Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail

bacteria, cars, chance, Complexity, Evolution, genome, hieroglyphics, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, life, materialism, Michael Denton, Michael Kent, molecular machines, nature, Podcast, proteins, scientific authorities, scientific inquiry, scientific materialists, software, specified information, unguided natural processes, unintelligent processes, universe
In our experience, this type of specified information always comes from a mind, whether it’s hieroglyphics or the origin of a car. Source
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Life as Computation: An AI Researcher’s (Unwitting) Argument for Intelligent Design

AI, Alan Turing, Antikythera, binary arithmetic, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, central processor, codons, Complexity, computation, Computational Sciences, computer science, computers, DNA, Google, Intelligent Design, John von Neumann, logic gates, MIT Press Reader, programmers, Universal Machine, What Is Intelligence?
How many computer geniuses did it take in order to produce even a tiny fragment of this complexity? And how great must be the mind that designed all this! Source
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Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

attractants, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biological systems, biology, bioluminescence, chemotaxis, Complexity, Darwin's Black Box, E. coli, Evolution, genes, Intelligent Design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, musicians, outer membrane, painters, poisons, proteins, Salmonella, signal transduction, sporulation, toxins
Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft. Source
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Learning About Biological Design from Human Art

anatomy, art, Complexity, designing process, electrical systems, fuel delivery, Icons of Evolution, ID The Future, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, invention, Jody Sjogren, Jonathan Wells, Life Sciences, Machine-Living System Analogy, mind, natural world, Podcast, power plants, sensory systems, structural systems engineer, visual form
How does an intelligent agent go from idea to artifact? What can the process of art teach us about the evidence of design in the natural world? Source
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Doctor’s Diary: I Couldn’t Put Plato’s Revenge Down

biology, brain, Brian Miller, chemicals, chess pieces, Complexity, concertos, David Klinghoffer, Doctor's Diary, double helix, egg, electric cords, embryo, Evolution, eyes, gene pool, genes, humor, information, Intelligent Design, Leonardo da Vinci, Medicine, piano, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, skyscraper, sperm, Stephen Iacoboni, What Darwin Didn’t Know
I rarely read a book as quickly as I read this text, and I virtually never read a book twice. Source
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Latest — and Largest — Intelligent Design Education Day Explores “Creepy Crawly Complexity”

biology, C. elegans, caterpillar, Center for Science and Culture, Complexity, Creepy Crawly Complexity, earthworms, ecosystem, Education, educators, George Damoff, Great Northern University, How to Code Life, insects, Intelligent Design, Intelligent Design Education Day, megradrilologists, Metamorphosis (film), Parents, Pedro Moura, roundworms, science educators, Seattle, spiders, Spokane, Summer Seminar, Tiny Tech, Washington State, worms
Talks by three different scientists showcased the astonishing abundance, diversity, and complexity of insects, spiders, and worms. Source
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New Paper Examines How the Complexity of Glycan Structures Points to Intelligent Design

BioCosmos, biology, carbohydrates, cell adhesion, Complexity, dGRNs, endoplasmic reticulum, epigenetic factors, Evolution, glycans, glycopatterns, glycosylation, glycosyltransferases, Golgi apparatus, immune responses, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, kidney cells, nerve cells, probabilistic resources, proteins, Russell Carlson, signaling, stochastic processes, University of Georgia
"This is, of course, important in order for a kidney cell to be and function as a kidney cell, a nerve cell to function as a nerve cell, and so forth." Source
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“Evolution in Real Time” (Yeah, Right)

anole lizards, breastmilk, Charles Darwin, Chlamydia, complex systems, Complexity, crab snails, Democrats, Evolution, foresight, gene flow, Georgia Tech, hemoglobin, Intelligent Design, interrelated parts, lactose, lionfish, mice, Michael Behe, mouse fur, multicellularity, natural selection, Parachlamydia, Republicans, Rosemary Grant, Rowan Barrett, speciation, The Atlantic, Tibet, University of Konstanz
Yet another article announces a sociological study has found public attention towards the lionfish “is aiding in monitoring its evolution nearly in real time.” Source
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