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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, airplanes, beetles, Brian Josephson, Charles Darwin, consciousness, creativity, David Klinghoffer, degradation, encyclopedias, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, libraries, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Stephen Meyer, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Introduction to the Scientific Theory of Intelligent Design

_{Granville Sewell
July 1, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Darwin’s implausible explanation for evolution has become more and more implausible with every new biological and biochemical discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, hype, intelligent agency, intelligent design, investigator intervention, James Tour, Lee Cronin, natural processes, nucleotides, PNAS, polymerases, protocols, replication, ribozymes, Rice University, RNA, RNA world, Steven Benner, Washington Post}

Fact Check: A “Monumental” Breakthrough in Understanding Life’s Origin?

_{Brian Miller
April 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, alcohol, Assembly Theory, Craig Venter, drinking, Harvard University, hype, James Tour, King’s College London, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Lee Cronin, LUCA, natural processes, negligence, Rice University, scientific community, University of Glasgow}

James Tour Offers Three-Year Challenge to Lee Cronin to Demonstrate Legitimacy of Assembly Theory

_{Brian Miller
March 21, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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After Tour publicly quoted Cronin’s assessment of the field, Cronin responded by claiming he was speaking “tongue-in-cheek.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, dogmatism, evolution, history, intelligent design, Luther College, On the Origin of Species, religion, Rice University, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, Steve Fuller, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Warwick}

For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

_{Jonathan Witt
February 12, 2024

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, debates, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Lee Cronin, materialistic science, natural selection, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow}

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 1, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 31, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, cancel culture, Casey Luskin, Dave Farina, debates, Elon Musk, evolutionists, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, Professor Dave, Rice University, Twitter, Universe Today, X (platform), YouTubers}

On the Origin of Life, Astrophysicist Paul Sutter Seems to Agree with James Tour

_{David Klinghoffer
January 31, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom

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Quick, let's tweet that to Professor Dave — oh, wait... His account on the X platform has been suspended. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 29, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Arizona State University, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, debates, events, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Lee Cronin, podcast, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, University of Glasgow}

Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 29, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, anti-Semitism, Casey Luskin, college campuses, Dave Farina, evolutionists, free speech, Gaza, Hamas, intelligent design, Israel, Jews, Lee Cronin, Martin Luther King Jr., North America, October 7, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, science education, Seattle, terrorism, Twitter, X (platform), YouTube videos}

Anti-Hate Group, Canary Mission, Exposes “Science Educator” Professor Dave

_{David Klinghoffer
January 11, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The idea that Jews, alone among indigenous peoples, have no right to defend themselves on their land, is at once anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Assembly Theory, Brian Miller, carbohydrates, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, debates, Discovery Institute, early Earth, enzymes, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, lipids, nucleotides, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Professor Dave, Rice University, RNA, roundtable, specified information, University of Glasgow}

Another War of Words: Jim Tour and Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Casey Luskin
January 11, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour didn’t shout. He didn’t call anyone an “idiot.” He never called Cronin a “bad chemist.” And Tour’s scientific challenges were entirely reasonable. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biological information, cells, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, deadline, early Earth, experts, glucose, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, nucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Rice University, RNA, sugars, Tova Forman, YouTubers}

No. 4 Story of 2023: On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Called These Researchers’ Bluff

_{Brian Miller
December 29, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Tour issued his challenge in reply to the claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›