Albuquerque Quarterly Meeting presenting 12 recent discoveries that changed the debate about design in the universe

Overview of the 12 recent discoveries below, If you want to explore this more in detail, please
click on the link above and open the PowerPoints available. Even a mp4 file is available leading you through
the powerpoint.


  • The universe (space-time, matter, energy) had a beginning and will
    have an end.
  • The laws of physics, the fundamental constants, and the initial
    conditions of the universe are fine-tuned to allow for the possibility of
    life.
  • Protein sequence space is far too large to be searched and highly
    functional sequences (i.e. enzymes) are incredibly rare (~ 1 in 1065).
  • The number of genes in the simplest free-living organism is about
    450.
  • Life is based on a digital information processing system.
  • Molecular machines and sophisticated software algorithms are
    essential to all life-forms.
  • Random mutation + natural selection has severe limitations as a
    creative mechanism that are now well understood.
  • So many highly improbable factors make earth habitable that it is
    VERY unlikely that another truly “earth-like” planet exists in our galaxy.
  • The “junk DNA” paradigm has been shown to be false. Most, if not
    all, noncoding DNA has function.
  • The Cambrian (and other) explosions in the fossil record are not
    consistent with the Darwinian model of gradual evolution.
  • Extensive post-translational processing (editing) of genes occurs in
    eukaryotes: the spliceosome and the splicing code
  • Genes that extensively overlap in the same or opposite directions
    within a stretch of DNA (overlapping codes)

Other Online Resources:

https://evolutionnews.org/
https://www.discovery.org/video-series/long-story-short/
https://scienceuprising.com/
https://michaelbehe.com/videos/secrets-of-the-cell/
https://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoveryScienceNews
https://intelligentdesign.org/
https://idthefuture.com/
https://weloennig.de
https://bio-complexity.org
https://math.utep.edu/faculty/sewell/articles/mathint.html
https://math.utep.edu/Faculty/sewell/articles/summary.pptx
https://evolutionnews.org/2025/01/to-reject-intelligent-design-heres-
what-you-have-to-believe/