Tag: Bayesian analysis
Considering the Fine-Tuning Argument from Probabilities
Many authors formulate the fine-tuning argument using probabilities and Bayesian analysis (e.g., Swinburne, Collins, Roberts, Barnes).
Fossil Friday: The Big Bang of Tertiary Birds and a Phylogenetic Mess
There was an abrupt origin, a burst of biological creativity, which is best explained by an infusion of new information from an intelligent agent.
Sex: Engineered for Success
Sexual reproduction depends on an irreducibly complex core of components for its success. Can we credit a gradual evolutionary process for this system?
Another Headache for the RNA World Theory
Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate.
First Life Must Have Had a Minimally Reliable Replication System — A Conundrum for Materialists
On a design-based view, it is not particularly surprising that the first life would be finely optimized to reduce copying errors.
