Walter Myers III

_{Board of Directors, Discovery Institute}

Walter is a Principal Engineering Manager leading a team of engineers in the Microsoft FastTrack for Azure (FTA) organization, working with customers to drive their digital transformation and success in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. He holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Biola University's Talbot School of Theology, where he is an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Arts in Science & Religion (MASR) program teaching on Darwin, evolution, and design. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the California Policy Center (CPC), an educational non-profit focused on policies to improve California's democracy and economy. He is a former board member of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, where he served as Programs Chair from 2015-2018, fighting to reduce the power and scope of government, advocating for free markets, lower taxes, and more freedom for all. He is a regular contributor to the Discovery Institute Evolution News and Views website writing on parallels in the design of computer systems and biological organisms. Walter lives in sunny Southern California where he enjoys road biking and landscape/night photography when time permits.

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NASA Is Overselling Its Mars Perseverance Mission

_{Walter Myers III
March 1, 2021}

Synthetic organic chemist James Tour, of Rice University, has shown the folly of NASA scientists and others in a number of videos.

Viruses, the Immune System, and Computer Systems

_{Walter Myers III
February 9, 2021}

Virus detection in computer programs is primarily implemented using a signature-based technique.

Plant Diversity and Computer Programming

_{Walter Myers III
January 21, 2021}

I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level.

Stranger on a Plane: Lessons from Flatland

_{Walter Myers III
June 26, 2019}

In 1884, English clergyman Edwin A. Abbott published a work of scientific and mathematical fantasy.

On Book Tour, Marcos Eberlin Sparks Thought About the ID Movement

_{Walter Myers III
May 8, 2019}

During the Q&A, an attendee asked why intelligent design proponents don’t just come out and explicitly say the designer is God.

Measles “Hacking” the Body?

_{Walter Myers III
March 11, 2019}

In previous articles I have discussed how biological organisms exhibit patterns that are highly analogous to computer programs written by humans.

Modern Software and Biological Organisms: Object-Oriented Design

_{Walter Myers III
August 10, 2018}

Let’s consider the eye, which is but one of many subsystems (along with the brain, heart, liver, lungs, etc.) in higher animals that coordinate their tasks to keep an organism alive.

The Problem with “Bad Design” Arguments

_{Walter Myers III
May 8, 2018}

In a physical world there will be design constraints, so it is only realistic to expect tradeoffs.

Computer Software Sheds Light on Human and Chimp DNA Similarity

_{Walter Myers III
March 22, 2018}

Recently I had the opportunity to hear Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer provide an update on the progress and current state of the theory of intelligent design.

Are Methodological Naturalism and Philosophical Naturalism the Same? A Dissent

_{Walter Myers III
May 5, 2017}

In a previous post, I argued that methodological naturalism is a reasonable and neutral working principle limiting everyday science to natural causes.