27Apr 2024 by Post

Top Ten Cheats in “Monumental” Origin of Life Research

abiogenesis, early Earth, enzymes, Eric Anderson, Evolution, fitness, Gerald Joyce, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, intelligent intervention, intervention, James Tour, medical engineers, origin of life, PNAS, Research, researchers, RNA world, Robert Stadler, Salk Institute, self-replicating RNA, Stephen Meyer, Washington Post
Brand new research from the Salk Institute has just been published relating to the origin of self-replicating RNA — a lynchpin in the RNA-world hypothesis. Source
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18Mar 2024 by Post

Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds

artistry, Aves, Centropogon, contingency, death, Docimastes ensifer, Ensifera ensifera, Ernst Mayr, Eutoxeres, Evolution, females, genetic drift, happenstance, Heliconia, hummingbirds, Intelligent Design, Lophornis gouldii, males, marvelous spatuletail, Michael Behe, Modern Synthesis, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pain, peacock, phenotype, plumage, red-tailed comet, references, Richard Dawkins, Sappho sparganurus, sexual dimorphism, sicklebills, Stephen Meyer, sword-billed hummingbird, Trochilidae, waste
In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Source
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11Mar 2024 by Post

Aliens in the Garbage

A Fortunate Universe, aliens, biology, David Klinghoffer, DNA, employment, extraterrestrial visits, extraterrestrials, Garry Nolan, immunologists, Intelligent Design, Joana Xavier, micromachines, nanomachines, naturalistic explanations, origin of life, Physics, Earth & Space, scientists, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer
Some people — whether they would put it in so many words or not — believe that certain types of answers are simply off-limits in a scientific inquiry. Source
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06Mar 2024 by Post

Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

Ann Gauger, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, cosmology, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Education, environmental fitness, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, intrinsic plausibility, Ireland, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Danaher, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, motives, Phillip Johnson, prior probability, probability theory, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, teach the controversy, theistic religion, University of Galway, William Dembski
If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution. Source
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04Mar 2024 by Post

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Are FREE but the Application DEADLINE Approaches

application, arts, biochemistry, bioethics, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, careers, Casey Luskin, Colorado, computational biology, cosmology, deadline, developmental biology, Economics, Education, embryology, Glen Eyrie Castle, graduate students, Guillermo Gonzalez, history of science, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, John West, mathematics, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, molecular biology, paleontology, Philosophy of Science, physics, Pikes Peak, Politics, professionals, researchers, Robert Marks, scholars, scientism, scientists, Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences, social policy, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, teachers, technocracy, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, theology, Travel, Wesley J. Smith
In the shadow of 14,000-foot Pikes Peak, we’ll meet and learn from the top scientists and scholars in the ID community. Source
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06Feb 2024 by Post

On Ronald Reagan’s Birthday, Let’s Appreciate His Debt — and Ours — to Intelligent Design

An American Life, atheists, butterflies, Christians, Communism, cook, Dana Rohrabacher, Faith & Science, faith and science, Galesburg, gourmet meal, Greeks, Illinois, Intelligent Design, Jews, Jimmy Carter, John West, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow Summit, National Prayer Breakfast, order, Paul Johnson, purposefulness, Return of the God Hypothesis, Romans, Ronald Reagan, sculptor, sculpture, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, United States, Whittaker Chambers, Witness (book)
President Reagan wrung a startling spiritual concession from his Communist counterpart — with an argument for intelligent design. Source
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01Feb 2024 by Post

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, creative agency, debates, demigod, Evolution, Harvard University, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialist science, mind-first view, natural selection, origin of life, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow
Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Source
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07Jan 2024 by Post

Stephen Meyer: Evidence of Mind in the Natural World

Christianity, cosmology, Doug Monroe, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Greek, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Latin, materialism, miracles, multiverse, Occam's Razor, practice, praxis, Praxis Circle, scientific method, scientific revolution, skepticism, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology, Worldview
Can we scientifically detect the activity of a mind behind the universe? Philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer answers this question and more. Source
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