Month: June 2023 | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
June 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, bananas, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, cooking, curiosity, evolution, Harvard University, human mind, humans, lice, music, Stephen Jay Gould, Western culture}

Good as Gould? Ask a Chimp

_{David Berlinski
June 19, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Read More ›

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Date
June 18, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Central Park, children, computer science, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, Gregory Chaitin, ID the Future, incompleteness, Kurt Gödel, Leonard Euler, logic, mathematician, Mind Matters, ontological proof, philosophers, podcast, Robert J. Marks II}

Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Computer Science, and the Blessing of Children

_{Science and Culture
June 18, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Robert J. Marks talks with the trailblazing mathematician about Kurt Gödel’s ontological proof for the existence of God, and more. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, 23andMe, Clive Finlayson, Germany, glue, Homo sapiens, human origins, intelligence, Michael Shermer, Middle Palaeolithic, missing links, Neanderthals, ScienceAlert, University of Tübingen}

Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, Donald R. Prothero, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, microevolution, mutations, Niles Eldredge, Stephen Jay Gould, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

What Do We Know about the Origin of Rhinos?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 16, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Although they are not the handsomest or most graceful creatures in the animal kingdom, the Rhinocerotoidea (superfamily) are a fascinating group for research. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
June 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, African Americans, american enterprise institute, Charles Murray, criminality, Darwinism, drugs, evolution, George Gilder, just-so stories, marriage, men, morality, rape, religion, Robert Wright, Rutgers University, Scripture, sexuality, sin, Steven Pinker, The Moral Animal, The New Yorker, The Toxic War on Masculinity, Victorians, violence, women}

The Toxic Assumptions of Evolutionary Psychology about Men

_{Nancy Pearcey
June 16, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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As Darwinism is discredited scientifically, we should challenge the way it has shaped the secular code for masculinity. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeoraptor, cheetahs, China, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francisco Ayala, fraud, junk science, New World, Pleistocene, PNAS, Russia, Science (journal), skull}

Fossil Friday: The Supposed Oldest Cheetah Was Yet Another Fraud

_{Günter Bechly
June 16, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Even before the publication, the Chinese scientists Deng Tao and Qiu Zhanxiang had revealed the skull to be a crude forgery. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Amazon, Christianity, Dave Farina, defining science, empiricism, Energy, faith and science, history, humility, ID the Future, intellectual humility, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, logic, matter, methodological naturalism, realism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, theists, Twitter, William A. Dembski}

Defining Science, and Discussing Stephen Meyer’s God Hypothesis, on Twitter

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 15, 2023

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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"God is a hypothesis. What Dr. Meyer does is evaluate that hypothesis against the latest scientific evidence of the last century." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Bible Belt, California, children, Finland, Florida, France, gender-affirming care, hormones, ideology, National Health Service, Norway, policymakers, progressive ideology, puberty, puberty blocking, Sweden, Tennessee}

England’s National Health Service Bans Most Puberty-Blocking

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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The science is not settled. The time is long past for the woke media and medical associations to recognize this fact. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, agency, atoms, Canceled Science, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, evolutionary creationism, experience, Extrasolar Planets, fundamental forces, gravity, habitability, information ratchet, intelligence, intelligent design, laws of nature, matter, Moon, solar system, theistic evolution, universe}

Theistic Cosmology and Theistic Evolution — Understanding the Difference

_{Eric Hedin
June 15, 2023

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Astronomers have convincingly shown that the laws of nature are sufficient to account for the formation of stars and planetary systems throughout the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, China, consciousness, emotions, hard problem of consciousness, human beings, machines, Northern Illinois University, personhood, robots, Russia, sixth sense, soul, Taylor & Francis, The Economist}

All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 14, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them. Read More ›