Design Filter Is Best Bet for Finding Liars

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Not all intelligent design is benevolent. Design can deceive. Can ID techniques filter the true from the false? Source
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Scientific Paper Reaffirms New Genes Required for Cambrian Explosion

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The notion that many genes would be required for the Cambrian explosion may seem unsurprising — what is surprising is that anyone would challenge the idea. Source
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Epiphany — Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

astrobiology, carbon, carbon chemistry, carbon-based life, Friedrich Wöhler, intelligent agency, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Michael Denton, organic chemistry, silicon-based life, teleology, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, vitalism
Biologists once wondered about a “life force,” but Michael Denton sees intelligence in the design of carbon, its unique properties, and its relation to water. Source
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Morphogenesis: Coding for Shape

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How do you get a 3-D shape from a linear code? That is the puzzle of morphogenesis. Source
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ID by Another Name? Astronomer Says 50 Percent Chance We’re Living in Computer Simulation

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Of course, an 80 percent chance that we live in an intelligently design world compares favorably with only a 50 percent chance. Source
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A Darwinist Recognizes (Some of) the Stakes in the Intelligent Design Debate

Alex Rosenberg, Areo, Atheism, Darwinism, divine image, equality, eugenics, Evolution, evolution debate, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, human dignity, Human Zoos, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Intelligent Design, Jamie Milton Freestone, John West, Michael Behe, neo-Nazis, neo-Nazism, nihilism, non-overlapping magisteria, pseudoscientific racism, Racism, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientific racism, skin color, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, University of Queensland, vitalism
I would be curious to hear how Darwinists like Dr. Freestone reconcile their evolutionism not just with religion but with their commitment to human equality. Source
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Taking Applications Now to Be Our New Education and Outreach Coordinator!

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What if ID scientists went about their work, uncovering evidence of purpose and meaning in biology and cosmology, but…no one ever heard about it? Source
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Repentant Biology Journal Offers a Weak Rebuttal to Its Own Pro-ID Fine-Tuning Paper

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The authors close by quoting Carl Sagan’s famous adage that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Do they offer that kind of evidence? Source
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Michael Denton Identifies TWO Intelligent Designs in the Universe

Big Bang, biology, carbon, Chemistry, consciousness, Discovery Institute, fine-tuning, fitness, Francis Bacon, Intelligent Design, life, mankind, medieval synthesis, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, mind, nature, organs, physics, Reconquista, The Fitness of Nature for Mankind, The Miracle of the Cell
“The whole world works together in the service of man,” as Francis Bacon wrote. Denton revives this ancient insight with modern rigor. Source
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