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Date
October 21, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Darwinian ideology, evolution, human body, ID the Future, intelligent design, Love Thy Body, materialism, Nancy Pearcey, podcast, purpose, sexuality, Tod Butterfield}

Nancy Pearcey: Love Your Designed Body, Made for a Purpose

_{Science and Culture
October 21, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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“Once you accept a Darwinian materialist view of nature," says Professor Pearcey, “logically speaking you are going to end up with a low view of the body.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
October 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", A. P. Mead, Alfred Russel Wallace, At the Edge of History, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, evolution, intelligent evolution, liberals, Loren Eiseley, Louis Pasteur, M. R. A. Chance, meaning, natural selection, Pithecanthropus, purpose, The World of Life, William Irwin Thompson}

A “Prepared Mind” for Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Michael Flannery
October 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Although Wallace receded into the deep recesses of my memory, I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, carpenter, cosmic fine-tuning, Elie Feder, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent causation, Physics to God, podcast, purpose, rabbis, teleology, universe}

How Modern Physics Reveals Purpose in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 16, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Scientists agree that our universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. But is the fine-tuning a happy accident or the result of foresight? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 2, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, miracles, purpose, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, teleology, theism, trees}

On the BBC, a New Openness to Teleology in Biology?

_{Günter Bechly
August 2, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Dr. Richard Buggs is a plant biologist and professor of evolutionary genomics at Queen Mary, University of London. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
July 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, carpenter, cells, chemical reactions, cytoplasm, egg, ententional, enzymes, function, glucose, hammer, insulin, life, materialism, materialists, natural selection, nature, oxygen, purpose, randomness, science of purpose, scientists, sperm, structure, teleology, telos, Terrence Deacon}

Something Is Missing from the Materialist Framework

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 17, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scientists have learned over the centuries that when a fundamental theoretical impasse is encountered, we do not blame nature. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", antifreeze, cattle, Charles Darwin, crustaceans, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary theory, fish, Herbert Spencer, horses, intelligent design, James Tour, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jonathan Wells, mollusks, natural selection, organisms, oxygen, oxymoron, pine tree, puppies, purpose, science of purpose, selection, sheep, speciation, Stephen Meyer, variations, water}

A New Look at Natural Selection

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 18, 2023

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you are a pine tree, you need to have antifreeze in your needles if you are rooted beyond certain latitudes or elevations. Read More ›

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Date
April 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, assumptions, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evidence, intelligent design, models, natural world, optimality, predictions, purpose, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology, tools}

Is a New Design-Based Paradigm of Biology Emerging?

_{Science and Culture
April 14, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Brian Miller reports that optimality is becoming a tool of prediction in biology, with more biologists returning to the use of design-based assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
Tagged
, bees, code, DNA, English, information, meaning, Michael Behe, Morse code, organisms, Peter Robinson, pollen, purpose, random processes, science of purpose, Spanish, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine

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These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
January 24, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, ammonia, Carl Woese, DNA, electrical charge, hydrogen, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, lipids, macromolecules, model, molecular biology, molecules, oxygen, proteins, purpose, RNA, science of purpose, senses, Tinkertoys, water}

The Elephant in the Science Lab

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 24, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science

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I have been seeking to describe the science of purpose. Now it is worth getting down to the basics of what science actually is and how it works. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", angiosperms, animals, atheism, bears, boars, Darwinian theory, Energy, fire, hunger, insects, life, lions, matter, modern times, Mount St. Helens, natural selection, nutrition, purpose, religions, sharks, struggle, succession, volcanoes, wisdom}

“Why Life?”: A Question Atheist Scientists Never Ask

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Even something as catastrophic as the eruption of Mount St. Helens was, in the end, a life-giving event. Read More ›