Tag: Washington University

woman vaccinated and with a band-aid on her arm, giving a sign that all is well.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 25, 2025

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Tagged
, causation, complexity, cosmos, emergence, ignorance, materialistic philosophy, philosophers, promissory materialism, scientists, Washington University}

Materialism’s Band-Aid, “Emergence” Is Bad Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 25, 2025

Epistemology, Evolution

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The idea is that some properties of systems emerge only after a certain level of complexity is reached. 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
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, David Coppedge, earth, Enceladus, Europa, Europa Clipper, European Space Agency, geysers, hydrothermal vents, Jay Richards, Jupiter, life, magnetic field, Moon, oceans, organic molecules, Saturn, seafloor, solar system, The Privileged Planet, Washington University, water}

Europa Clipper: The Moon Mission Making Waves

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 7, 2024

Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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Astrobiologists hope this mission will help answer a couple of big questions in astrobiology. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 16, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, AlphaFold, antibiotics, ATP synthase, biophysicists, Brownian motion, Caltech, cells, cytoplasm, Duke University, Eric Hedin, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, nucleus, proteins, Robert Shedinger, The Scientist, Washington University}

Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

_{David Coppedge
September 16, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, anthropomorphism, Carl Zimmer, cheating, consciousness, cooperation, Quanta, virologists, viruses, Washington University}

Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine

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What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, consciousness, darkness, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, eyes, human flourishing, information, intelligent design, memory, mind, muscles, nervous system, obesity, rapid eye movement, sleep, St. Louis, stimuli, wakefulness, Washington University}

Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

_{Eric Hedin
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, clicks, Current Biology, echolocation, evolution, exoplanets, grizzly bear, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, neurons, olfaction, signal, smell, snakes, testosterone, Washington University}

Noise Cancellation: A Remarkable Design Solution in Biology

_{David Coppedge
August 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The principle behind this biological methodology can be extended to every case in biology where an organism needs to discriminate signals from self. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, Human Zoos, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post, Washington University, whites, YouTube videos}

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian

_{John G. West
August 18, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, BioLogos, chimpanzees, computational biology, Dennis Venema, Endogenous retroviruses, evolutionary creation, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, Francis Collins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, pseudogenes, Queen Mary University London, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, University of Stockholm, Washington University}

Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Arts
Cultural Anthropology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, burial, creativity, culture, footprints, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Washington University}

Human Origins: All in the Family

_{Casey Luskin
November 1, 2022

Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Read More ›