Our Lush World: Considering the Problem of Beauty

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“If, on the other hand, one views nature as ingenious artwork that cannot be reduced to the question of utility alone, these problems disappear.” Source
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Darwin’s Black Box, 30 Years On: A Seminal Contribution to Biology

A Mousetrap for Darwin, Baylor University, biochemistry, biology, Brown University, bubonic plague, Charles Thaxton, Congress, Darwin's Black Box, Douglas Axe, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, faculty, injectisome, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, James Shapiro, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, motorcycles, mousetrap, naturalists, non-theistic evolution, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, protein evolution, Roger Olsen, San Francisco, Seattle Pacific University, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, T3SS, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theistic evolution, Type 3 Secretory System, University of Chicago, Walter Bradley, Yersinia pestis, __featured1
It makes sense to think that the T3SS didn’t evolve into the bacterial flagellum, but that the bacterial flagellum shed some protein parts to become a T3SS.  Source
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Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

architecture, art galleries, arts, beauty, behavior, biomaxxing, Bryan Johnson, chromatin, concert halls, Culture, DNA, eating, environment, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, exercise, genes, gym, histones, Intelligent Design, literature, longevity, memory, Michael Denton, museums, music, neurocognitive capacity, Samantha Boardman, stress, Thomas P. Gills, Thomas Woodward, University College London, Wall Street Journal
Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Source
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Irreducible Behe: The Shy Revolutionary Who Took Down Darwin

Albert Einstein, bacterial flagellar motor, biochemistry, cell's, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Black Box, Evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, George Gilder, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, National Review, nature, New York Times, Paul Nelson, quantum theory, Revolutionary Behe, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, Watson and Crick
The cell for Darwin was a black box. He was, in that sense, blind — and the blindness was the condition in which he formulated his theory. Source
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Fashion and Faith in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

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This brings us, at last, to the remaining “cyclic” proposal, that of Roger Penrose, which is perhaps the most quixotic of all. Source
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Michael Denton’s Work Shows ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

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Fire is a central part of human existence, and it’s a necessary requirement for building technology, whether primitive or complex. Source
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Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

"poor design", Andrew Knoll, anxieties, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, debates, Earth and Life, Enceladus, Evolution, evolutionary icons, evolutionists, Faculty Club, Fear of Finding Out, Fear of Missing Out, Fear of Validating Outsiders, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heretics, Howard Glicksman, human body, ignorance, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Lucy Hyde, Michael Denton, phobias, Privileged Planet, Rasoul Sorkhabi, Rice University, scholarship, Science (journal), scientific reasoning, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Texas A&M University, The Conversation, Titan, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Your Amazing Body, Zombie Science
Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. 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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Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail

bacteria, cars, chance, Complexity, Evolution, genome, hieroglyphics, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, life, materialism, Michael Denton, Michael Kent, molecular machines, nature, Podcast, proteins, scientific authorities, scientific inquiry, scientific materialists, software, specified information, unguided natural processes, unintelligent processes, universe
In our experience, this type of specified information always comes from a mind, whether it’s hieroglyphics or the origin of a car. Source
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We are Children of Light and Water: Dr. Michael Denton

biochemists, Children of Light, circulation, coincidences, doctors, electromagnetic radiation, Evolution, fine-tuning, Fire-Maker, gamma rays, hydrologic cycle, Intelligent Design, light, metabolism, Michael Denton, photosynthesis, plate tectonics, radio waves, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, universe, water, wavelength
“In this vast range, there’s only one…infinitesimally small band which has the right energy for photosynthesis,” a prerequisite for human life. Coincidence? Source
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