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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, Bayesian reasoning, computer code, David Berlinski, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent agency, intelligent design, James Croft, likelihood ratio, philosophers, probability, Return of the God Hypothesis, St. Louis, Stephen Meyer, Substack, syllogism, Unbelievable, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 2, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy

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Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, dice, economics, France, Great Britain, No Free Lunch, nothing, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Scotland, thermodynamics, Wales, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Bernoulli, Keynes, and the Big Bang

_{Robert J. Marks II
July 1, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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In analysis of fine-tuning, No Free Lunch Theorems, and conservation of information, Bernoulli’s PrOIR is foundational. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 12, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, cosmic fine-tuning, evolution, multiverse, Neurologica, Phillip Goff, probability, Steven Novella}

We Don’t Live in a Multiverse Because the Concept Makes No Sense

_{Michael Egnor
March 12, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Novella and Goff invoke “multiple everything” while at the same time defining “everything” in a way that precludes observation. Nonsense has its uses. Read More ›

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Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amino acids, Charles Thaxton, code, codons, Darwinian evolution, DNA, double helix, Escherichia coli, genetic code, information, intelligent design, materialists, mind, natural selection, PNAS, probability, proteins, Roger Olsen, Rutgers University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, Walter Bradley}

Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)

_{Science & Culture
December 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes. Read More ›

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Date
September 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Arthur Koestler, atheism, atoms, BioLogos, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, chromosomes, Daniel Dennett, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, genes, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, probability, Richard Dawkins, The World of Life, theistic evolution, theists}

Alfred Russel Wallace: Shedding Light on Darwin’s Shadow

_{Science & Culture
September 3, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Nature’s prophet and Darwin's challenger, Wallace's effort was to restore nature to the “space-spirit hierarchy” it once knew. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Alpha Centauri, Bayes’ Theorem, cosmic fine-tuning, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, jackpot, living cells, Lydia McGrew, prior probability, probability}

Applying Bayes’ Theorem to Biological Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 15, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy

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Suppose we want to know the odds that a particular individual won last week’s Mega Millions jackpot in the United States. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 18, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, automobiles, chance, critics, design, design detection, explanatory filter, intelligent design, necessity, probability, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sean McDowell, Uncommon Descent}

Chance, Necessity, and Design

_{William A. Dembski
June 18, 2020

Intelligent Design

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To properly use the Explanatory Filter, it is vital to identify what exactly one is trying to explain. Take a rusted automobile. Read More ›

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Date
March 11, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Douglas Axe, evolution, genes, ID the Future, Illustra Media, junk DNA, Metazoa, natural selection, Nature Communications, non-coding DNA, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, probability, Roger Olsen, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Trinity College Dublin, Walter Bradley}

Researchers: It Exists; Therefore, It Evolved

_{Science & Culture
March 11, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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According to some reporters and Darwinists, evolutionary theory today needs no more confirmation than existence. Evolution is a fact, remember? Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 28, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, evolution, judge, Morse code, probability, stones}

The “All Outcomes Are Equiprobable” Argument

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 28, 2019

Evolution

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I’ve been busy lately with a big landscaping job for the neighborhood evolutionist. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, 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 ›