Uncommon Descent Serving The Intelligent Design Community

Type
post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 26, 2020
Categorized
Darwinism, Design inference, Intelligent Design
Tagged
, , , , ,

Moths evade bats using acoustic camouflage on their wings

Denyse O'Leary
November 26, 2020
Darwinism, Design inference, Intelligent Design
As before, those who want to attribute these staggeringly complex arms races to natural selection acting on random mutations (Darwinism) are facing a huge probability gap. The processes of nature can’t be both wholly blind and highly intelligent, given time limits. Read More ›
Type
post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 25, 2020
Categorized
Evolution, Intelligent Design
Tagged
, , , ,

An animal has been discovered that does not need oxygen to live

Denyse O'Leary
November 25, 2020
Evolution, Intelligent Design
Devolution, of which this is an example, may be more common than we suppose and will probably have precisely the effect of creating “exceptions” like this. Note that we are told, “they likely steal energy from their host using some type of proteins.” It makes sense that many devolved creatures are parasites. They can afford to throw away equipment if they are using the host’s toolbox anyway. Read More ›
Type
post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 24, 2020
Categorized
Culture, Darwinism, Design inference, Intelligent Design
Tagged
, , ,

The CORRECT way to understand the mysterious Utah monolith

Denyse O'Leary
November 24, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Design inference, Intelligent Design
Why rush to conclude intelligent design?, asks philosopher and photographer Laszlo Bencze. He writes us to recommend a proper Darwinian view of the problem, a sort of desert version of Darwin’s “warm little pond” origin of life. Read More ›
Type
post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 24, 2020
Categorized
Culture, Darwinism, Design inference, Intelligent Design, Tree of life
Tagged
,

Darwin’s notebooks apparently stolen – But wait!

Denyse O'Leary
November 24, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Design inference, Intelligent Design, Tree of life
A proper Darwinian response would say that the books evolved away from the Library “daily and hourly” during those twenty years. Seriously, we sure hope they get them back. Read More ›
Type
post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 23, 2020
Categorized
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
Tagged
, , ,

Gizmodo asks experts to name the biggest science frauds of the past 50 years

Denyse O'Leary
November 23, 2020
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
Dr. Hesselmann's probably right but how depressing. In a world where so much research that doesn’t involve fraud fails replication, it’s just a fact that most published research papers in many fields are probably wrong or at least sloppy. So why bother with fraud? But not exactly a good look for science. Read More ›
Type
post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 22, 2020
Categorized
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
Tagged
, , , , ,

Film clip on the probability of a protein forming by chance passes 500k views

Denyse O'Leary
November 22, 2020
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
xcerpt: Putting the probabilities together means adding the exponents. The probability of getting a properly folded chain of one-handed amino acids, joined by peptide bonds, is one chance in 10^74+45+45, or one in 10^164 (Meyer, p. 212). This means that, on average, you would need to construct 10^164 chains of amino acids 150 units long to expect to find one that is useful. Read More ›