Author Archives: DENNIS JONES JOURNAL
The Wedge Document
The Wedge is more than 15 years old, and was written by a man who is long retired from the ID community. What one man’s motives were are irrelevant to the science of ID Theory. Phillip Johnson is the one … Continue reading
DOES EVOLUTION ALONE INCREASE INFORMATION IN A GENOME?
This is in response to the video entitled, “Evolution CAN Increase Information (Classroom Edition).” I agree with the basic presentation of Shannon’s work in the video, along with its evaluation of Information Theory, the Information Theory definition of “information,” bits, … Continue reading
MICHAEL BEHE ON THE WITNESS STAND
As most people are aware, Michael Behe championed the design-inspired ID Theory hypothesis of Irreducible Complexity. Michael Behe testified as an expert witness in Kitzmiller v. Dover (2005). Transcripts of all the testimony and proceedings of the Dover trial are … Continue reading
Response to Claim That ID Theory Is An Argument from Incredulity
The Contention That Intelligent Design Theory Succumbs To A Logic Fallacy: It is argued by those who object to the validity of ID Theory that the proposition of design in nature is an argument from ignorance. There is no validity … Continue reading
RESPONSE TO THE MARK PERAKH CRITIQUE, “THERE IS A FREE LUNCH AFTER ALL: WILLIAM DEMBSKI’S WRONG ANSWERS TO IRRELEVANT QUESTIONS”
I. INTRODUCTION This essay is a reply to chapter 11 of the book authored by Mark Perakh entitled, Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism (2004). The chapter can be review here. Chapter 11, “There is a … Continue reading
COMPLEX SPECIFIED INFORMATION (CSI) – An Explanation of Specified Complexity
This entry is a sequel to my original blog essay on CSI, which was a more elementary discussion that can be reviewed here. I highly recommend also watching this YouTube video, which does an excellent job in describing CSI. Complex Specified … Continue reading
How Sodium Channels Support Intelligent Design Theory
Sodium (Na) is an element that often has a plus sign (+) next to it depicting the fact that it has a positive charge. Each element in the Periodic Table has a definitive set number of protons, neutrons, and electrons. … Continue reading
INTELLIGENT DESIGN THEORY EXPLAINED
TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS OF ID: 1. MECHANISM: ID as a mechanism in and of itself – Intelligent Design is the action and result of artificial intervention interrupting undirected natural processes, such as natural selection. 2. HYPOTHESIS: ID as a scientific hypothesis … Continue reading
Biophysicists Consider Tumor Suppressor Protein 53 To Be A Dimmer Switch
Protein 53 (or tumor protein 53), is a tumor suppressor protein that in humans is encoded by the TP53 gene. Since 2003, biophysicists have referenced this protein 53 (p53) to be a rheostat, or dimmer switch in laymen terms. Although … Continue reading
STRAWMAN ARGUMENTS AGAINST ID THEORY
The most common arguments against Intelligent Design theory are logic fallacies, such as the following: 1. Red herring 2. Unfounded rhetoric. 3. Ad hominem 4. Special Pleading logic fallacy 5. Appeals to argument of ignorance logic fallacy 6. Hand-wave off … Continue reading
