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Reading hobby learning animal curious monkey book

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithm, artificial intelligence, atheism, blind processes, chemistry, Darwinism, ID the Future, illusion, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, materialism, physics, programmers, reason, Rebekah Valerius, statistical patterns, syntax, technology, truth}

Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If our minds are the product of a blind and aimless process, what reason do we have to believe what we think? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __featured3, A. N. Wilson, artificial intelligence, biography, C. S. Lewis, chatbots, Discovery Institute Press, editing, English authors, literature, magic, science, scientism, The Abolition of Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician’s Twin}

Who Coined the Phrase “the Magician’s Twin”? The Pitfalls of Relying on AI for Your Facts

_{John G. West
July 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

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Many of the chatbots have told me that C. S. Lewis coined the phrase. (Wrong.) When pressed, at least one chatbot insisted it was English author A. N. Wilson. Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured2, Amazon jungle, animals, Antoni Gaudí, architects, Barcelona, C. S. Lewis, Carlsbad Caverns, cosmos, Epigenetics and the Architect, Homo sapiens, human intelligence, humanity, Isaac Newton, James P. Gills, Johannes Kepler, Judeo-Christian tradition, La Pedrera, medieval Church, Park Güell, Sagrada Família, Spain, Steve Fuller, theism, Thomas E. Woodward, University of Warwick}

Peering into the Known and the Unknown

_{Thomas E. Woodward and James P. Gills, MD
July 14, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Every masterpiece can be traced to its master designer — the architect. Sagrada Família is no exception. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured1, Bacillus subtilis, biology, chromosome, ComK, competence, ComS, ComX, crowdsourcing, CSF, developmental state, DNA, DNA expression, environment, exogenous DNA, genes, genetic material, genome, information, intelligent design, mRNA, nutrient status, pheromone, population signals, promoters, regulation, regulatory feedback, Sigma-H, sporulation, Theodosius Dobzhansky, transcription, xenogenic DNA}

Crowdsourcing DNA: Sophisticated Biological Information Processing

_{Emily Reeves
July 14, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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To adapt the words of Theodosius Dobzhansky, I’m persuaded that nothing in biology makes sense except in light of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 13, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AbrB, antibiotics, autoregulation, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biology, cassettes, cell fate, chemotaxis, CodY, ComK, competence, crowdsourcing, DegU, dense overlapping regulons, DNA, Energy, environmental conditions, exponential growth, feed-forward loops, gene expression, gene regulatory network, graduate school, housekeeping, intelligent design, isoleucine, leucine, metabolic pathways, metabolism, microorganisms, principal investigator, Rok, Sigma-H, single input modules, sporulation, stress, superintellect, transcription, valine, virulence}

To Crowdsource DNA, or Not to Crowdsource DNA: A Microbe’s Decision Pathway

_{Emily Reeves
July 13, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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These are the same type of understandable and logical computation circuits that humans design. What can we learn from observing this similarity? Read More ›

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Date
July 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, BIO-Complexity, buried treasure, Conservation of Information, Douglas Axe, downhill, elevation, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness, flood, higher ground, hill climbing, information, local optimum, mathematics, natural selection, Nature Ecology and Evolution, optimum, protein folds, RNA sequences, Sam F. Greenbury, uphill, Winston Ewert}

New Paper: Appeals to Evolutionary Plateaus Do Not Save Evolution

_{Science & Culture
July 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In evolution, mutations that increase fitness can be thought of as moving uphill, whereas mutations that decrease fitness can be thought of as moving downhill. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 12, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, air conditioning, Associated Press, atonement, carbon emissions, China, Christianity, deaths, Europe, extreme heat, forgiveness, global warning, guilt, heat wave, love, monkeys, monotheism, pagan religions, punishment, red warnings, religion, Sarah Salviander, secular religion, self-preservation, supernatural, The Story of Everything}

Sweeping Europe, a Pagan Religion Has Daggers Out for This Technology

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 12, 2026

Faith & Science, Technology

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A religion that sees humans as merely “an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet” would consider these unnecessary deaths hardly worth noticing. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, atheists, biology, chatbots, ChatGPT, Claude, computing, consciousness, intelligence, intelligent design, large language models, living systems, personal identity, philosophy, plagiarists, Richard Dawkins, technology, UnHerd}

On Minds and Machines, Richard Dawkins’s Curious Inconsistency

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 10, 2026

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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If we encounter far more advanced informational technology in living organisms, isn’t the same intuition at least worth considering? Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Great Awakening, Angel Studios, Benjamin Franklin, creator, Declaration of Independence, Dominic Sandbrook, endowed by our creator, Founding Fathers, George Whitefield, infant mortality, intelligent design, jesus, John Adams, John West, Lazarus, providence, resurrection, Sight & Sound, theistic evolutionists, theology, Tom Holland, Whittaker Chambers, William Paley, Witness, Young Washington}

Young Benjamin Franklin: The Goodness of Nature’s Design

_{Bethel McGrew
July 10, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Franklin is famous for his aphorisms and science experiments, but fewer people know he also had a keen interest in theology. Read More ›

Human (animal) cell under microscope. 3d illustration

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, 3D bioprinting, amino acid chain, assembly process, atomic layer deposition, atomic printer, biomolecules, boundary condition., cells, cellular components, chemistry, Cornelius Hunter, electric fields, electromagnetic forces, embryonic development, genetic code, idea, information, intelligent design, interatomic level, LED screens, life as information, matrix, Michael Polanyi, organs, particles, physics, pixels, protein structure, Richard Sternberg, wholeness}

Cellular Design: More than Information, It Is the Manifestation of an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 10, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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I’ll attempt to describe an additional aspect of living organisms that highlights their “wholeness” and negates the possibility of reducing life to information. Read More ›