Tag: silicon

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 28, 2026

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ant swarms, Audrey Dussutour, biology, brain, carbon, cognition, consciousness, cuttlefish, eliminative materialism, eyes, fungi, Hokkaido University, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, jellyfish, limbs, Michael Levin, mouth, nuclei, oat flakes, panpsychism, Physarum polycephalum, plants, protoplasm, Samanth Subramanian, silicon, The Guardian, Tokyo, Toshiyuki Nakagaki, trees}

Slime Smarts: These Brainless Blobs Are Brighter than You Thought

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 28, 2026

Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Some want to claim that slime molds poses a threat to the idea that humans are exceptional. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, carbon-silicon bonds, cells, cytochrome c, directed evolution, enzyme, Frances Arnold, Hendrik F. T. Klare, homochirality, Iceland, intelligent design, Martin Oestreich, materialists, microbes, molecules, natural, New Scientist, pharmaceuticals, polymers, rational thought, Science (journal), semiconductors, silicon, unnatural}

Clarity, Please: If Scientists Repurpose an Enzyme, Is It Intelligent Design?

_{David Coppedge
February 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Four Caltech scientists taught “nature” to do the “unnatural” by first isolating a microbe that lives in the hot springs of Iceland. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, black holes, cosmogony, elements, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, intelligent life, Jay Richards, Lee Smolin, life, planets, scientific discovery, silicon, stars, The Privileged Planet, universes}

Were We Made to Make Black Holes?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 12, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, carbon, elements, Fred Hoyle, Geraint Lewis, helium, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, life, Luke Barnes, macromolecules, neutrons, nitrogen, organic molecules, oxygen, protons, silicon, universe}

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 19, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alaska, copper, COVID-19, electricity, intelligent design, isolation, logic gates, materials, nature, oxygen, radios, semiconductors, silicon, television, voltage, Zoom}

Electronic Technology Shows Foresight in Nature

_{Eric Hedin
October 10, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The principal semiconductors are silicon and germanium; silicon’s abundance in the Earth’s crust is second only to oxygen. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Technology
Tagged
, bacteria, emergent properties, Emily Reeves, engineers, evolution, foresight, integration, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, materialism, purpose, Reductionism, silicon, Systems Biology}

Reeves: A Rising Star Describes a Biological Revolution

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Science, Technology

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“Engineers more easily recognize impressive design because they have actually tied to build stuff.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 30, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, ATP synthase, biologists, Darwin Devolves, design logic, design motifs, Emily Reeves, engineers, evolutionary theory, fish, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Rube Goldberg, silicon, System Modeling in Cellular Biology, vertebrate eye}

How Engineers Helped Save Biology from Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
August 30, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Design motifs such as four-bar linkages and control systems must meet exacting requirements whether implemented in a space shuttle or a fish. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
October 14, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Astrobiology Magazine, boron, carbon, Charles Darwin, earth, elements, fitness, intelligent design, life forms, molecules, purpose, scientific research, silicon, teleology, The Miracle of the Cell, The World of Life}

Excerpt — The Chosen Atom

_{Michael Denton
October 14, 2020

Biochemistry, Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Many have believed (and many still do believe) that Darwin drove teleology out of biology forever. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
June 12, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, building blocks, Cambridge University, cross-reactions, DNA, early Earth, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, genes, intelligence, intelligent design, naturalism, polynucleotides, primordial soup, RNA, RNA world, self-driving cars, self-replication, silicon, unguided natural processes}

Origin Stories — RNA, DNA, and a Dose of Imagination

_{Eric H. Anderson
June 12, 2020

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Forever lacking are the key elements required for life: coordinated activity, coherent function, regulated control, meaningful information, purposeful intent. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 28, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, artificial intelligence, Bible, civilization, contagion, Europe, Henry Kissinger, machines, metal, paper, Politics, printing press, Reformation, religion, René Girard, silicon, Spain, The Atlantic, thought, Wesley Smith}

Kissinger and Girard on Artificial Intelligence

_{Michael Egnor
May 28, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Any genuine understanding of the impact AI will have (and is having) on humanity must begin with Girard. Read More ›