Irreducible Behe: The Shy Revolutionary Who Took Down Darwin

Albert Einstein, bacterial flagellar motor, biochemistry, cell's, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Black Box, Evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, George Gilder, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, National Review, nature, New York Times, Paul Nelson, quantum theory, Revolutionary Behe, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, Watson and Crick
The cell for Darwin was a black box. He was, in that sense, blind — and the blindness was the condition in which he formulated his theory. Source
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DNA and Beyond: A Multilayered Revolution

biologists, biology, Charles Darwin, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, Evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, genetics, genome, Intelligent Design, James P. Gills, John F. Kennedy, microbiology, Peter Lipton, purposiveness, Rice University, Royal Society, Stephen Buranyi, Technology, The Guardian, Third Way of Evolution, Thomas E. Woodward, Victorian England, Weltanschauung, Worldview
Because we are dealing with foundational scientific discoveries, we will address several “So what?” questions. Source
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God Would Not Create Things That Way? Nature Alone Could Not

Charles Darwin, Chicago, chimps, Christianity for Doubters, common design, consciousness, DNA, echolocation, elementary particles, Evolution, Faith & Science, Field Museum of Natural History, fossil skulls, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, Intelligent Design, modern humans, nature, New York Times News Service, nuclear power plants, Origin of Species, paleontologists, paleontology, physics, primates, Smart Phones, supercomputers, Technology, Why Evolution Is Different
Why does God remain backstage, hidden from view, working behind the scenes while we act out our parts in the human drama? Source
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Aboard the Lifeboat — or Cruise Ship — of Intelligent Design

Blaise Pascal, boats, Charles Darwin, Cicero, Conversations, courtrooms, cruise ship, DNA, entrepreneurs, executives, Florence, Galileo Galilei, HR departments, implossible, Intelligent Design, intention, Jesus, jobs, Kevin Kelly, leaders, Leonardo da Vinci, magazines, Michael Behe, Moses, Paul Nelson, Pythagoras, Renaissance, salary, scholars, Scientific Freedom, Stephen Meyer, talent, television, universities, Wa’a Kaulua, William Dembski
It takes persistence to remain on board. Not everyone is cut out for the life of a maligned academic. Source
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Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem

A Biologist’s View, African elephants, Asian elephants, Bible, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, chimps, classes, computers, creations, Darwinism, designs, Evolution, Evolution after Darwin, explosions, fossil record, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, Gorilla gorilla, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, humans, Intelligent Design, Jean Rostand, orders, paleontology, Pan paniscus, phyla, software, species pair problem, theists, TimeTree.org, University of Chicago Press
Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Source
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Cosmos and Life: Everything Points to a Paradigm Shift

biology, Canceled Science, Charles Darwin, cosmology, documentary, geocentric model, Intelligent Design, John von Neumann, laboratory, lies, materialistic worldview, natural causes, naturalistic universe, origin of life, planetary orbits, puddle, reality, scientific knowledge, solar system, spontaneous generation, stagnant water, swamp, The Story of Everything, truth
Why would most people avoid drinking stagnant water from a puddle or a swamp? Probably not for fear of ingesting some dissolved salts or minerals. Source
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Debating the Declaration: John West on Science in the American Founding

Alexander H. Stephens, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Cornerstone Speech, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, Founders, history of science, human equality, Intelligent Design, John West, liturgy, natural theology, political science, Politics, Power Line, scientific racism, slavery, Southerners, Steve Hayward, United States, window dressing
Even non-Christian Founders like Benjamin Franklin thought about the evidence for intelligent design. Franklin studied it as part of his private liturgy. Source
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The Story of Everything Dazzled Me: I Wasn’t Prepared

archival material, audience, Big Bang, biology, Brian Keating, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Eric Esau, Evolution, Faith & Science, filmmakers, films, Frank Tipler, Hollywood, intelligence, Intelligent Design, James Tour, John Lennox, materialism, Michael Behe, molecular machines, nano-technology, Nobel laureates, Peter Thiel, Poverty Inc., prizes, Return of the God Hypothesis, screener, Signature in the Cell, software, Stephen Meyer, storytelling, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, thinkers, universe, William Dembski
I’ve worked on successful documentary films, including a 2014 feature-length film that won multiple prizes; I’m not easily impressed. Source
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Myth and Legend in Darwin’s Famous Origins Story

Charles Darwin, cultural timing, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Europe, Evolution, False Messiah, history of science, ID The Future, interviews, life, mythology, Neil Thomas, philosophical appeal, scientific demonstration, scientific materialism, storytelling, Taking Leave of Darwin
Neil Thomas makes a case that the rise of Darwin’s theory owes much to cultural timing, philosophical appeal, and persuasive storytelling. Source
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Post-Darwin, Too, Maxwell Drew a Remarkable Design Inference

amino acids, British Association, Cambridge University, cancer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cecil J. Monro, Charles Darwin, Charles Thaxton, configurational entropy, cosmology, Daniel Silver, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution, fine-tuning, history of science, Intelligent Design, James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, Maxwell’s demon, molecules, Origin of Species, pain, pangenesis, physics, poetry, Punishment, Red Lions, science stopper, thermodynamics, Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
So far we detect significant prescience about intelligent design in Maxwell’s thought. He all but uses the phrase himself. Source
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