10Apr 2021 by Post

Experiments on “Self-Replicating” RNA Indicate the Need for Intelligent Agency in Life’s Origin

enzymes, Evolution, experimental conditions, experiments, information, Intelligent Design, investigator interference, investigator intervention, nucleotide sequences, nucleotides, origin of life, polymerase, replication, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, self-replication, temperature variations
Any evolving system of RNAs would quickly include almost exclusively RNAs that performed no biologically useful actions. Source
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09Apr 2021 by Post

New Article Purports to Help Explain the Origin of the Genetic Code

Alexandra Kühnlein, binary code, Dieter Braun, DNA, early Earth, error threshold, Evolution, genetic code, intelligent agency, Intelligent Design, investigator intervention, James Tour, nucleotides, NUPACK, origin of life, protein enzymes, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Simon Lanzmich
Without all of the described investigator interventions, a system of replicating RNAs could never emerge or even sustain itself. Source
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08Apr 2021 by Post

Charles Marshall: Origin of Life Could Have Happened “Millions of Times”

alkaline vent, Australia, Charles Marshall, chemical determinism, codons, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Doubt, David Raup, Evolution, evolutionary theory, genetic code, Intelligent Design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Michael Yarus, Pajaro Dunes meeting, paleontologists, Phillip Johnson, protein translation, ribosomes, RNA world, Science (journal), Science at Cal, U.C. Berkeley, University of Chicago
Charles Marshall at U.C. Berkeley represents establishment opinion in current evolutionary theory, and for good reason. Source
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04Apr 2021 by Post

Meyer: “Is the Designer an Alien or God?”

alien intelligence, atheists, biological information, Brian Keating, cosmos, DNA, HarperOne, Intelligent Design, New Atheism, origin of life, panspermia, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientists, The Stream, U.C. San Diego
"The fine-tuning of the universe is better explained by an intelligent agent that transcends the universe, with attributes that we associate with God." Source
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02Apr 2021 by Post

As Church Membership Slumps Ominously, Time for a Return of the God Hypothesis

agnostics, Bill Nye, Brian Josephson, Christianity, Christians, Christopher Hitchens, church membership, Daniel Dennett, Discovery Institute, Eastern, Faith & Science, Gallup, HarperOne, Intelligent Design, Jews, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, Nobel Prize, Philosophy of Science, polling data, religious belief, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Federalist, Victor Stenger
"Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend." Source
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02Apr 2021 by Post

Prager, Meyer: Evidence for a Personal God Behind the Cosmos

bestsellers, Big Bang, biological information, Brian Keating, Dennis Prager, dessert, Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, malevolent design, natural evil, nature, Personal God, Philosophy of Science, proof, Radio, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theists, U.C. San Diego, Ultimate Issues Hour, universe
Why does the universe have to be on so a grand of scale of space and time? Why does God require such an imposing canvas? Source
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31Mar 2021 by Post

Meyer, Keating: Why Was the Object of Creation So Long in Coming? And Other Good Questions

agnostics, Big Bang, Brian Keating, cosmological models, cosmology, Creation, Human Origins, humans, Intelligent Design, Judaism, Losing the Nobel Prize, Meaning, Messiah, physicists, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, purpose, rationality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, U.C. San Diego, Young Earth Creationists
I listened in the car on my way to and from a funeral. Obviously, the end of life, like its beginning, is an occasion for pondering ultimate questions. Source
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