Tag: snowflakes

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ant navigation, archaeology, barnacle waterproof glue, Biomimetics, blowholes, butterfly colors, California, cryptology, crystallography, Death Valley, design filter, fine-tuning, forensic science, geomimetics, geophysics, geysers, ice, ice sheets, ID in Action, intelligent design, Jonathan Boreyko, lightning, magnets, mantis shrimp hammers, Oklo reactor, optimization, Racetrack Playa, Racetrack Valley, rocks, sailing stones, Smithsonian Magazine, snowflakes, spider webs, Virginia Tech, volcanoes}

Is Geomimetics an Intelligent Design Science? Well, Yes and No

_{David Coppedge
August 19, 2025

Environment & Climate, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Biomimetics, the imitation of nature’s designs, clearly qualifies as an ID science. What about “geomimetics” — the imitation of geophysics? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 7, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, basalt lava glass, beauty, bees, Casey Luskin, Cassini mission, design filter, Giant’s Causeway, Grand Canyon, hexagons, intelligence, intelligent design, Ireland, Jupiter, natural laws, Physical Review Letters, physicists, Saturn, snowflakes, Voyager spacecraft, William A. Dembski}

Applying the Design Filter to Hexagons

_{David Coppedge
July 7, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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The hexagon on Saturn performs no function. Columnar basalt doesn’t say anything. Snowflakes don’t carry a message. They are mere emergent phenomena. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic specified complexity, evolutionary informatics, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, information theory, Mount Fuji, Mount Rushmore, podcast, poker, Robert J. Marks II, snowflakes, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Algorithmic Specified Complexity: Genesis

_{Jonathan Witt
January 9, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Winston Ewert discusses the mathematical foundation for why we know Mount Rushmore is designed in a way that Mount Fuji isn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
April 23, 2020

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Metaphysics
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, abiogenesis, astronomers, biologists, calculation, Drake equation, evolution, inflation, meteorites, monomers, Nature (journal), nucleotides, reagents, RNA world, snowflakes, Tomonori Totani, universe, University of Tokyo}

An Astronomer Considers the Origin of Life, with Sobering Results

_{Rob Sheldon
April 23, 2020

Biology, Chemistry, Metaphysics, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

7}

In my opinion, only one tooth fairy is allowed per theory, and this one has at least four, making its irrelevance nearly guaranteed. Read More ›

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Date
April 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Apollo moon landings, bacteria, bacteriophages, capsid, cell machinery, cell membrane, COVID-19, crystals, DNA, Elizabeth Pennisi, ID the Future, intelligent design, lipid bilayer, Michael Behe, molecular motor, proteins, Purdue University, RNA, SARS-CoV-2, Science (journal), snowflakes, U.C. Riverside, U.C. San Diego, vaccine, viruses}

Viruses: An Intelligent Design Perspective

_{Science and Culture
April 1, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

10}

Certainly, in a context of global anxiety, this is a subject that needs to be approached with sensitivity and humility. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, book, debate, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, earth, Eric Anderson, evolution, humans, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Mike Keas, monolith, Moon, movie, newspaper, podcast, rock, Saturn, snowflakes, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, Toronto}

Is There Information in Saturn’s Rings?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Or in a rock? Or a snowflake? This is a common contention from ID critics. Read More ›