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Joshua Gidney
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June 16, 2021
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Biology, Books of interest, Cell biology, Design inference, Evolution, Food for thought, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Media, Naturalism, Origin Of Life, Philosophy, Science, specified complexity, The Design of Life, Video
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Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

Joshua Gidney
June 16, 2021
Biology, Books of interest, Cell biology, Design inference, Evolution, Food for thought, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Media, Naturalism, Origin Of Life, Philosophy, Science, specified complexity, The Design of Life, Video

On the Design Disquisitions YouTube channel, I’ve posted a new video where I recommend several books of interest, specifically pro-ID literature. Most of the suggestions may be familiar to you, but hopefully there are a few that you’ve not read before. I also give a brief summary of the content of each book. I don’t claim that the books mentioned are necessarily the best, but I think anyone who wants to join the discussion needs to be familiar with some of these. Let me know what you would add to the list! Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

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Denyse O'Leary
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May 2, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, theistic evolution
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Karsten Pultz: Christian students in Denmark dig up the fossil of theistic evolution

Denyse O'Leary
May 2, 2021
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, theistic evolution
Pultz: They find support in writings from the Biologos organization but also, weirdly enough, turn to atheist Stefaan Blancke and his paper “Irreducible incoherence and Intelligent Design: a look into the conceptual toolbox of a pseudoscience”. I guess the old saying that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” can be applied to this bizarre situation where young adherents to theistic evolution join ranks with atheists to prevent other young Christians from being drawn to ID. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 5, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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This amazing Rube Goldberg device happened just by accident in a mindless universe, you know

Denyse O'Leary
February 5, 2021
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
Sean Pitman: After all, anyone who has watched cartoons as a child knows what a Rube Goldberg machine is and that this machine will not work if any one part is removed. So, how can something evolve in a stepwise way where each step is functionally beneficial if there is no function until all the parts are in place? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 24, 2020
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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Not-yet-specialized cells seem to know where to go

Denyse O'Leary
December 24, 2020
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
Researchers: Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay sorted within correct compartments during development. How tightly cells clump together, known as cell adhesion, appears to be enabled by a protein better known for its role in the immune system. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 22, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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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 ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 11, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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Karsten Pultz on the recent Behe-Swamidass debate

Denyse O'Leary
November 11, 2020
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
Pultz: In my view, Swamidass excels as an expert in smokescreens; he can talk endlessly without nailing down tangible and memorable points. Although pressured more than once by Behe to deliver at least a single counter argument to IC, he did not come up with anything containing even a whiff of substance. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 10, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Neuroscience
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Because nature is full of intelligence, the more we learn, even about a worm, the less we “know”

Denyse O'Leary
November 10, 2020
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Neuroscience
Gilder on a researcher friend: "the more he learned about the brain of a nematode, the less he felt he knew… And the oceans of reality lay still far beyond his reach and beyond his ken." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 28, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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What? An honest admission about the bacterial flagellum from Darwin-driven biology?

Denyse O'Leary
October 28, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
Researchers: "To build the machinery that enables bacteria to swim, over 50 proteins have to be assembled according to a logic and well-defined order to form the flagellum, the cellular equivalent of an offshore engine of a boat." They ADMIT this? It sounds like a Recovery Meeting. Read More ›