30May 2025 by Post

The Paradox of Biological Reproduction 

Alexander Tsarias, automobiles, BioCosmos, cars, common sense, David Klinghoffer, duplication errors, genetics, grandchildren, information, Intelligent Design, Levinthal paradox, Life Sciences, materialism, mathematics, Model T, molecular biology, natural selection, Plato, Plato's Revenge, replication, reproduction, Richard Sternberg, Timaeus, unintelligent forces
Reproduction poses a difficult paradox for materialistic science despite the fact that we see it happen every day. Source
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29Jan 2025 by Post

Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

adaptations, Armin Moczek, automobile lineages, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, biology, cars, convergence, creator, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, Evolution, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Field Museum of Natural History, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, improvements, Indiana University, Intelligent Design, life, magic wand, New York Times, PDE2D, physics, planning, software, Technology, testing, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, theology, unintelligent process, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert
If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Source
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29Sep 2023 by Post

Paper Digest: Application of Animal Forms in Auto Styling

aerodynamic drag, aircraft wings, airfoil, Andrew M. King, animal designs, automobiles, automotive designs, Barracuda, beetle, biology, body profiles, Bronco, cars, constraints, curves, drag coefficient, Engineering, environmental requirements, Evolution, eyes, functional requirements, gills, headlights, Impala, Intelligent Design, interface requirements, Jaguar, Mustang, Paper Digest, peer-reviewed literature, performance requirements, Ram, Stuart C. Burgess, symmetry, tail, The Design Journal, trout, wholeness
The preeminence of design in nature and the utility of mimicking natural designs is a concept championed by the intelligent design community. Source
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04Jan 2022 by Post

The Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law 

American Journal of Physics, atoms, automobiles, BIO-Complexity, Biological Information: New Perspectives, civilization, coins, computers, duplication errors, earth, Events, Evolution, Intelligent Design, materialists, mathematics, natural forces, open system, origin of life, physics, Physics Essays, Physics, Earth & Space, rubble, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicator, sun, The Numerical Solution of Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, tornado, William Dembski
Extremely improbable events must be macroscopically (simply) describable to be forbidden. Source
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03Sep 2021 by Post

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Short Answer

automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, cars, classes, convergence, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, dependency graph, dolphins, Dutch, echolocation, English, Evolution, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, Harvard University, Intelligent Design, orders, phyla, Polish, science fiction, software, Spanish, Technology, Tree of Life, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert
You don't have time to give a 30-minute answer outlining the different meanings of the word "evolution" and the evidence pro and con for each. Source
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18Jun 2020 by Post

Chance, Necessity, and Design

automobiles, chance, chassis, critics, design, design detection, differential, doors, explanatory filter, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Waldman, Joshua Swamidass, kinetic theory of heat, necessity, probability, repudiation, retirement, rust, Rust: The Longest War, Sean McDowell, shocks, Uncommon Descent
ID supporters continue to send me emails about Josh Swamidass. The latest hammers on a comment I made in 2008 at Uncommon Descent, namely: “I’ve pretty much dispensed with the EF [Explanatory Filter]. It suggests that chance, necessity, and design are mutually exclusive. They are not. Straight CSI is clearer as a criterion for design detection.” I would not write that now. In my view the filter is just fine and it neither conflates nor falsely differentiates the three modes of explanation (chance, necessity, and design). My comment back then should be seen as an unnecessary concession to critics, not as undercutting the filter per se. To properly use the Explanatory Filter, it is vital to identify what exactly one is trying to explain. Take a rusted automobile. In Jonathan Waldman’s wonderful…
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