11Oct 2026 by Post

Back in the Saddle: A Second Edition for The Design Inference

Being as Communion, biological evolution, Brian Skyrms, Cambridge University Press, cancer, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, design inferences, Discovery Institute, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, My Personal History with Information (series), new york, No Free Lunch, peer-review, Rowman and Littlefield, Terence Moore, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert
The big obstacle for me came from feeling at odds with my publisher, Cambridge University Press. Source
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06Oct 2026 by Post

Evolutionary Computing: An Audit of Smuggled Information

Baylor University, Charles Ofria, Christoph Adami, Computational Sciences, Darwinian evolution, David Thomas, Denmark, displacement, Evolution, evolutionary computing, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, George Montañez, Harvard University, Iain Strachan, information, Intelligent Design, Isak Dinesen, Jakob Wolf, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Leo Kadanoff, Michael Behe, My Personal History with Information (series), Nature (journal), Niels Bohr, Niels Bohr Institute, Richard Dawkins, Richard E. Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, Robert T. Pennock, smuggling, Steiner trees, Thomas Schneider, University of Copenhagen, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
The most significant stop for me in Denmark was a lecture that Jakob Wolf arranged for me to give at the Niels Bohr Institute. Source
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03Oct 2026 by Post

Philosophy, Theology, and an Inference to Design

Alexander Hall, Arthur Fine, Bill Wimsatt, David Hull, David Malament, design detection, Divorce, doctoral studies, Douglas Axe, Edward Teller, Evolution, Intelligent Design, J. Gresham Machen, Jonathan Wells, mathematics, Michael Behe, My Personal History with Information (series), natural theology, Northwestern University, Paul Nelson, Paul Teller, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, probability, Sisyphus, specification, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, William Paley, Winston Ewert
My dissertation on the logic of conditionals came to seems like the rock of Sisyphus.  Source
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29Jul 2026 by Post

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Provides a How-To Manual for Using ID to Guide Research

biology, biomechanics, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, constraints, Emily Reeves, expectations, function, functional information, genetics, Genetics (journal), George Montañez, intelligence, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Junk DNA, Michael Behe, neurophysiology, peer-reviewed literature, predictions, protein science, purpose, Research, Robert J. Marks, scientific reasoning, scientific theory, scientists, Stuart Burgess, systematics, Systems Biology, William Dembksi, Winston Ewert
The paper explains what the theory of intelligent design is and how it can be used to generate testable scientific predictions, or “expectations.” Source
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09Jun 2026 by Post

Evolutionists Need a Refresher Course in Natural Selection

"survival of the fittest", algorithm, Ariel Chipman, Artificial Selection, balancing selection, BioEssays, Cambrian Explosion, co-option, conservation, Darwin Devolves, Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Evolution, Galápagos Islands, gene duplication, genetic drift, genetic mutations, Hugo de Vries, hybridization, introgression, John Sanford, John Templeton Foundation, magic, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mount improbable, Mutant Ninja Turtles, natural selection, negative selection, Owen D. Jones, personification, Phillip E. Johnson, polyploidy, process, programming, pterosaur, purifying selection, Richard Lewontin, Robert Hazen, scientific reasoning, Spiderman, stabilizing selection, Stuff Happens Law, subfunctionalization, The Design Inference, Tom Bethell, tuatara, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
Abuses of the concept of natural selection abound not only in science news but in scientific papers in major journals as well. It’s time for a remedial course. Source
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11Mar 2026 by Post

Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

aether, air, Aristotle, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, change, circular movement, cosmologists, Creation, dark energy, dark matter, destruction, earth, elements, ethers, fire, galaxies, heavens, heavy elements, history of science, immutability, light elements, linear movement, modern science, natural forces, night, outer space, pace, philosophy, physics, rotation, smoke, speed, stars, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, water, Winston Ewert
Modern theories postulate entities to account for differences between what we would expect from physics and our observations of distant space. Source
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29Jan 2025 by Post

Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

adaptations, Armin Moczek, automobile lineages, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, biology, cars, convergence, creator, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, Evolution, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Field Museum of Natural History, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, improvements, Indiana University, Intelligent Design, life, magic wand, New York Times, PDE2D, physics, planning, software, Technology, testing, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, theology, unintelligent process, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert
If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Source
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21Aug 2024 by Post

William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

Aaron Zimmer, biology, cosmic fine-tuning, designing agent, Elie Feder, Evolution, Evolution News, fine-tuning, genetic machinery, Intelligent Design, magical thinking, Mike Licona, Podcast, The Design Inference, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
What exactly is the very best evidence for a designing agent behind nature? There are a number of contenders and, interestingly, not all ID proponents agree. Source
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03Jun 2024 by Post

“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

BBC Horizon, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, California, Cambridge University Press, design filter, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Kenneth Miller, Michael Shellenberger, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, nature, Nature (journal), North Atlantic Right Whale, Patrick Brown, Save the Right Whale Coalition, scientific materialism, specification, The Design Inference, wildfires, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Source
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29Feb 2024 by Post

Specified Complexity as a Unified Information Measure

algorithmic specified complexity, cars, Evolution, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Kolmogorov information, Kraft inequality, languages, No Free Lunch, Philosophia Christi, probabilistic resources, Robert Marks, royal flush, Shannon information, Specification: The Pattern That Signifies Intelligence, specified complexity, Specified Complexity Made Simple (series), The Design Inference, Winston Ewert
The most important take away here is that specified complexity makes Shannon information and Kolmogorov information commensurable. Source
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