Sexual Reproduction: Engineered for Success

Bayesian reasoning, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Black Box, egg, Engineering, Evolution, evolutionary theory, fertilization, forethought, goal, human reproduction, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, natural selection, Podcast, purpose, seminal fluid, sexual reproduction, sperm, sperm capacitation
I continue a three-part discussion with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie on why sex is the queen of problems for evolutionary theory. Source
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No. 9 Story for 2025: Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

autoimmune diseases, blood clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Medicine, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for 2025 was awarded to three immunologists who discovered regulatory T cells. Source
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 1, “Jones Judged Actual ID Theory, Not a Straw Man”

American Civil Liberties Union, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, Darwin Strikes Back, Darwin's Black Box, Design Inference, Evolution, Frequently Asked Questions, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, intelligent designers, irreducibly complex systems, Judge John E. Jones, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Michael Behe, molecular machines, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, Scott Minnich, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Design Revolution, theology, Thomas Woodward, Time magazine, William Dembski, Witold Walczak
At the end of the day, the ruling by Judge Jones really is not a refutation of intelligent design at all. Source
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 3, “Intelligent Design Has No Peer-Reviewed Publications”

amicus brief, Annalen der Physik, BioLogos, Cambridge University Press, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., De Revolutionibus, Discovery Institute, Dover trial, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Francis Collins, Hans Krebs, Harmut Michel, Intelligent Design, Iowa State University, John Angus Campbell, Juan Miguel Campanario, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Michael Behe, Michael J. Berridge, mutations, Nobel Prize, Of Pandas and People, Origin of Species, peer-reviewed journals, peer-reviewed publications, peer-reviewed research, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, protein science, Robert H. Michell, scientific reasoning, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, The Design Inference, type III secretion system
Unfortunately, Judge Jones got this simple question exactly wrong, giving life to a myth. This alone speaks volumes about his ruling. Source
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 4, “The Dover Ruling Refuted Intelligent Design”

bacteria, bacterial flagellum, blood clots, Bradley Monton, Darwin's Black Box, David Berlinski, dualism, Education, Evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Judge John E. Jones, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Laurence Moran, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Manyuan Long, Michael Behe, National Center for Science Education, peer-reviewed publications, puffer fish, scientific reasoning, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, The Origin of Species, Tyler Hampton, University of Kentucky, William Dembski, word salad
Expert witnesses like biochemist Michael Behe and microbiologist Scott Minnich testified about how irreducible complexity makes a positive case for design. Source
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David DeWolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, F. C. S. Schiller, Faith & Science, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley, __featured2
Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Source
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In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

Albert Einstein, Ambrose Bierce, biology, Carl Woese, complementarity, Darwin's Black Box, dualism, dualisms, Erwin Schrödinger, Essays on Life Itself, function, gravitation, Inertia, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, language, Life Itself, Mass, Michael Behe, molecular biologists, natural selection, phenotype, Philosophy of Science, physics, randomness, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientific reasoning, scientism, structure, structure-function relationships, The Devil's Dictionary, What Is Life?
It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Source
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Discovery Institute-Funded Paper in Scientific Reports Applies an ID-Inspired Approach to Cancer

anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, biochemistry, biochemists, Biola University, biomolecules, biosphere, cancer, curcumin, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, diseases, drugs, flavonoids, humans, Intelligent Design, Karl Krueger, leaf extract, lutein, lycopene, Magnolia alba, Medicine, Michael Behe, nanoparticles, photocatalytic, polyphenols, red grapefruit, Research, Richard Gunasekera, Scientific Reports, side effects, tomato, Tree of Life
Humans have bioengineered many drugs to fight cancer. We’ve all seen this: Many cancer drugs may work but they often have devastating side effects. Source
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Death by Intelligent Design? A Biological Enigma

animal kingdom, bacteria, Bible, biosphere, cancer, Casey Luskin, cat, cell division, chromosome, Darwin Devolves, death, DNA, earth, ecosystem, Faith & Science, humans, Intelligent Design, Karl Krueger, life, mice, Michael Behe, National Cancer Institute, origin of life, plants, proliferation, seeds, squirrels, telomeres
Limited lifespans, accompanied by reproductive continuation of the living organism, provide a sustainable balance for life. Source
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