Category: Life Sciences
Does Life Use a Non-Random Set of Amino Acids?
If chance and necessity are seemingly inadequate, either on their own or in co-operation, what about the causal powers of agent causality? If, in every other realm of experience, such features are routinely attributed to intelligent causes, and we have seen no reason to think that this intuition is mistaken, are we not justified in positing and inferring that these systems we are finding in biology also originated at the will of a purposive conscious agent?
Understanding Ontogenetic Depth, Part II: Natural Selection Is a Harsh Mistress
Ontongenetic depth explained — and a challenge for PZ Myers.
Understanding Ontogenetic Depth, Part I: Naming Versus Measuring
The theory of evolution by natural selection does not explain the origin of animal form, because natural selection cannot account for origin de novo of the developmental stages required to construct (i.e., evolve) animals.
No Bones About This Nanocomposite Material
Another example of biomimicry in action.
Who Misrepresented Who? A Response to John Farrell
When we find re-usage of parts in a way that cannot be explained by a phylogenetic tree and common descent, this is the sort of data we might expect under intelligent design.