Month: October 2017 | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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October 9, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Cambrian Explosion, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, intelligent design, natural selection, phylogeny, PLOS ONE, Princeton University, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, protocells, Stephen Meyer, trilobites, University of Zurich, vera causa, worms}

Bottom-Up Bottoms Out

_{Science and Culture
October 9, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Materialist attempts to model the construction of hierarchical organization from the bottom up collapse into a heap of unanswered questions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 8, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __edited, assisted suicide, Belgium, despair, mental illness, natural resources, Netherlands, organ donation, physician, suicide, suicide prevention, terminal illness, United Network for Organ Sharing}

Opening a Door to Assisted Suicide Organ Donors

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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We should not look at the suicidal as natural resources. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 7, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, bacterial flagellum, Darwin's Black Box, documentary, intelligent design, John West, Michael Behe, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), The Universe Next Door, Tom Woodward}

Milestones of the Revolution

_{David Klinghoffer
October 7, 2017

Intelligent Design

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As John West points out, the new documentary Revolutionary serves as an entry point for considering the case for intelligent design in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 6, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Big Bang, Cambrian Explosion, consciousness, Disinherit the Wind, Hollywood, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Matt Chait, origins, teleology, Zombie Science (book)}

When Science Turns Mushy

_{David Klinghoffer
October 6, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Certain subjects, all posing ultimate questions, reduce much of scientific talk to pablum. Why do you think that is? Read More ›

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Date
October 5, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, "God of the gaps", boron, DNA, Douglas Axe, Geophysical Research Letters, Georgia Tech, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mars, National Science Foundation, polypeptides, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, RNA, sugars, Undeniable (book), William A. Dembski}

Cheaters Never Prosper? Sure They Do in Origin-of-Life Papers

_{Science and Culture
October 5, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How can scientists get away with publishing patent nonsense when it comes to the origin of life? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 4, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, artificial intelligence, computers, determinism, life, machines, moral agency, moral value, robots, Smithsonian Magazine, toaster}

Blade Runner 2049 Poses Questions about AI Machines and Moral Value

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 4, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology

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Rather than get all caught up in esoteric musing, I suggest an entry level test for determining whether an entity has any moral value. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 4, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, Christianity, Deborah Haarsma, Dennis Venema, faith, Francis Collins, Genesis, human origins, intelligent design, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Scot McKnight, theistic evolution, Washington University}

Trouble in Paradise? At BioLogos, Theistic Evolutionists Fall Out Among Themselves

_{David Klinghoffer
October 4, 2017

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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For years they have been gravely advising their fellow Christians that science rules out belief in a historical first pair of human beings. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2017

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, Chinese Room argument, computer, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, John Searle, Robert J. Marks II, Roger Penrose, self-driving cars, Singularity, Stuart Hameroff, Turing Machine, Wired}

Hype and Fearmongering About Artificial Intelligence Passes Its Sell-By Date

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2017

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The attribution of superpowers to coming generations of AI machines has entered self-parody territory. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 3, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, early Earth, hydrothermal vents, interplanetary dust particles, meteorites, Miller-Urey experiment, nucleobases, ozone, polymers, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, RNA world}

Warm Little Pond? PNAS Paper Admits Difficulties Generating RNA on Prebiotic Earth

_{Casey Luskin
October 3, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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“Warm little ponds,” in Darwin's quaint expression, are actually very hostile environments for generating nucleotides. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 3, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, bottleneck, Colin Reeves, common descent, Dennis Venema, heterozygosity, human origins, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, Richard Buggs, Scot McKnight, Trinity Western University}

Does Science Rule Out a First Human Pair? Geneticist Richard Buggs Says No

_{Ann Gauger
October 3, 2017

Faith & Science, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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One of the claims Dennis Venema makes in his book is that the effective population size of our last common ancestor with chimps has never been fewer than 10,000. Read More ›