20Dec 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Nakridletia — The Rise and Fall (and Possible Resurrection) of a Fossil Insect Order

aquatic flies, biology, China, Daohugou site, Darwinian theory, ectoparasites, Evolution, fleas, forewings, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, gyroscopes, holometabolan insects, insects, Intelligent Design, Middle Jurassic, mouthparts, Nakridletia, paleontology, parasites, parasitic insects, pincers, pterosaurs, scorpionflies, Strashila incredibilis, Strashilidae, strashilids, Vosilidae, wings
So, were strashilids a distinct order of parasitic insects or just aquatic flies? Source
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20Dec 2024 by Post

Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding

AI systems, amino acids, Artificial Intelligence, boats, brain, butterflies, cranes, Creativity, Cyclommatus metallifer, DNA, embryonic development, Evolution, flowers, folds, information content, Intelligent Design, intelligent entities, Isaac Gonzalez, large language models, nucleotides, origami, planes, simulations, spinal cord, Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2
The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities. Source
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18Dec 2024 by Post

“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

abrupt transitions, Avalon explosion, Big Bangs, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge, Creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Berlinski, Ediacaran biota, England, Evolution, explosions, flowering plants, fossil record, Gerd Müller, gradualism, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, jumps, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, predictions, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, saltations
You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Source
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16Dec 2024 by Post

Intelligent Design and Aquinas’ Fifth Way

analogy, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, Bernard Carr, black widow, Catholic philosophy, Catholics, DNA, evangelical Protestants, Faith & Science, genetic mutations, god-of-the-gaps fallacy, gospels, information, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, intentions, Jesus, John Paul II, Michael Chaberek, molecular biology, natural selection, philosophy, praying mantis, sparrows, specified complexity, Summa Theologiae, Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas did not have examples of specified complexity as in molecular biology, but it is possible to find a text that suggests he would favor of ID. Source
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11Dec 2024 by Post

Our View of Nature Matters; Here’s Why

Adolf Hitler, authoritarianism, beauty, Berghof, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado, dehumanization, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Academy, DiscoveryU, Education, Evolution, German-Austrian border, information codes, Intelligent Design, Long Story Short, meadows, Michael Egnor, mountains, nature, serenity, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos
I was standing amidst the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s retreat near the German-Austrian border, where some of the worst atrocities in history were planned. Source
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09Dec 2024 by Post

Natural Selection: The God that Failed

Alfred North Whitehead, Apostle Paul, Catholic Church, Christians, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, earthquakes, Europe, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, god-of-the-gaps fallacy, Greek philosophers, Human Origins, human soul, intelligent agent, Intelligent Design, John Lennox, lightning, New Testament, Nobel laureates, non-coding, Poseidon, pre-Socratics, Robert Laughlin, Scriptures, thunder, Zeus
The god-of-the-gaps objection does have some merit to it, but it does not rule out ID. The progress of science has dethroned a multitude of false gods. Source
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