15Sep 2026 by Post

Be Careful! Don’t Think These Authors Are Practicing Intelligent Design

amino acids, astrobiology, Darwinian theory, description length, descriptions, Design Inference, Evolution, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial intelligent design, genetic code, genetics, Intelligent Design, intelligent message, International Journal of Astrobiology, misconception, natural evolution, nucleons, nucleotide, nucleotides, proline, side chains, specification, The Design Inference
The idea of finding an intelligent message encoded in the standard genetic code is certainly a fascinating possibility. Source
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11Sep 2026 by Post

Those Demons at the Core: Taut New Thriller by Geoffrey Simmons

9/11 attack, arts, Chicago, CN Tower, demon core, demons, Em Lattimer, ethics, Geoffrey Simmons, Glenn Winders, Hiroshima, Intelligent Design, Japan, John Zmirak, Los Angeles, Manhattan Project, new york, novels, nuclear weapons, Ontario, Oppenheimer’s Demon, Ottawa, physics, September, thrillers, Toronto, United States, Washington, World Trade Center
Author Simmons is, among other things, a disaster preparedness expert. The outcome here would make 9/11 seem negligible. Source
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09Sep 2026 by Post

The Marvel of a Seed — Applications for Intelligent Design

biotechnology, biotic populations, Center for Science and Culture, Christians, Conversations, Evolution, Faith & Science, farming, fruit, ID Education Day, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, John West, multicellular complexity, offspring, Pew Research Center, reproducibility, Science and Culture Today, seeds, seminars, Summer Seminars, synthetic biochemistry
Growth of the ID movement has occurred through “sowing the seeds” of evidential support for the theory. Source
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08Sep 2026 by Post

Duke University to Remove Access to C. W. Howell’s Dissertation with Fabrication

abstract, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Discovery Institute, dissertation, documentation, Duke University, Evolution, fabrication, Intelligent Design, investigation, Michael Behe, New York University Press, notation, Office of Counsel, public access, publishers, reputational harm
On August 27, I wrote to Duke's Office of Counsel, informing them that Howell’s book has been withdrawn by its publisher because of the fabricated quote. Source
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04Sep 2026 by Post

How a Christian Magazine and a Christian Scholar Boosted a Book with a Fabricated Quote

academic fabrication, ACLU, atheists, Brian Josephson, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christian magazines, Christianity Today, Christians, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, Dover School District, Edward Larson, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, materialists, Michael Behe, misinformation, New York University Press, Oxford University, Pulitzer Prize, Ronald Numbers, Scopes trial, secular voices, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Summer for the Gods, William Jennings Bryan
As you might have noticed, the critics of intelligent design I’m discussing here aren’t atheists or materialists. Source
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02Sep 2026 by Post

Evolutionary Models Reward Complexity for Complexity’s Sake

Artificial Cell Model, avida, calculations, Christoph Adami, complex systems, Complexity, Computational Sciences, computer models, enzymes, Evolution, evolutionary models, fitness, genomes, information, Intelligent Design, metabolites, precursor molecules, pykaryotes, simplicity, The Evolution of Biological Information, Thomas Ray, Tierra
But then the complexity is not interesting. Crucially, it’s not really information. Source
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02Sep 2026 by Post

Nonsense with “Nanozymes”: New Origin-of-Life Theory Fails to Impress

aaas, American Association for the Advancement of Science, amino acids, cell's, cellular metabolism, chemical reactions, chemists, DNA, early Earth, Energy, energy production, failed models, information processing, Intelligent Design, investigators, mind, nanozymes, nucleotide chains, origin of life, overinterpretation, particles, peptides, photosynthesis, polymerization, Protein World, proteins, Research (journal), RNA, RNA world, self-replicating RNA, thermodynamics, Yongdong Jin
Yongdong Jin proposes that microscopic particles, which he terms nanozymes, orchestrated many of the major steps in the synthesis of the first cell. Source
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31Aug 2026 by Post

Grappling with Our Promethean Past … and Future

9/11, artificial inteligence, arts, Benjamin Franklin, bioethics, bombing, Chicago, Christianity, Chronicles, disaster preparedness, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, district attorney, Fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, George Whitefield, Hiroshima, Hollywood, Intelligent Design, John Zmirak, Just War, Manhattan Project, Michael Crichton, Michael Fassbender, morality, near-death experiences, nuclear physicists, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer’s Demon, philosophy, physicians, Robert Oppenheimer, tactical nuclear weapons, Technology, The Odyssey, thrillers, World War II, Worldview
As with film, we’d also be wise to support works in other genres that skillfully depict fictional worlds infused with a truthful worldview. Source
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