19Mar 2024 by Post

Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

accommodationism, Andreas Wagner, biological complexity, biology, convergence, Evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fine-tuning, fitness landscapes, flora and fauna, Intelligent Design, laws of nature, Ockham’s razor, preconditions, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, science, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), William Dembski
If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Source
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18Jan 2024 by Post

Peer Review May Be Beyond Reform

abortions, academic literature, Campbell’s Law, Carole Hooven, conflict of interest, Culture & Ethics, Cynthia Hudson Vitale, DEI, Discovery Institute, disinformation, Donald T. Campbell, evolutionary biologists, Fertility, Frontiers in Psychology, Goodhart’s Law, Harvard University, Laszlo Bencze, Leslie D. McIntosh, mental health, Mind Matters News, paleontology, peer reviewers, pregnancy, pro-life, retraction, Robert J. Marks, Walter Bradley Center
Harvard is going to have quite a job convincing the world that it is still serious about reality-based thinking, never mind peer review. Source
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02Apr 2023 by Post

Michael Behe on Why Lenski’s Experiments Show Devolution, Not Evolution

breaking things, citrate, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, flasks, genes, genetic information, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, Michigan State University, mutations, niche advantages, novelty, oxygen, Podcast
Biochemist Michael Behe reviews the well-known Long Term Evolution Experiment at Michigan State. Source
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04Jan 2023 by Post

Brain Scientist: Consciousness Didn’t Evolve; It Creates Evolution

Big Bang, cognitive science, computer, computers, conscious realism, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, David Chalmers, desktop, Donald Hoffman, electronics, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, Evolutionary Game Theory, mind-body problem, natural selection, Neuroscience & Mind, physicalists, pixels, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, science, University of California, Visual Intelligence, voltage
Donald Hoffman says that even the Big Bang must be understood in a universe where consciousness is fundamental. Source
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18Jun 2022 by Post

The Challenge from Jason Rosenhouse

biologists, debate, email, engineers, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Intelligent Design, Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, Leo Kadanoff, mathematicians, peer-reviewed literature, physics, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, University of Chicago, YouTube videos
"The response would be a lot chillier if they tried the same arguments in front of audiences with the relevant expertise." Is that so? Source
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04Jun 2022 by Post

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

Agouti, agriculture, algorithm, ant colony, antennae, anternet, ants, Bert Hölldobler, biology, brains, capybara, castes, cities, computer, computer programmers, consensus-building, Deborah M. Gordon, division of labor, E. O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, Intelligent Design, language, larvae, leafcutter ants, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pheromones, pupae, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism, territorial wars, The Superorganism
Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Source
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07May 2022 by Post

Can Materialistic Models Accommodate the Scientific Data?

cancer, cancer cluster, chance, cosmic fine-tuning, data, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, fossil record, geological time, Intelligent Design, materialistic science, multiverse, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, punctuated equilibrium, Stephen Jay Gould, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)
Would you believe someone who claimed that fairies and leprechauns were caught on video, but they are too small or too fast to be seen? Source
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25Feb 2022 by Post

No “Hopeful Monster,” Flower Demonstrates Evolution by Subtraction

APETALA3-3, Aquilegia coerulea, biology, Biston betularia, Chaetodipus intermedius, Charles Darwin, Colorado, Colorado blue columbine, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic information, Harrison Tasoff, hopeful monster, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, Life Sciences, Michael Behe, petals, positive selection, saltation, Scott Hodges, sepals, spurs, Stephen Meyer, UC Santa Barbara, Zachary Cabin, Zombie Science
Evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, noticed something peculiar about the columbines in a region of Colorado. Source
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10Sep 2021 by Post

New BIO-Complexity Paper Details Complexity of Function and Assembly of Bacterial Flagellum

bacterial flagellum, BIO-Complexity, chemotaxis, Complexity, computer science, degradation, elegance, engineers, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, filament, fine-tuning, gears, gene expression, hook, Intelligent Design, peer-reviewed literature, proteins, rod, Science (journal), stator, Waldean Schulz
The author, Dean Schulz, an engineer with a PhD in computer science, takes a “bottom up” approach. Source
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