19Nov 2021 by Post

Meyer, Isaac: Is Information in DNA “Abstract”?

abstraction, American Scientific Affiliation, Brian Miller, Christianity, DNA, English, Evolution, Francis Crick, information, Intelligent Design, nucleotide bases, origin of life, Randy Isaac, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley
The American Scientific Affiliation is an association of Christian scientists who are not on the whole supportive of scientific arguments for intelligent design. Source
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01Nov 2021 by Post

Big Tech Wants to Control the Future; Here’s What We Can Do About That

1984, algorithms, Ann Gauger, Big Tech, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, censorship, Darwin’s Cancel Culture, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, dystopia, Emily Reeves, Evolution News, free speech, George Orwell, Günter Bechly, information, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan Wells, memory hole, Michael Behe, Ministry of Truth, News Media, Paul Nelson, scientists, Stephen Meyer
According to the Party slogan, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Source
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14Oct 2021 by Post

Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

adaptation, biology, cichlid fish, engineered systems, Evolution, evolutionary theory, genes, genetic diversity, information, Intelligent Design, Kara Feilich, Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyka, Lake Victoria, mutation rate, natural genetic engineering, operational gravity well, phenotypic plasticity, principal component analysis, tracking model of adaptation
Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Source
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25Sep 2021 by Post

The Design Connection in Biological Tracking Systems

anatomy, antibiotics, biology, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, environmental conditions, Evolution, evolvability, information, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, neo-Darwinian evolution, physiology, sensors, switches, technological innovation, timescales, tracking systems, waiting times, Zoltan Szallasi
If organisms resulted from haphazard undirected processes, their design constraints would be few and highly flexible. Source
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16Sep 2021 by Post

Rats! Another Code Found in Whiskers

blood pressure, cats, cochlear hair cells, Darwinism, Dogs, Evolution, evolutionary theory, information, Intelligent Design, lobsters, Mitra Hartmann, neuron firings, Nicholas Bush, Northwestern University, PNAS, rabbits, rats, rodents, Sara Solla, sea lions, touch-screen phone, Vg neurons, whiskers, whisking
Neurons in a rat’s whiskers “represent multiple stimulus features in a tiled and continuous manner, thus encoding large regions of a complex sensory space.” Source
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02Sep 2021 by Post

The Federalist on Stephen Meyer’s Latest ­— “Harder and Harder to Dismiss Intelligent Design”

Big Bang, Brian Josephson, Cambridge University, cosmic fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, Granville Sewell, information, Intelligent Design, Nobel Prize, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Federalist, universe
The “corporate media” is an apt formulation to describe the engine of mindless conformity that increasingly dominates our lives. Source
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10Jun 2021 by Post

Recognizing Design by a “Purposeful Arrangement of Parts”

Alvin Plantinga, complex specified information, computer program, Darwinian evolution, eyes, God and Other Minds, information, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Lydia McGrew, minds, philosophers, purpose, purposeful arrangement, spandrels, specified complexity, specified small probability, Stephen Meyer
A correspondent asked about “specified complexity” and the intelligent design of the eye. Source
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