Year: 2018 | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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December 13, 2018

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Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, abortion, ants, Apollo 8, astronauts, cancer, censorship, Christmas Eve, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmos, death rates, digital code, DNA, earth, Earthrise, economy, Frank Borman, Genesis, Jim Lovell, molecular machines, Moon, NASA, protests, Racism, Roman Catholic, Sports, unemployment, violence, women}

Apollo 8 and Intelligent Design, Then and Now

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December 13, 2018

Physical Sciences

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Half a century ago, as 1968 came to a close, one event brought people together not only in America but also around the globe. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 13, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, animals, artificial intelligence, computer, computers, creativity, Discovery Institute, Great Minds with Michael Medved, Michael Medved, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, spandrel, Walter Bradley Center}

Great Minds: Marks, Medved on Human Exceptionalism’s Two Frontiers

_{David Klinghoffer
December 13, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are fundamental, unbridgeable chasms on either side, animal and machine. The capacity for creativity, for one thing, stands permanently outside the reach of algorithms. Read More ›

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Date
December 12, 2018

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Eric Metaxas, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, materialism, New York Times, podcast, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, Texas}

Meyer, Metaxas: Darwinian Theory’s Worsening Cambrian Crisis

_{Science and Culture
December 12, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Stephen Meyer and Eric Metaxas whet your appetite for next month’s Socrates in the City conversation, in Dallas. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptation, aesthetics, Ann Gauger, architecture, balance, beauty, evolution, evolutionary theory, face, function, humans, intellect, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Neanderthals, science, soul, spandrel, The Biology of the Baroque, The Conversation}

The Chin Enigma

_{David Klinghoffer
December 12, 2018

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A scientific theory that on principle refuses to see the obvious is an achievement of which only humans are capable. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, assumptions, chance, Darwinism, deduction, discrete combinatorial objects, evolution, Hans Vodder, Howard Van Till, intelligent design, Michael Behe, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why the Conclusion that Life Is Designed Really Is Inescapable

_{Douglas Axe
December 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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For theists to eschew the claim that life is designed is puzzling, because nothing seems to force them to adopt that counterintuitive stance. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, __nedited, cancer, electron, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, Michael Keas, moral knowledge, nurse, podcast, science, scientific knowledge, scientism, Scientism and Secularism (book), Unbelievable, virtue-signaling}

J.P. Moreland: Comparing Scientific to Moral Knowledge

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Ethics, Philosophy of Science

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Scientism is ubiquitous and highly destructive. Dr. Moreland calls it “evil,” and explains why it actually stands in conflict with good science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, animals, cats, communication, Dogs, English, jokes, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, signal, signaling, signs, Twitter}

Talking Animals and Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Whether in Warner Bros. cartoons, old jokes, or on Twitter, a good deal of humor has been derived from supposing that animals could talk. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, bananas, chimpanzees, Google, Heaven, Hebrew University, Homo Deus, Homo sapiens, Israel, Jerusalem, meditation, Oxford University, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Religion & Liberty, Singularity, smartphone, The Singularity is Near, Toronto, transhumanism, Wesley Smith, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, bureaucracy, Canada, diabetes, euthanasia, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, logic, MAiD, medical aid in dying, Oregon, protective guidelines, Quebec, self-starving}

Euthanasia Is Becoming First Resort in Quebec

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Over time, euthanasia practice becomes a banal bureaucratic matter of checking the right boxes or finding ways to maneuver around the “protective guidelines.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, apologetics, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's Doubt, Eric Metaxas, faith, God Hypothesis, James Tour, Jay Richards, Rice University, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet}

Meyer and Metaxas — Socrates in the City Comes to Dallas; Early Bird Special Ends Friday!

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

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The purpose of the conference is to explore the evidence of cosmology and biology, weighing the strength of what Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis. Read More ›