Scientific and Mathematical Articles on Intelligent Design


Diagram showing how the translation of the mRNA and the synthesis of proteins is made by ribosomes. Courtesy of Mariana Ruiz Villarreal ("Lady of Hats") and Wikipedia. The prescriptive information and specified complexity found in the ribosome make it an excellent example of Intelligent Design.

Useful Books on Intelligent Design

Programming of Life by Dr. Don Johnson. This book describes how each cell of an organism contains millions of interacting computers reading and processing digital information, using digital programs and digital codes to communicate and translate information. Scroll down to see links to videos by Dr. Johnson. See here for a review by Robert Deyes. Dr. Johnson's Web site is here.

Signature in the Cell. Web site by Dr. Stephen Meyer.


Scientific Articles on Intelligent Design

Prescriptive information (PI) by Dr. D. L. Abel. Scirus Topic page article – explains Abel's key terms, which he uses in his articles.

The 'Cybernetic Cut': Progressing from description to prescription in systems theory by Dr. D. L. Abel. In The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal 2008, 2, 234-244. More definitions of key terms.

Constraints vs. Controls by Dr. D. L. Abel. In Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal, 2010, 4:14-27.

The Universal Plausibility Metric (UPM) & Principle (UPP) by Dr. D. L. Abel. In Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2009, 6:27. Published online 3 December 2009. doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-6-27.

The capabilities of chaos and complexity by Dr. D. L. Abel. In International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2009, 10:247-291. Published online 9 January 2009. doi: 10.3390/ijms10010247.

Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins by Kirk K. Durston, David K.Y. Chiu, David L. Abel and Jack T. Trevors. In Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2007, 4:47. doi:10.1186/1742-4682-4-47.

Self-organization vs. self-ordering events in life-origin models by D. L. Abel and J. T. Trevors. In Physics of Life Reviews 2006, 3, 211-228.

Three subsets of sequence complexity and their relevance to biopolymeric information by David L. Abel and Jack T. Trevors. In Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2005; 2:29. Published online 11 August 2005. doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-29.


Mathematical Articles on Intelligent Design

Infinite Universe or Intelligent Design? by Professor William Dembski.

Design by Elimination vs. Design by Comparison by Professor William Dembski. Chapter 33 of The Design Revolution. This chapter demonstrates the inadequacy of a purely Bayesian/likelihood approach to drawing design inferences.

Specification: The Pattern that Signifies Intelligence by Professor William Dembski.