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Perry Marshall

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 1, 2021
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Biology, Information, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Researcher: Biology transcends the limits of computation

Denyse O'Leary
November 1, 2021
Biology, Information, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Marshall: The present paper uses information theory (the mathematical foundation of our digital age) and Turing machines (computers) to highlight inaccuracies in prevailing reductionist models of biology, and proposes that the correct causation sequence is cognition > code > chemicals. Read More ›
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Author
Joshua Gidney
Date
April 30, 2017
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Biology, Cell biology, Creationism, Engineering, Evolutionary biology, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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Design Disquisitions: On Perry Marshall’s ‘Evolution 2.0’ & Confusions About Design

Joshua Gidney
April 30, 2017
Biology, Cell biology, Creationism, Engineering, Evolutionary biology, Intelligent Design, Naturalism

This week’s article at Design Disquisitions is about Perry Marshall’s ‘Evolution 2.0’ thesis and his criticisms of intelligent design. This article responds to some of his recent writings on his blog and his interaction with Stephen Meyer a few weeks back. Bottom line is, his philosophy of science has significant problems and he has some grave misconceptions about what ID is: A few days ago I was listening to an episode of Unbelieveable?, the fantastic radio debate show and podcast at Premier Christian Radio. The episode was a fairly recent one between Stephen Meyer and Perry Marshall. Marshall is the author of Evolution 2.0 and writes at his blog Cosmic Fingerprints. I’ve read some of his work and he makes some Read More ›