Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

accommodationism, Andreas Wagner, biological complexity, biology, convergence, Evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fine-tuning, fitness landscapes, flora and fauna, Intelligent Design, laws of nature, Ockham’s razor, preconditions, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, science, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), William Dembski
If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Source
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Bad News for the “Theist on the Street”

Big Bang, biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, common sense, continuity, cosmology, design detection, Douglas Axe, eagle eye, Emily Reeves, Evolution, fauna, fine-tuning, flora, hummingbird, Intelligent Design, intuition, laws of nature, non-agent cause, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theist on the street, theistic evolution
On Rope Kojonen's model, she no longer has grounds to trust her common-sense intuition of the design of the eagle’s eye. Source
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Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Chemistry, convergence, death, Diversity, Douglas Axe, electrostatic laws, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, Evolution, evolutionary algorithms, first law of thermodynamics, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, Intelligent Design, laws of forms, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, material mechanisms, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, periodic table of elements, phenotypic plasticity, physics, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)
The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Source
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Darwinism Needs Laws to Look Scientific; Cronin and Hazen Stand Ready to Serve

Adrian Bejan, Assembly Theory, Berra's Blunder, biology, Caltech, Carol Cleland, Cassini mission, chemical evolution, Constructal Law, Cornell University, Daniel Arend, Darwin’s genie, designer substitute, Doubts About Darwin, er Demar, Evolution, Evolution News, galumph, human technology, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Lunine, laws of nature, Lee Cronin, Michael Wong, multicellularity, Robert Hazen, selection, Stuart Bartlett, tautology, The Origin of Species, Thomas Woodward, Titan, Tova Forman, University of Glasgow
Desperate to justify their worldview as legitimate, some Darwinians are making up new “laws of nature” to appear smiling inside the big tent of science. Source
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Nature Reflects an Intelligent Design — But Also a Moral One

beauty, biochemical systems, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Complexity, David Klinghoffer, Divine Hiddenness argument, divine image, evil, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, food, free choice, George Ellis, Good, humans, information, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, laws of nature, life after death, lifespan, living cell, Nancey Murphy, nuclear weapons, physics, physiological systems, Templeton Prize, universe
Human beings must have freedom of choice if our actions are to have any meaning beyond the impersonal and predictable outcomes governed by the laws of physics. Source
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Intelligent Design and the Regularity of Natural Law

airplane crashes, automobile accidents, cable car, chemical plant explosions, Christopher Columbus, defeat, disappointment, drownings, failure, Faith & Science, floods, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, human body, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, laws of nature, Michelangelo, mountains, nature, Panama Canal, physics, risk, tragedy, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The laws of nature work together to create a magnificent world of mountains and rivers, jungles and waterfalls, oceans and forests, animals and plants. Source
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