I did a podcast on whether or not naturalism has historically been of benefit to science. The *actual* interaction of naturalism with science is both drastically different and more interesting than what is presented in most science classes and books. Podcast information available here.
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Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection
Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection has done a lot to convince many professional academics of the truth of Darwinian evolution. The theorem states that the rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any time is equal to its variance in fitness at that time. In other words, fitness must go up! Because Read More…
New Podcast Dealing with ID and Other Issues
I just started a podcast that explores various ideas, including Intelligent Design, from a conservative viewpoint. Episode 4 is out now, which is a short introduction to Intelligent Design. I hope you take a moment to subscribe! iTunes Podcast Link
Biological Fine-Tuning Goes to Extremes
It turns out that biological fine-tuning goes to the very extremes of physics. In this lecture, William Bialek shows that eyes can detect individual photons, and a number of other phenomena where biology operates on the very edge of what is possible in physics. View Video Here
Video on Measuring Active Information in Biology
Early this year BIO-Complexity published a paper of mine titled “Measuring Active Information in Biological Systems” which showed how some ID concepts such as Active Information can be directly applied to biology. Essentially, it seems that in some situations, organisms direct their own mutations/evolution. This has not always been noticed because we don’t have a Read More…
Measuring Active Information in Biological Systems
My latest paper, “Measuring Active Information in Biological Systems,” was released today at BIO-Complexity. Read on for more information about the paper, what it means, and why it is important.
Interview with Winston Ewert
The promised interview has arrived! Bob Murphy interviews Winston Ewert on various topics around Intelligent Design, including Winston’s latest paper on life’s dependency graph.
Unexpectedly Homeschooling because of COVID-19
Many people have been unexpected thrust into home education due to the effects of COVID-19. At Homeschool Oklahoma, we are trying to put together resources to help out families who have to figure out how to educate their children at home with no prior planning.
Why Economics and ID go Hand-in-Hand
In my previous post about Bob Murphy’s support of ID, some people commented that Bob Murphy, being an economist, doesn’t count much in support of ID. However, those comments would be misplaced. Although Bob Murphy did not get into this in this podcast episode, there is actually a direct connection between ID and economics. First Read More…
Economist Bob Murphy Explains Why He is Pro-ID
Bob Murphy, author of the book Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America’s Most Famous Keynesian and host of the Bob Murphy Show, just released Episode 106 of his podcast, where he expresses his support of the ID project and relates it to other marginalized anti-establishment academic projects.
Thinking More Deeply About Causation
Most people (including experts) tend to have a one-level view of causation. That is, they have a static idea of what the subject matter is, and then they look to see how the pieces bounce around within that static structure. That more or less works for physics. It totally fails everywhere else.
The Salem Hypothesis is True, and That’s Great for ID
For those who don’t know what this is, it is basically the idea that people with advanced degrees who criticize evolution tend to be engineers, not scientists. This is supposed to be levied as a diss on the critics of evolution, but I’ve never understood why this is so. Intelligent Design focuses on the *requirements* for the development of intricate, purposeful systems. Is there a science that focuses on developing intricate, purposeful systems? That might know what the requirements of building such systems are? Anyone?
Thermodynamic Efficiency of Cellular Computation
I haven’t had time to read this yet, but it sure looks interesting. A new paper came out across the pond discussing the thermodynamic efficiency of various cellular processes/computations. An interesting snippet from the abstract: Here we show that the computational efficiency of translation, defined as free energy expended per amino acid operation, outperforms the Read More…
What “Creationist Teaching” Was This Paper Used In?
The Scientist reported yesterday that a “Paper Used in Creationist Teaching [was] Retracted After 30 Years”.
Updating the Second Derivative
In calculus, the Leibniz notation for the second derivative confuses most students. It turns out, rightfully so. The notation for the second derivative turns out to actually be incorrect. Earlier this year, I got a paper published detailing the problem and the corrected notation. In the video below, I introduce the new notation, why the Read More…