Tag: Robert Hazen

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, algorithm, Ariel Chipman, Artificial Selection, balancing selection, BioEssays, Cambrian Explosion, co-option, conservation, Darwin Devolves, Dyna Rochmyaningsih, evolution, Galápagos Islands, gene duplication, genetic drift, genetic mutations, Hugo de Vries, hybridization, introgression, John Sanford, John Templeton Foundation, magic, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mount improbable, Mutant Ninja Turtles, natural selection, negative selection, Owen D. Jones, personification, Phillip E. Johnson, polyploidy, process, programming, pterosaur, purifying selection, Richard Lewontin, Robert Hazen, Spiderman, stabilizing selection, Stuff Happens Law, subfunctionalization, survival of the fittest, The Design Inference, Tom Bethell, tuatara, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Evolutionists Need a Refresher Course in Natural Selection

_{David Coppedge
June 9, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Abuses of the concept of natural selection abound not only in science news but in scientific papers in major journals as well. It’s time for a remedial course. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, Assembly Theory, BIO-Complexity, Charles Darwin, Conservation of Information, disorder, entropy, information, living things, monographs, order, Paul Davies, perpetual motion machines, physical systems, Robert Hazen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, shmoo, Stuart Kauffman, thermal equilibrium, work}

Nature’s Missing Law of Information

_{William A. Dembski
October 1, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Conservation of information is not just an idea or concept that sits blithely in a world of mathematical abstraction. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
May 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Metascience
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, a priori, Alzheimer’s disease, amino acids, Bret Weinstein, common descent, Darwinism, Darwinists, DNA, Eugene Koonin, evolution, evolutionary biology, failed predictions, functional information, genetic drift, genomes, Jack Szostak, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, lying, 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, Metascience, 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, complexity, diversity, earth, eukaryotic cells, functional complexity, functionality, intelligent mind, kinetic energy, laws of nature, laws of physics, life, 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, Doubts About Darwin, evolution, Evolution News, human technology, 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, earth, elements, hydrogen, intelligence, intelligent design, magnesium, Mars, microbes, minerals, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, Robert Hazen, 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

4}

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
, bones, carbon, exoplanets, James Webb Space Telescope, Mars, Mercury, meteorites, microbes, minerals, oxygen, Robert Hazen, shells, teeth}

Biominerals Could Predict Life on Exoplanets

_{Science & Culture
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

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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

_{Science & Culture
January 30, 2019

Intelligent Design

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