What Academics Actually Think: Higher Priorities and Silent Support for Design

academia, academics, agnostics, atheists, biology, China, Discovery Institute, Engineering, Evolution, human nature, humanists, Intelligent Design, Lucy Hyde, origin of life, peer pressure, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Whewell Centre
"One of the most encouraging things I’ve found in academia is how many people secretly support intelligent design." Source
Read More

Darwin Devolves (Again): Circular Thinking and the Debilitating Assumptions

academics, anatomy, bad design, biology, biomechanics, bipedalism, circular thinking, Contradictions, devolution, divine design, engineers, Evolution, human ancestry, human body, human foot, humans, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, locomotion, Lucy Hyde, mammals, musculoskeletal system, Nathan Lents, prosthetic device, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Smithsonian Institution, theology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Worldview
"There is a reason why evolutionists focus on the human body as a prime example of bad design." Source
Read More

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Provides a How-To Manual for Using ID to Guide Research

biology, biomechanics, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, constraints, Emily Reeves, expectations, function, functional information, genetics, Genetics (journal), George Montañez, intelligence, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Junk DNA, Michael Behe, neurophysiology, peer-reviewed literature, predictions, protein science, purpose, Research, Robert J. Marks, scientific reasoning, scientific theory, scientists, Stuart Burgess, systematics, Systems Biology, William Dembksi, Winston Ewert
The paper explains what the theory of intelligent design is and how it can be used to generate testable scientific predictions, or “expectations.” Source
Read More

Dr. Burgess and Lucy Hyde: Explaining Problems with Wisdom Teeth and Jaw

anatomy, apes, bad design, Darwin Devolves, devolution, diet, Evolution, genetic defects, genetic devolution, health, humans, instructions, Intelligent Design, jaws, junk food, life, longevity, Lucy Hyde, Michael Behe, misuse, quadrupeds, refined sugar, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), spine, teeth, tooth decay, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, vegetables, wisdom teeth
"Again, she’s assuming that humans have evolved from ape-like quadruped creatures. Most apes have very powerful jaws that are bigger than ours." Source
Read More

A Fifteen-Second, Five-Finger Response to the Evolution Question

2. Does God Exist?, 3. Are Miracles Possible?, Christianity, Evolution, Gospel, Intelligent Design, Richard Stevens, Scientific Apologetics. apologetics
The friendly, mature volunteer at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden showed us the fascinating internal features of a saguaro cactus skeleton. I marveled aloud at its “amazing design.” The docent (guide) continued: “Yes, the mutations made this beauty of nature.” I didn’t want to argue and so decided not to contest the “mutations made it” claim. But I realized I need a powerful, clear, non-combative, easy-to-remember response to the question, “Why don’t you believe in evolution?” Here’s what occurred to me. We have a Five-Finger Response that does not immediately trigger the usual arguments about the fossil record, Darwin’s finches, bacteria resistance to antibiotics, or species sharing common DNA segments. And we can deliver it all in 15 seconds. The 15-Second Answer When someone asks you: “Why don’t you believe…
Read More

Ultimate Wiring: Design Approach Explains the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

"poor design", anatomy, bad design, Boeing 747, Bristol University, cable, engineers, Evolution, evolutionists, human body, Intelligent Design, larynx, Lucy Hyde, nerves, nervous system, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), scientific progress, soldiers, spacecraft, Stuart Burgess, superior laryngeal nerve, Technology, tolerance, trachea, Ultimate Engineering, wiring, __featured1
Think of a spacecraft. It might have 50 miles of wiring. In contrast, the human body has an incredible 50,000 miles of wiring. Source
Read More

Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague

"poor design", americans, anatomy, Aston Martin, back pain, bipedal skeleton, bipedalism, bridge design, bridges, Bristol University, Cambridge University, cars, Corvette, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Engineering, European Space Agency, Evolution, horizontal beams, human back, human body, human spine, Intelligent Design, intervertebral discs, Jerry Coyne, King Charles III, Liberty University, Lucy Hyde, Macroevolution, misuse, Nathan Lents, predictions, Prince Charles, quadrupedal skeleton, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Stuart Burgess, Ultimate Engineering, vertebrae
"We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!" Source
Read More

Science and Beauty: The Lens of Triperspectivalism

aesthetic criteria, Albert Einstein, Anthony O’Hear, Artemis II, Arthur Eddington, beauty, Brian Greene, coherence, controversy, disinterested, Earthset, empirical fit, existential, Faith & Science, fauna, fittingness, flora, fruitfulness, Guillermo Gonzalez, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, John Frame, Mare Orientale, mathematical beauty, Michael Keas, Milky Way, Moon, Nobel Prize, normative, oughtness, philosophers, pleasure, Science and Beauty (series), scientific theories, Serge Brunier, situational, solar eclipse, Steven Weinberg, subatomic particles, The Elegant Universe, The Evidential Power of Beauty, The Privileged Planet, theoretical virtues, Thomas Dubay, triperspectivalism
To the non-scientist, it may come as a surprise that scientists would appeal to aesthetic standards in evaluating the validity of scientific theories. Source
Read More

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
Read More