Tag: The Mystery of Life’s Origin

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Arthur M. Shapiro, C. S. Lewis Society, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Christian Leadership Ministries, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?, Darwinists, David L. Wilcox, David Raup, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Earl Warren, evolution, Field Museum, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Frederick Grinnell, Jesuit Campion Center, Jon Buell, Jonathan Wells, K. John Morrow Jr., Leslie K. Johnson, McLean v. Arkansas, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Owen Gingerich, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Peter van Inwagen, Phillip E. Johnson, Southern Methodist University, Spring Systematics Symposium, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Stephen Sternberg, Tacoma, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Sources of Information Content in DNA, Thomas E. Woodward, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Will Provine, William A. Dembski}

Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?

_{Stephen C. Meyer and William A. Dembski
October 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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On March 26–28, 1992, scientists and philosophers assembled at Southern Methodist University for an event whose title posed a provocative question. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic coding functions, American Scientific Affiliation, bookkeeping, Cambridge University Press, Charles Thaxton, Conservation of Information, crystals, Dembski’s Theorem, Discovery Institute, improbability, information, intelligent design, laws of nature, Leslie Orgel, mathematics, My Personal History with Information (series), No Free Lunch, Noam Chomsky, Paul Nelson, philosophers, probabilities, R. A. Fisher, Rob Koons, Roger Olsen, specified complexity, statistical inference, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Origins of Life, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas, Walter Bradley, Whitworth College, William A. Dembski, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Smith}

The Evolution of Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
October 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Wolfgang Smith’s excitement about conservation of complex specified information or specified complexity was not widely shared. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, chemistry, control feedback loops, embedded computing, Energy, enzymes, feedstock, formaldehyde, informational system, intelligent design, iron, lipids, microspheres, minimally complex cells, molybdenum, Nayan Chakraborty, organic molecules, origin of life, origin-of-life literature, peptides, philosophical commitments, phosphate, protocells, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Shashi Thutupalli, signal processing, specified complexity, spherules, storytelling, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Protocell Pretensions: The Illusion of Progress in Origin-of-Life Research

_{Brian Miller
September 3, 2026

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This paper contains the imaginative storytelling, speculative leaps, and inflated claims that have become staples of the origin-of-life literature. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 31, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academics, ACLU, animal behavior, C. W. Howell, design detection, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), Discovery Institute, Dover trial, Duke University, evolution, Expelled (movie), genomics, Google searches, hare, human body, intelligent cause, intelligent design, linchpin, media attention, Michael Behe, molecular biology, National Center for Science Education, New York University Press, paleontology, peer-reviewed papers, Pennsylvania, Phillip Johnson, PragerU, protein science, research program, Seattle, snowballs, Stephen Meyer, students, Summer Seminars, systematics, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Story of Everything, tortoise, universe, YouTube videos}

Steady and Consistent Growth: The Real Story of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 31, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Snowballs start small. But they grow steadily over time, and after a while they really start to get large and pick up speed. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academic reviewers, Animal Algorithms, Ann Gauger, astrobiology, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, Charles Thaxton, Christianity Today, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), dGRNs, Discovery Institute Press, Douglas Axe, Edward Larson, epigenetics, evo-devo, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, Howard Glicksman, ID 3.0 Research Program, information, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Molecular Biology, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain, molecular machines, natural genetic engineering, neo-Lamarckism, neutral evolution, New York University Press, peer-reviewed literature, Plato's Revenge, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Quarterly Review of Biology, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Robert J. Marks, self-organization, Signature in the Cell, statistics, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, symbiogenesis, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fighting a Battle That’s Over, and ID Won, Designer Science Omits Key Portions of ID’s History

_{Casey Luskin
August 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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I want to be fair to Howell, but I also want to be fair to my colleagues who have worked hard developing and publishing new ID arguments over the past 20 years. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 9, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Baylor University, biology, Brown University, bubonic plague, Charles Thaxton, Congress, Darwin’s Black Box., Douglas Axe, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, faculty, injectisome, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Shapiro, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, motorcycles, mousetrap, naturalists, non-theistic evolution, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, protein evolution, Roger Olsen, San Francisco, Seattle Pacific University, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, T3SS, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theistic evolution, type 3 secretory system, University of Chicago, Walter Bradley, Yersinia pestis}

Darwin’s Black Box, 30 Years On: A Seminal Contribution to Biology

_{William A. Dembski
August 9, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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It makes sense to think that the T3SS didn’t evolve into the bacterial flagellum, but that the bacterial flagellum shed some protein parts to become a T3SS. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David dewolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Baylor University, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, coconuts, Colorado School of Mines, Dignity Coconuts, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, engineering, intelligent design, Jay Richards, materials, mosquitoes, origin of life, Philippines, Robert J. Marks II, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, technology, Texas A&M University, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, weapons, William Dembski}

Robert Marks Remembers ID and Tech Pioneer Walter Bradley

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In 1984, three scientists dared to probe the mystery of life’s origin by putting the prevailing theories of prebiotic and chemical evolution to the test. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, book reviews, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Dean Kenyon, Discovery Institute, endorsements, intelligent design, origin of life, origins science, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Jastrow, Robert Shapiro, scientists, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Walter Bradley: The Origin Story of an Intelligent Design Classic

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Today, we bring you the second half of Robert J. Marks’s 2020 interview with Dr. Bradley. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, origin of life, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center}

Walter Bradley on the Origin of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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We are grieving the recent loss of Walter Bradley, a longtime Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute. Read More ›