Tag: target

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 5, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, algorithm, David Wolpert, displacement, evolutionary computing, information, intermediate sequences, My Personal History with Information, natural selection, No Free Lunch theorems, offloading, random sequence, Richard Dawkins, target, target sequence, The Blind Watchmaker, William Macready}

“Displacement,” or Offloading, and the Mysterious Million Dollars

_{William A. Dembski
October 5, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution

5}

Imagine trying to explain how Alice came into possession of $1,000,000. It would be one thing to say that, based on skills and effort, she earned $1,000,000. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, cosmology, cosmos, creator, Elon Musk, evidence, existence, faith and science, intelligent design, interviews, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, shopping, spirituality, Stephen Meyer, target, theism, universe}

Does Elon Musk Believe in God?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science

2}

It’s the season of the unexpected convert, isn't it? Musk has more than enough smarts to evaluate that evidence for himself, once he has got it in front of him. Read More ›

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post

Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 27, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, biological systems, chance, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Darwinian mechanism, Darwinians, evolution, intelligent design, luck, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, pattern, probabilistic resources, probability, randomness, Richard Dawkins, specified complexity, target, The Blind Watchmaker, The Design Inference, theists, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Natural Selection as the Great Designer Substitute

_{William A. Dembski and Winston Ewert
November 27, 2023

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

In this way, the majority of evolutionary biologists, insofar as they understand the design inference at all, rationalize it away. Read More ›

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post

Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, coin toss, complexity, complexity theory, Darwinists, evolution, Francis Crick, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, John Maynard Smith, Leo Kadanoff, Leslie Orgel, natural selection, Paul Davies, poker, probability, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, royal flush, Skeptical Inquirer, specification, specified complexity, target, The Blind Watchmaker, The Design Inference, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, UC Irvine, University of Notre Dame, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Jason Rosenhouse and Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
June 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

16}

Not all patterns eliminate chance in the presence of improbability. Take an arrow shot at a target. Read More ›

In Silico Drug Modeling with 3D Molecule Visualisation on Computer Screen Close up of Scientist s Hands Manipulating Complex Molecule Model with Background of Floating Graphs and Chemical Data

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 31, 2009

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, __nedited, active information, avida, Conservation of Information, evolutionary informatics, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Robert J. Marks II, science, search, target, William A. Dembski}

Winston Ewert, William Dembski, and Robert Marks Publish Mainstream Scientific Paper Exposing Flaws in Avida Evolution Simulation

_{Casey Luskin
December 31, 2009

Computational Sciences, Evolution

3}

Darwinian evolution has no prior knowledge about the search target, but Avida's programmers have intelligently designed Avida by smuggling in "active information." Read More ›