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Date
February 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, entropy, evolution, genes, learning, natural selection, Neural Networks, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Theodosius Dobzhansky, thermodynamics, Thomas Malthus, universe, vitalism}

Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics

_{Science & Culture
February 24, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Kirk Durston, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, neo-Darwinian theory, No Free Lunch, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibria, Richard Weikart, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, vitalism, William A. Dembski}

Evolution Is Not Like Physics

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Brian Keating, Brian Miller, intelligent design, Into the Impossible, Jeremy England, Judaism, Moses, Orthodox Jews, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics}

Keating, England: Two Jewish Physicists on Faith, Intelligent Design, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
November 3, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The last 48 minutes or so are the most compelling as England, an Orthodox rabbi, talks about the reason for his “tending to reject” arguments for ID. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, dice, economics, France, Great Britain, No Free Lunch, nothing, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Scotland, thermodynamics, Wales, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Bernoulli, Keynes, and the Big Bang

_{Robert J. Marks II
July 1, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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In analysis of fine-tuning, No Free Lunch Theorems, and conservation of information, Bernoulli’s PrOIR is foundational. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 14, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Christianity, disorder, entropy, feedback loops, first cell, free energy, information, James Tour, Jeremy England, order, Rice University, thermodynamics}

Listen: Tour and Miller on the Engines We Can’t Live Without

_{Jonathan Witt
December 14, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Also in this surprisingly accessible mix — feedback loops, physicist Jeremy England, and much more. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atheism, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, first cell, James Tour, Jerry Coyne, Lawrence Krauss, materialists, natural selection, planets, Rice University, thermodynamics}

See It Now: James Tour and Brian Miller on Explaining the Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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They cover abiogenesis and “Natural Selection of the Gaps,” systems biology, design triangulation, whether life could arise anywhere without design, and more. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 8, 2020

Categories
Botany
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ATP, chemical energy, engines, entropy, Exodus, Genesis, information, Jeremy England, Judaism, life, Orthodox Jews, thermodynamics}

From Physicist Jeremy England, a Deeply Insightful Book on the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
December 8, 2020

Botany, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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England begins by describing how his book interweaves the discussion of the science of life with his Orthodox Jewish faith. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 4, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Brian Miller, building blocks, Discovery Institute, entropy, ice, James Tour, Rice University, thermodynamics}

Preview: James Tour Asks Brian Miller About Ice, Entropy, and the Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
December 4, 2020

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Tour wants to know: "This is the origin of life. How did that first living system form?" Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, biological information, Brian Miller, cells, DNA, doctors, engineers, evolutionary biologists, expertise, experts, function, James Tour, redundancy, Rice University, synthetic organic chemistry, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics}

Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA

_{David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2020

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive. Read More ›

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Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amino acids, Charles Thaxton, code, codons, Darwinian evolution, DNA, double helix, Escherichia coli, genetic code, information, intelligent design, materialists, mind, natural selection, PNAS, probability, proteins, Roger Olsen, Rutgers University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, Walter Bradley}

Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)

_{Science & Culture
December 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes. Read More ›