Tag: selection

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, airplanes, avida, benefit, budding yeast, Christoph Adami, code, conditional sections, error correction, evolutionary processes, genomes, information, mutation rate, mutational load, mutations, redundancy, redundant systems, robustness, selection, survival, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolutionary Origin of Information: The Problem of Robustness

_{Winston Ewert
September 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution

3}

It is surprising to me that the authors of these studies did not consider it more of a priority to understand the mechanics of robustness. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, bears, book, building, cancer, completeness, DNA, electrical wire, Epigenetics and the Architect, habitability, house, idea, imagination, information, James Gills, Jonathan Wells, laws of nature, Leonardo da Vinci, lumber, mammals, mind, Mount Everest, mountains, nails, painters, Science and Culture Today, selection, Thomas Woodward, universe, wholeness, ziggurat}

In Defiance of Evolution, Life Is an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Nobody looks at a bear and thinks, “If it only had a long tail, it would be more bear-like.” Read More ›

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Date
July 8, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, audiences, biochemistry, Brian Miller, cameras, debates, drink, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, food, genes, genetics, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Lee Cronin, magical words, molecules, origin of life, recordings, Research, Rice University, Sara Walker, selection, videos}

Cronin’s Assembly Theory Continues to Perform Its Magic

_{Science & Culture
July 8, 2026

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

2}

Cronin and Walker know what is wrong with origin-of-life research. They’re just afraid of what may be right. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 3, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, asymmetry, Brian Miller, Ellie Feder, ID the Future, intelligent cause, laws of nature, math, mathematics, Max Tegmark, multiverse, physics, Physics to God, podcasts, Science Uprising, selection, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2025

Cosmology, Physics

3}

According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›

Products from polyurethane on the exhibition stand. Industry

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
November 11, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, blind search, China, E. coli, engineering, enzymes, foresight, landfills, plastic, recycling, selection}

Can Protein Design Outpace Directed Evolution in Recycling Plastic?

_{Emily Reeves
November 11, 2025

Computational Sciences, Engineering, Intelligent Design

3}

What is polyurethane and where is it used? It’s a type of plastic and it is pretty much everywhere: shoes, clothes, yoga mats, mattresses, couch cushions. Read More ›

Surreal landscape with a split road and signpost arrows showing two different courses, left and right direction to choose. Road splits in distinct direction ways. Difficult decision, choice concept.

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Charles Darwin, Claude Shannon, decisions, earth, etymology, evolution, Greek, information, intellect, intelligence, intelligent design, Latin, logos, marriage, natural selection, New Testament, possibilities, selection, Texas, United States}

Information, Intelligence, and Decision: Concepts Underpinning the Theory of Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
October 29, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Darwin’s great coup was to co-opt the term "selection," previously associated with the conscious choice of purposive agents. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biodiversity, Casey Luskin, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, DNA, earth, evolution, genetic information, ID the Future, innovation, intelligent design, life, mutations, neo-Darwinian evolution, proteins, random, selection, Stephen Meyer}

Why Evolution’s Selection/Mutation Mechanism Fails

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 29, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Do random mutational processes have the power to generate new base or amino acid sequences for natural selection to act upon within the time available? Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, BBC News, birds, Boeing 747, Current Biology, fossils, gigantism, Günter Bechly, magic, mutations, Neil Thomas, Origin, paleontologists, pterosaurs, Scleromochlus, selection, The Conversation, University of Edinburgh, University of Leicester, University of Portsmouth}

Magical Thinking: Can Pterosaurs Be Darwinized?

_{David Coppedge
January 28, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

8}

Neil Thomas has written about “Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking” and there is no shortage of examples in the literature on fossils. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksandr Oparin, bacteria, butterflies, fitness, genetic mutations, Heliconius, Icons of Evolution, inheritance, Jonathan Wells, Lepidopterans, mainstream media, materialism, MicroRNAs, moths, peppered moths, RNAs, Science (journal), selection, Stanley L. Miller, Zombie Science (book)}

Darwin’s Zombies Are Still Shambling Along

_{David Coppedge
January 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

When will scientists and reporters learn not to trot out these falsified stories? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alleles, Arizona State University, crustaceans, Daphnia pulex, Denyse O'Leary, editors, evolution, genome, hype, selection}

Is Daphnia Evolving at “Lightning Speed”?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

If this is a prime example of the transformative power of evolution, the evidence is not at all impressive. Read More ›