Tag: Winston Ewert

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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 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
Casey Luskin

Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algorithmic specified complexity, Animal Algorithms, birds, brain hemispheres, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian phyla, Center for Science and Culture, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, Emily Reeves, evolutionary biology, fossil explosions, function, functional information, genetics, genomics, George Montañez, goal-directedness, Günter Bechly, Homo (genus), insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Kolmogorov complexity, land plants, mammals, marine invertebrates, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Minding the Brain, molecular biology, Nature Communications, Origin of Species, paleontology, Piers Morgan, protein science, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, split-brain surgery, Stephen Meyer, Taking Stock at 30 (series), teleology, The Design Inference, The Immortal Mind, Theistic Evolution (book), William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Explosions Persist, and Other Confirmations of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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From 2016 until his tragic death in 2025, Bechly made many important contributions to ID literature on the topic of fossil explosions in the history of life. Read More ›

Glittering dna helix with golden particles in a biotech concept

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetyl tags, biochemical functionality, BioEssays, biological codes, Biological Theory, biology, code, control, convergence, DNA, ENCODE project, evolution, First Things, Forrest Mims, Francis Collins, genes, Genome Biology and Evolution, Human Genome Project, information, information compression, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, methyl tags, Michael Levin, mind, ontogenetic information, paradigm shift, phylogenetic signal, phylogenomic conflict, Platonism, random mutations, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science stopper, Simon Conway Morris, Taking Stock at 30 (series), Third Way of Evolution, Tufts University, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 29, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, biomechanics, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, constraints, Emily Reeves, expectations, function, functional information, genetics, Genetics (journal), George Montañez, intelligence, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Michael Behe, neurophysiology, peer-reviewed literature, predictions, protein science, purpose, Research, Robert J. Marks, scientific theory, scientists, Stuart Burgess, systematics, Systems Biology, William Dembksi, Winston Ewert}

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Provides a How-To Manual for Using ID to Guide Research

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The paper explains what the theory of intelligent design is and how it can be used to generate testable scientific predictions, or “expectations.” Read More ›

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Date
July 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, BIO-Complexity, buried treasure, Conservation of Information, Douglas Axe, downhill, elevation, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness, flood, higher ground, hill climbing, information, local optimum, mathematics, natural selection, Nature Ecology and Evolution, optimum, protein folds, RNA sequences, Sam F. Greenbury, uphill, Winston Ewert}

New Paper: Appeals to Evolutionary Plateaus Do Not Save Evolution

_{Science & Culture
July 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In evolution, mutations that increase fitness can be thought of as moving uphill, whereas mutations that decrease fitness can be thought of as moving downhill. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, algorithm, Ariel Chipman, Artificial Selection, balancing selection, BioEssays, Cambrian Explosion, co-option, conservation, Darwin Devolves, Dyna Rochmyaningsih, evolution, Galápagos Islands, gene duplication, genetic drift, genetic mutations, Hugo de Vries, hybridization, introgression, John Sanford, John Templeton Foundation, magic, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mount improbable, Mutant Ninja Turtles, natural selection, negative selection, Owen D. Jones, personification, Phillip E. Johnson, polyploidy, process, programming, pterosaur, purifying selection, Richard Lewontin, Robert Hazen, Spiderman, stabilizing selection, Stuff Happens Law, subfunctionalization, survival of the fittest, The Design Inference, Tom Bethell, tuatara, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Evolutionists Need a Refresher Course in Natural Selection

_{David Coppedge
June 9, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Abuses of the concept of natural selection abound not only in science news but in scientific papers in major journals as well. It’s time for a remedial course. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, biology, biology class, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Douglas Theobald, Emily Reeves, engineering, evolution, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genetic code, Gerald Fudge, glycolysis, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, lipid membranes, Roman Catholicism, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Barr, Theistic Evolution (book), theistic evolutionists, theology, universal common descent, variant codes, Winston Ewert}

Theistic Evolution Book Cites Debunked Icons

_{Casey Luskin
May 19, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

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Professor Kuebler uses a classical argument for common descent, citing the universality of the genetic code. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 12, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
History of Science
Physics
Tagged
, astrology, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, Christian Church, Christianity, determinism, early Christian thinkers, evidence, Greek philosophies, heavens, ID the Future, immutability, intellectual humility, intelligent design, modern science, morality, original sources, podcast, science and faith, scientific consensus, scientific theories, Scripture, software engineers, theology, Winston Ewert}

Historical Reasoning, Modern Science: A Conversation with Winston Ewert

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 12, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, History of Science, Physics

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Dr. Ewert and I dive into the rich history of how early Christian thinkers engaged with the scientific consensus of their time. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
March 11, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, aether, air, Aristotle, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, change, circular movement, cosmologists, creation, dark energy, dark matter, destruction, earth, elements, ethers, fire, galaxies, heavens, heavy elements, immutability, light elements, linear movement, modern science, natural forces, night, outer space, pace, physics, rotation, smoke, speed, stars, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, water, Winston Ewert}

Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

_{Winston Ewert
March 11, 2026

History of Science, Philosophy, Physics

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Modern theories postulate entities to account for differences between what we would expect from physics and our observations of distant space. Read More ›