Tag: Robert Hazen

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
May 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, amino acids, Bret Weinstein, Canadian universities, common descent, Darwinism, Darwinists, DNA, Eugene Koonin, evolution, evolutionary biology, functional information, genetic drift, genomes, Jack Szostak, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, lying, mad cow disease, multiverse, mutations, natural selection, Nature (journal), Parkinson’s disease, population, predictions, protein-coding genes, proteins, pseudoscience, Richard Lenski, Robert Hazen, scientists, variation}

How Darwinism Became a Pseudoscience

_{Kirk Durston
May 15, 2025

Evolution, Life Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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To be clear, I am not suggesting that Darwinists are conspiring to deliberately mislead people, although such misleading is certainly happening. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, Cambrian Explosion, Carnegie Institution, complexity, diversity, earth, eukaryotic cells, functional complexity, functionality, intelligent mind, kinetic energy, laws of nature, laws of physics, life, Michael Wong, mineralogists, non-living matter, organisms, Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, quantum theory, Robert Hazen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, specified complexity, speed of light, universe}

Theory of Increasing Complexity Fails the Test of Science

_{Eric Hedin
April 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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What are evolutionists to do when their theory runs afoul of the laws of nature? Why, propose a bold new law of nature! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, Berra's Blunder, Caltech, Cassini mission, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Darwin’s genie, Doubts About Darwin, evolution, Evolution News, human technology, Jonathan Lunine, laws of nature, Lee Cronin, multicellularity, On the Origin of Species, Robert Hazen, selection, tautology, Thomas Woodward, Titan, Tova Forman, University of Glasgow}

Darwinism Needs Laws to Look Scientific; Cronin and Hazen Stand Ready to Serve

_{David Coppedge
October 23, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Desperate to justify their worldview as legitimate, some Darwinians are making up new “laws of nature” to appear smiling inside the big tent of science. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, astrobiology, Astrobiology Magazine, calcium, carbon, chlorine, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, earth, elements, hydrogen, intelligence, intelligent design, magnesium, Mars, microbes, mineralogy, minerals, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, Robert Hazen, selenium, Stephen Jay Gould, sulfur, The Privileged Planet, Titan}

Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

_{David Coppedge
August 29, 2022

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Read More ›

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Date
August 3, 2022

Categories
Geology
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, biominerals, bones, carbon, exoplanets, James Webb Space Telescope, Mars, Mercury, meteorites, microbes, minerals, oxygen, pyrite, Robert Hazen, shells, teeth}

Biominerals Could Predict Life on Exoplanets

_{Evolution News
August 3, 2022

Geology, Physical Sciences, Science

4}

One-third of minerals — chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered — are created directly or indirectly by life forms. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
August 2, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, "God of the gaps", archeology, CERN, Cold War, DNA, fingerprints, Forensics, functional information, genomes, intelligence, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, James Tour, Large Hadron Collider, Michael Behe, ocean, Robert Hazen, scientific method, SETI, smartphones, Stephen Meyer}

A Scientific Method for Design Detection

_{Kirk Durston
August 2, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

4}

My first exposure to intelligent design detection in science took place during a summer job with National Defence Research in 1978 as an engineering student. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 28, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, astrobiology, Children of Light, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, exoplanets, Fire-Maker, fossil fuels, intelligent design, Jay Richards, John Gribbin, Michael Denton, minerals, Moon, Peter Ward, Robert Hazen, solar eclipse, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, University of Washington}

On the 15th Anniversary of The Privileged Planet: An Update

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 28, 2019

Astronomy, Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Rare Earth

5}

The basic thesis of TPP is that the best places for intelligent observers are also the best places for observing. Read More ›

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Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithmic specified complexity, BIO-Complexity, bioinformatics, functional specificity, George D. Montañez, Robert Hazen, Robert J. Marks II, specified complexity, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Unifying Specified Complexity: Rediscovering Ancient Technology

_{Evolution News
January 30, 2019

Intelligent Design

9}

Returning to your winter retreat, mentioned in the last post, the symbols you discovered remain on your mind. Read More ›

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Date
January 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, computer science, fields, functional information, George D. Montañez, Harvey Mudd College, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, p-value, Robert Hazen, specified complexity, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

BIO-Complexity Article Offers an Objective Method for Weighing Darwinian Explanations

_{Evolution News
January 9, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Skeptics of evolutionary theory have argued that proposed Darwinian processes don’t rise to the level of plausible detailed explanations for the emergence of complex life. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 27, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, asexual reproduction, evolution, evolutionary theory, extinction, growth, homeostasis, life, metabolism, Robert Hazen}

Must Life Evolve?

_{William A. Dembski and Jonathan Wells
July 27, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Reproductive Science

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In redefining life to make its origin easier to explain, origin-of-life researchers are now increasingly emphasizing the ability of life to evolve. Read More ›