Month: October 2018 | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, body, common sense, Dennis Prager, doctor, evolution, free will, intelligent design, Jay Richards, materialism, mind, MRI, rationality, science, Stephen Meyer}

To Refute Materialism, Consider a Chocolate Sundae

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Either a mind through free will alone may cause scientifically measurable change in the physical world, or we are forced back to embrace blather. Read More ›

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Date
October 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Bible, Bronx Zoo, Charles H. Wright Museum, Chicago, Christianity, Daniel Reeves, Darwinian theory, Detroit, documentary, eugenics, Freedom’s Journal Institute, history, Human Zoos, James Gordon, John West, Martin Luther King Jr., Ohio, Ota Benga, Racism, Social Darwinism, Wheaton College}

With Screenings in Chicago, New Documentary Human Zoos Prompts Discussion, Debate

_{Science and Culture
October 21, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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The film shows how a number of Christians led opposition to both human zoos and eugenics. Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, Children of Light, Darwinists, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, evolution, ID the Future, Michael Denton, Neo-Darwinism, podcast, The Deniable Darwin}

Denton, Berlinski: Primary Objections to Neo-Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
October 20, 2018

Evolution

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If you had an opportunity to confound your Darwinist friends, but a limited amount of time, what challenge would you put to them? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, medicine, Ontario, palliative care, patients}

In Canada, Euthanasia Yes — Palliative Care, Not So Much

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Canada has created a positive right to euthanasia — including coercing dissenting doctors. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, civilization, culture, evil, experts, Human Zoos, J.P. Moreland, John West, knowledge, science, scientism, Scientism and Secularism (book), The Stream, Tom Gilson}

Scientism Is Wrong; Is It Evil, Too?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy, Social Sciences

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Granted, scientism can aid and abet evil. Its tendency to do so is predictable. In its blindness it harms and humiliates. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, A Universe from Nothing, Aquinas and Evolution, Dennis Prager, DNA, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, Genesis, groupthink, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Lawrence Krauss, logic, methodological naturalism, mutations, natural selection, quantum physics, radio, Rosetta Stone, Royal Society, science, scientific method, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution}

Dennis Prager on Evolution: Stephen Meyer Turned Me Around

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2018

Cosmology, Evolution

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Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, chess, computation, computers, Denyse O'Leary, Eric Holloway, evolution, Facebook, Google, intelligence, machines, Microsoft, Mind Matters, natural selection, robot}

Human Computation — A “Practical Application” of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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As Denyse O’Leary asks, “Why is it comparatively easy to develop a program to play chess, as opposed to teaching a robot to walk freely?” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, Carl Sagan, Children of Light, earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, light, light-eaters, Michael Denton, NASA, photosynthesis, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, science, Venus}

Denton: Science on Venus?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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NASA has announced a scheme to fly manned airships in the upper atmosphere of the otherwise “hellish” planet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, amygdala, Anil Seth, brain, consciousness, Discovery Institute, emotions, hallucination, hippocampus, illusion, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, mood, neuroscience, psychologist, Psychology Today, skull, soul, TED talk, testimony, The Conversation, thought, U.S. Senate, University of Sussex, Walter Bradley Center}

A Strange Way of Speaking About the Brain

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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A peculiar habit of disassociation is widespread among many who study the brain. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 17, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, common descent, common design, creativity, Darwinists, dependency graph, genetic data, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, software engineering, Walter Bradley Center, Winston Ewert}

Critics Need to Grapple with Ewert’s Challenge to Darwin’s Tree

_{David Klinghoffer
October 17, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If the evidence is more suggestive of a creative enterprise like software engineering, that would have major implications. Read More ›