Month: April 2018 | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, algorithms, avida, bacteria, bones, bugs, citrate, compatibilism, computer, creativity, determinism, evolution, free will, intelligent design, libertarian free will, Michael Behe, muscles, Richard Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, simulation, software, The Matrix, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Digital Evolution and Bohemian Bugs

_{April 26, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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All software engineers have been burnt by those sneaky “bugs” that manage to get past the defenses. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Arts
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, consciousness, Darwinian theory, David Gelernter, education, evolutionists, free speech, Great Minds with Michael Medved, history, human beings, humanities, literature, Michael Medved, origins, podcast, scientism, students, universities, Western civilization, Yale University}

David Gelernter: “You Need To Know Who You Are To Begin With”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2018

Arts, Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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Knowing who you are, where you came from, is a central purpose of education, and frankly not only in the humanities but in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 25, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, amino acids, bats, chimpanzees, codons, Darwinism, Dennis Venema, Durrett and Schmidt, E. coli, echolocation, embryology, Exodus, Genesis, genetic code, Gospel of John, human origins, humans, intelligent design, Michael Yarus, microevolution, nylonase, OmpF, open reading frame, orphan genes, paleontology, RNA, RNA world, Stephen Meyer, Systems Biology, whales}

Dennis Venema’s Adam and the Genome: A Case Study in Cognitive Bias

_{Brian Miller
April 25, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

11}

In a previous article I described how scientific training can condition some scientists’ minds to resist the evidence in nature for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, African Americans, cover up, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, documentary, eugenics, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Human Zoos, John West, ministers, missing links, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, premiere, pseudoscience, Pulitzer Prize, Racism, Richard Weikart, Seattle, Social Darwinism, South Africa, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Woodland Park Zoo}

Register Now for May 8 Seattle Premiere of “Mesmerizing,” “Racially Charged” Human Zoos

_{David Klinghoffer
April 25, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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What could be more wholesome or innocent than a visit to the zoo? You may ask that now, but it was a quite a different state of affairs a century ago. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 25, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, free speech, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, Sarah Chaffee, scientists, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal}

Intelligent Design’s Witness Protection Program

_{David Klinghoffer
April 25, 2018

Scientific Freedom

4}

Yesterday I was involved in negotiating email contact between an ID proponent in academia and a professor who’s not an ID proponent. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal standing, Constitution, copyright, courts, duties, PETA, Supreme Court, Titanic}

Court Takes Half-Step Toward Animals Suing

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 24, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

4}

I know Judge Bea, who wrote this decision — and he’s no left-wing radical. So, I think the court is sending a warning. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
April 24, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, archeology, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Claude Shannon, code, complexity, cosmic fine-tuning, digital code, DNA, Francis Crick, Fred Hoyle, functional information, Guillermo Gonzalez, Henry Quastler, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Leroy Hood, nanotechnology, Paul Davies, radio, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Rosetta Stone, sequence hypothesis, SETI, Signature in the Cell, specification, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski}

Yes, Intelligent Design Is Detectable by Science

_{Stephen C. Meyer
April 24, 2018

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This is one key issue on which proponents of ID and of theistic evolution differ. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 24, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __nedited, "chilling effect", academic freedom, Darwinian theory, democracy, education, Free Science, free speech, intimidation, origins, protest, scholars, scientists, UK Parliament, United Kingdom, universities}

UK: Students Should Be Allowed to “Develop Own Opinions” Even if “Unpopular, Controversial”

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 24, 2018

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

4}

A “chilling effect.” Yes, that’s a result of persecuting people with unpopular opinions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __k-review, 1984 (novel), Amazon River, biodiversity, Earth Law Center, ecosystem, electricity, fishing, Ganges River, nature rights, pollution, radicals, river rights, trial lawyers}

“River Rights” Would Impede Human Thriving

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2018

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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If the current trend continues, “river rights” will exert a tremendously destructive force. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, arthropods, circadian rhythms, cladistics, common descent, crustaceans, Current Biology, Devonian Period, evolutionists, frogs, George McGhee, homology, homoplasy, lampreys, lizards, Paleozoic, pseudogenes, Simon Conway Morris, sleep, Stephen Jay Gould, tetrapods, University of Tübingen, vertebrates, Willi Hennig}

Extinct Four-Eyed Monitor Lizard Busts Myth of a Congruent Nested Hierarchy

_{Günter Bechly
April 23, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

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Obviously, evolutionary “laws” are quite malleable and have to give way when they become too cumbersome. Read More ›