Category: Intelligent Design

07Jun 2024 by Post

The Junk Shop of Andreas Wagner

Andreas Wagner, arrival of the fittest, automobile, contraptions, Darwinian evolution, de novo genes, Evolution, Francois Jacob, gadgets, genes, Intelligent Design, junk shop, junkyard, molecular machines, predictions, Sleeping Beauties, tinkerer, William Dembski, Zeitgeist

The fundamental dilemma is this: whenever you co-opt any part from an old system and put it in a new system, there are two possibilities. Source

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05Jun 2024 by Post

Luskin: Why Intelligent Design Is the Truly Scientific Method

Apologetics, biology, codicil, cosmolog, Evidence, Evolution, Faith & Science, intelligent activity, Intelligent Design, methodological naturalism, natural explanations, reasons to believe, scientific evidence, scientific method

That codicil, a matter of personal or philosophical preference, binds and blinds the scientist in a way that is NOT scientific. Source

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05Jun 2024 by Post

Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheists, Catholic Church, David Berlinski, Enigmatic, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, Jews, kinesin, molecular machines, Muslims, Philip Ball, proteins, Protestants, Robert Shedinger, Thomas Nagel, Will Herberg

I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Source

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03Jun 2024 by Post

“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

BBC Horizon, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, California, Cambridge University Press, design filter, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Kenneth Miller, Michael Shellenberger, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, nature, Nature (journal), North Atlantic Right Whale, Patrick Brown, Save the Right Whale Coalition, scientific materialism, specification, The Design Inference, wildfires, William Dembski, Winston Ewert

William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Source

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01Jun 2024 by Post

How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

biology, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Eric Anderson, Evolution, evolutionary narrative, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, Long Story Short, materialism, non-coding DNA, Podcast, progress of science, science stopper

For decades, we’ve been told that only a tiny percentage of DNA is functional and that the vast majority is useless junk. Source

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31May 2024 by Post

The Big Bang Simplified

Albert Einstein, astronomy, Big Bang, big squeeze, calculus, Discovery Institute Press, earth, General Theory of Relativity, Georges Lemaȋtre, gravitational attraction, gravitational theory, In the Beginning, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Jean-Pierre Luminet, mathematics, Nicolaus Copernicus, Nobel Prize, philosophy, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, special theory of relativity, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, universe

Since very few people understand Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, for most of us the Big Bang seems very mysterious and counterintuitive. Source

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27May 2024 by Post

Clarifying Loaded Words in the Evolution Debate

biologists, common descent, debate, dialogue, Evidence, Evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Memorial Day, natural selection, Podcast, Robert Waltzer

Biologist Robert Waltzer describes an encouraging success story of his about fostering open dialogue. Source

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27May 2024 by Post

The Conviction that ET Is Out There Survives Every Setback

alien life, artificial superintelligence, astrobiologists, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, extra-terrestrial intelligence, faith, fine-tuning, galaxy, gamma ray bursts, Great Filter Hypothesis, Intelligent Design, Occam's Razor, Paul Davies, Physics, Earth & Space, Roger Penrose, stars

The usual practice in science would rule out mundane explanations first. But clearly, that is a road not taken. Source

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25May 2024 by Post

Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

Artificial Intelligence, Bill Gates, Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, evolutionary innovations, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Mark Zuckerberg, Neuroscience & Mind, Nobel laureates, Robert J. Marks, robots, Roger Penrose, Sir Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith

Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Source

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21May 2024 by Post

Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?

"God of the gaps", Andrea Roli, argument from ignorance, biology, blacks, élan vital, Ernst Mayr, Evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Huffington Post, Intelligent Design, Irish immigrants, Jacques Monod, James Barham, James Shapiro, Kardashian family, Peter Corning, Racism, Samir Okasha, Stuart A. Kauffman, University of Chicago, vital force, vitalism

For proponents of ID, there is a natural temptation to respond to this sort of explanation with derision. I suspect this reaction may be short-sighted. Source

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