11Jul 2025 by Post

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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14Apr 2025 by Post

Sporulation: Another Example of a Transcriptional Hierarchy

apoptosis, axial filament, Bacillus subtilis, biological systems, chromosome, cortex, dehydration, desiccation, dormancy, Evolution, flagellar genes, forespore, gene-coding, heat, Intelligent Design, master-architect, mother cell, peptidoglycan, regulator, Salmonella, signaling protein, Spo0A, SpoIIR, spore, spore coats, sporulation, transcriptional hierarchy, UV radiation
Examples like this suggest the existence of a master-architect behind biological systems. Source
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07Mar 2022 by Post

Application of ID: Leveraging Design Triangulation to Anticipate Biological Redundancy

Bacillus, Bacillus subtilis, beauty, biological redundancy, biological systems, biology, catalytic converters, cellular cost, design triangulation, duplicate genes, E. coli, elegance, Elizabeth Mueller, environment variability, enzymes, Evolution, fine-tuning, fitness, function, gene expression, genetic information, Intelligent Design, keyless entry systems, laboratory conditions, maintenance, Neo-Darwinism, optimality, periplasmic enzymes, precision, proteins, responsive backup circuits, robustness, speakers, sporulation, Stanford University, storage, transmission
In previous posts, I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. Source
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