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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 9, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, agency, biophysicists, cells, chemical reactions, Darwinian evolution, Energy, entropy, free energy, Helen Hansma, hydrothermal vents, information, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Leslie Orgel, metabolism, Michael Russell, molecular machines, molecules, natural selection, population genetics, RNA, RNA world, self-replication, thermodynamics}

Do Origin-of-Life Researchers Now Accept Intelligent Design?

_{Brian Miller
November 9, 2020

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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A reader must ask if an RNA molecule could possibly govern chemical reactions, suppress free-riders, support co-operators, and act in its own self-interest. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, alchemy, chemical energy, chemical reactions, DNA, Helen Hansma, Inference (journal), information, Jeremy England, natural selection, perpetual motion machine, physicists, proteins, RNA, self-replication, thermodynamics, UC Santa Barbara}

Barriers to an Unguided Origin of Life: Biophysicist Helen Hansma Enters the Debate

_{Brian Miller
November 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Professor Hansma maintains that sets of integrated reactions could have been directed by natural selection to gradually evolve into an autonomous cell. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 25, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, acoustic waves, Brian Miller, electricity, Energy, energy converter, enzyme, Every Life Is on Fire, Evolution News, Exodus, experimentation, faith, information, information theory, instructions, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Michael Denton, Moses, Orthodox Jews, particles, rabbis, Scripture, speakers, The Miracle of the Cell, thermodynamics, uncertainty, wavelengths}

“Lifelikeness” Without Intelligent Design? Brian Miller Responds to Jeremy England

_{David Klinghoffer
September 25, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Dr. England has a poetic and ingenious article reflecting on God’s commissioning of Moses to lead the Jews out from Egypt. Read More ›

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Date
September 11, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew Knoll, biomineralization, Burgess Shale, calcium carbonate, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Chengjiang fossils, circular reasoning, convergent evolution, Darwinism, evo-devo, Greenland, molecular clocks, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, Ordovician Period, Oxford University, PNAS, shells, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, trilobites}

To Solve a (Cambrian) Problem: Declare It Solved!

_{Science & Culture
September 11, 2019

Evolution

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Frustrated by abrupt appearance, some evolutionists are simply declaring that there is no problem with the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
November 5, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, airplanes, Alexander Tsiaras, cars, computers, Darwinists, encyclopedia, entropy, evolution, gravity, iPhone, Irreducible Complexity, natural forces, oocyte, Physics Essays, Sarah Chaffee, Second Law of Thermodynamics, TED talk, The American Spectator, thermodynamics}

Why Evolution and Reproduction Are Unnatural

_{Granville Sewell
November 5, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physics, Reproductive Science

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Reproduction is the most fundamental characteristic of life. We see it happen everywhere, so we may feel there is nothing “unnatural” about it. Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, automobiles, Berra's Blunder, carbon dioxide, cars, climate change, Corvette, Darwinians, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, Phillip E. Johnson, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, Supreme Court, thermodynamics, Tim Berra}

A Classic Evolutionist’s Error, Berra’s Blunder Revs Up Again

_{Science & Culture
July 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Two evolutionists publish a paper in a scientific journal comparing car evolution with biological evolution. Are they serious? Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 24, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics}

Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”

_{Richard Weikart
February 24, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 14, 2017

Categories
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, amino acids, ammonia, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, early Earth, homochirality, hydrogen, Jack Szostak, lipids, methane, nucleotides, phosphate, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Royal Society, skepticism, Stanley Miller, thermodynamics, V.J. Torley}

The Origin of Life: Dangers of Taking Research Claims at Face Value

_{Brian Miller
December 14, 2017

Geophysics, Origin of Life, Scientific Trustworthiness

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All simulations that purport to be breakthroughs in origins problems follow the same pattern. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 13, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __nedited, amino acids, ATP, early Earth, earthquake, Energy, energy converter, engine, entropy, enzymes, information, intelligence, Jeremy England, kinetic energy, peptide bond, proteins, sunlight, thermodynamics, V.J. Torley}

The Origin of Life: Correcting Common Mistakes on Thermodynamics

_{Brian Miller
December 13, 2017

Biochemistry, Geophysics, Origin of Life

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The driving tendencies in nature on the early Earth would have been analogous to seismic tremors rearranging the books in the library. Read More ›

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Date
November 27, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Life Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, __k-review, anomalies, Cambrian Explosion, Darwinian theory, Georgia Tech, hominins, intelligent design, Israel, John Innes Centre, living fossils, oxygen, paleontology, PLOS ONE, Santa Fe Institute, thermodynamics, University of Chicago}

Living Fossils, Ancient Oxygen, Colorful Snapdragons: Anomalies Challenge Darwin’s Story

_{Science & Culture
November 27, 2017

Evolution, Geology, Life Sciences, Paleontology

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Enough anomalies can wreck a paradigm. Read More ›