singer, pregnancy, Princeton University, self-awareness, sentience, unconsciousness}

Peter Singer Compares Abortion to Turning Off a Computer

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 8, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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Singer first claims that should an AI ever become “sentient,” turning it off would be akin to killing a being with the highest moral value. Read More ›

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Date
August 22, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, fluctuations, gravitational waves, infinity, James Webb Space Telescope, Princeton University, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, universe}

Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

_{Science & Culture
August 22, 2022

Cosmology, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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The recent flutter over whether the James Webb Space Telescope’s data stream is a plus or a minus for the Big Bang raised interesting cosmological issues. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, dinosaurs, DNA, fossilization, fossils, Gizmodo, Jurassic Park, Montana, paleontologists, paleontology, Princeton University, The Guardian}

Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?

_{Science & Culture
July 3, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully. Read More ›

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Date
March 17, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Columbia University, Darwinism, David Berlinski, evolution, Holocaust, human nature, Humanize, podcast, Princeton University, theoretical biology}

David Berlinski on Architectural Nihilism, Human Nature and the Holocaust, and Emotivism

_{Science & Culture
March 17, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy

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We live in intellectually mediocre times, when commitment to true debate has been replaced by a desire to stifle heterodox thought. Read More ›