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#1 of 2011 for ID community: 50th Peer-Reviewed Pro-ID Scientific Paper Published.

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Every year, Access Research Network publishes a list of the 10 most significant science news stories for the year, for the intelligent design community – in consultation with theorists and writers. For 2011, here’s #1:

The intelligent design movement hit a major milestone in 2011 with the publication of the 50th peer-reviewed pro-ID scientific paper. Two ID research labs have been major contributors to the list. Biologic Institute, headed by molecular biologist Doug Axe, which is “developing and testing the scientific case for intelligent design in biology.” Biologic conducts both laboratory and theoretical research on the origin and role of information in biology, the fine-tuning of the universe for life, and methods of detecting design.

Another ID research group is the Evolutionary Informatics Lab, founded by William Dembski along with Robert Marks, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. Their lab has attracted graduate-student researchers and has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in technical science and engineering journals showing that computer programming “points to the need for an ultimate information source qua intelligent designer.” Together, these labs and individual researchers have published peer-reviewed pro-ID scientific papers in journals such as Protein Science, Journal of Molecular Biology, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Quarterly Review of Biology, Cell Biology International, Rivista di Biologia/Biology Forum, Physics of Life Reviews, Annual Review of Genetics, and multiple others. Collectively, this body of research is converging upon a consensus: complex biological features cannot arise by Darwinian mechanisms, but require an intelligent cause.

See also:

#2 of 2011 for ID community: The Design of the Butterfly Continues to Inspire and Amaze.

#3 of 2011 for ID community: Woodpecker Drumming Inspires Shock-Absorbing System.

#4 of 2011 for ID community: “Stylus” Computer Program Aims to Bridge Gap Between Real World and Artificial Evolutionary Simulation.

#5 of 2011 for ID community: Explosive Radiation of Flowering Plants Confirmed.

#6 of 2011 for ID community: Golden Orb-Weaver Fossil Spider Provides New Evidence for Stasis.

#7 of 2011 for ID community: Complexity in the Universe Appears Earlier Than Thought.

#8 of 2011 for ID community: An Identity Crisis for Human Ancestors.

#9 of 2011 for ID community: DNA Repair Mechanisms Reveal a Contradiction in Evolutionary Theory.

#10 of 2011 for ID community: Limits to self-organization of life identified

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So what was the 50th paper? Your link doesn't say.Elizabeth Liddle
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I don't think it's a coincidence that the original (and some would argue more accurate) classification methodology that Linnaeus created concentrated on animal, vegetable and mineral groups. Groups readily brought to the mind, people are able to visualize those easily and pick good examples. So I believe that speaks to your point Joe, in 2.1.1. Once ideology is taken out of the equation, and only then, baraminology can have it's proper place in the pantheon of earthly knowledge assessed fairly. Unfortunately subjectivity can be hard to avoid, for example some criticisms of Cladistics are offered in that regard. With regard to ideology however, what do you think has to change before evolutionary biology evaluates what baraminology has to offer fairly? How can that change be brought about?Peter Griffin
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That is exactly the response I would expect given the bulk logic manifested in the configuration of the congregation in regards to your abomination. Thank you.Joe
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Uh?markf
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"then the contradiction"- However when less is more then the contradiction is settled by the emancipation proclamation, wherein (or whereas, I get confused) the underlying documentation is the very essence of evolutionary biology with respect to baraminology, regardless of ideology. (My apologies for any confusion caused by the typo. Hopefully it is all clear now.)Joe
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Undeniably there can be bulk with more than less, with pro-ID not being anti-evolutionary biology. :roll: However when less is more than the contradiction is settled by the emancipation proclamation, wherein (or whereas, I get confused) the underlying documentation is the very essence of evolutionary biology with respect to baraminology, regardless of ideology. Other than that you may be on to something...Joe
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Joe - you make an excellent point. The bulk of these papers are no more or less pro-ID than any other evolutionary biology paper.markf
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Only 50? I would say the bulk, if not all, of peer-review supports ID- That includes all the papers on ATP synthase, alternative (gene) splicing, overlapping genes proof-reading, error-correction, transcription, translation, flagella, well you get the point...Joe
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