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Photo: California pitcher plant (Darlingtonia californica), a carnivorous plant, by Noah Elhardt, via Wikimedia Commons.

More on Winston Ewert’s “Dependency Graph of Life” — An Important New Paper

The evolution of life mimics the evolution of software or other human technology. Read More ›
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Of Species and Software: What Is a Dependency Graph?

Wisnton Ewert has developed a model to explain the pattern of similarities in different organisms which mimics how computer applications inherit software from a diverse range of lower-level modules. Read More ›
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Photo: A zebra finch, Dundee Wildlife Park, Murray Bridge, South Australia, by Peripitus [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Response to a Critic: But What About Undirected Graphs?

A dependency graph is not any old ad hoc hypothesis. It was posited because it is something that we observe in software engineering. Read More ›
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Photo: Tree of Life, at Walt Disney World Resort, by KirkMoorePhoto [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

The Dependency Graph Hypothesis — How It Is Inferred

Ewert proposes that life is best explained not by Darwin’s hypothesis of an ancestry tree, but by a modern design-inspired hypothesis. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Alberto D'Ottavi, via Flickr.

Digital Evolution and Bohemian Bugs

All software engineers have been burnt by those sneaky “bugs” that manage to get past the defenses. Read More ›
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Photo credit: BelaMarie, via Pixabay.

Computer Software Sheds Light on Human and Chimp DNA Similarity

Recently I had the opportunity to hear Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer provide an update on the progress and current state of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo credit: janeb13, via Pixabay.

Education or Obfuscation? Avida in Science Class

You might think teaching about evolution in public schools is already about as misleading as it can be. Then, you find, it gets worse. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Kirk Durston.

A Former Astronaut and Scientism

Scientism is the belief that science explains literally everything. Read More ›
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Photo source: "How to Build a Worm," via Discovery Institute.

ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Animals

In his book Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer considers the nature of animals and what is required to build an animal. Read More ›
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Photo: Klondike prospectors, Chilkoot Pass, 1898, by Cantwell, George G. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Epigenomics “Gold Rush” Is Underway

Intelligent design can take ownership of the next level in the hierarchy of biological organization. Read More ›

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