Tag: Walter Bradley

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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
William A. Dembski

Date
September 27, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, A. E. Wilder-Smith, Biochemical Predestination, biochemistry, cassette tapes, Charles Thaxton, chemistry, Dean Kenyon, Energy, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Gary Steinman, information, intelligent design, Jon Buell, Lake Thun, Man’s Origin — Man’s Destiny, mathematics, My Personal History with Information (series), Of Pandas and People, origin of life, Philosophical Library, Roger Olsen, San Francisco State University, Switzerland, technology, The Creation of Life, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago, University of Helsinki, Walter Bradley}

Discovering a Design Argument Based on Biological Information

_{William A. Dembski
September 27, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Charles Thaxton, along with Walter Bradley and Roger Olsen, wrote what arguably was the first official book of the intelligent design movement. 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
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
William A. Dembski

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Baylor University, Brian Miller, Charles Thaxton, Christianity Today, coconuts, Dallas, David Klinghoffer, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Jon Buell, Jonathan Wells, Michael Ruse, origin of life, Phillip E. Johnson, professors, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Shapiro, Roger Olsen, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, Texas, Texas A&M, The Blind Watchmaker, They Mystery of Life's Origin, University of Washington, Walter Bradley, Washington University}

Remembering Walter Bradley (1943–2025)

_{William A. Dembski
July 23, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I’m going to describe some of my personal encounters with Walter that are not in his biography. These I hope will bring to light the man in a fresh way. 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 ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 9, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Baylor University, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, faith and science, For a Greater Purpose, James Tour, NASA, Rice University, Robert J. Marks II, Texas A&M University, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, William A. Dembski, William Lane Craig}

Walter Bradley’s Wonderful Life — Scientist, Humanitarian, ID Proponent

_{John G. West
July 9, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Bradley changed many, many lives, and the world is a much better place because of him. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Biochemical Predestination, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, Guillermo Gonzalez, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Percy Shelley, Plato, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, Roger Olsen, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, spaghetti, specified complexity, spontaneous generation, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley}

Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2025

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, Bruce Chapman, coconuts, computational reductionism, David Wolpert, Discovery Institute, education, educators, entrepreneurship, faculty, machine intelligence, materialism, Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Reductionism, Robert J. Marks II, Seattle, Steven Buri, students, technology, Texas A&M University, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Walter Bradley and the Bradley Center

_{William A. Dembski
July 7, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Unfortunately, rather than use AI to enhance our humanity, computational reductionists increasingly use it as a club to beat our humanity. Read More ›