Month: August 2023 | Page 7 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, body, girls, joy, men, movies, Public Discourse, transhumanism, women}

Barbie’s Subtle Critique of Transhumanism?

_{Peter Biles
August 8, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The transhumanists want to escape the body into a dreamlike utopia. It will be fully artificial and completely boring. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bias, censorship, editors, encyclopedia, evolution, inaccuracy, intelligent design, journalists, Larry Sanger, neutrality, Politics, scientism, Twitter, Wikipedia}

Co-Founder Again Blasts Wikipedia’s “Scientistic Point of View,” “So Biased as to Be Twisted”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 8, 2023

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Yet a lot of people out there still think Wikipedia is meaningfully “vetted” and if you find an inaccuracy, you can “Update it then. That’s the entire point.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, analogy, ATP synthase, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), historical sciences, Hubert Yockey, humans, intelligence, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machines, mutations, natural selection, specified information, theology, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

No, Intelligent Design Doesn’t Reason by Analogy; Here’s Why

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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We also see machines in living systems. That’s not to say that cells or living systems on the whole are “machines,” but they do contain machines. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chemicals, death, Energy, Eric Anderson, evolution, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, innovation, intelligent design, life, matter, podcast, Steve Laufmann, systems engineering, Your Designed Body}

Listen: The Innovative Cellular Engineering That Keeps Us Alive

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 7, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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When left to their own devices, the laws of nature tend toward death, not life. So what does it take for life to exist? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 7, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, animals, Bible, chatbot, ChatGPT, cosmos, curiosity, DNA, history, humans, imagination, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, natural world}

Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

_{Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023

Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain hemispheres, consciousness, eliminative materialism, Justin Brierley, neuroscience, panpsychism, psychiatry, qualia, Scientific American, Unbelievable}

Understanding the Mind: A Neuroscientist and a Psychiatrist Walk into a…

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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What’s most interesting about this discussion is how well the life of the intellect, engaged by science, gets on without guidance from eliminative materialism. Read More ›

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Date
August 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anti-science, Cambridge, Darwinian theory, design intuition, Douglas Axe, Eric Metaxas, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, podcast, Undeniable (book)}

Douglas Axe: We Have an Eye For Detecting Design

_{Science & Culture
August 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Either you’re with us and on board on these issues or you are anti-science. That is a very unhelpful position for scientists to be taking.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, Charles Darwin, consciousness, evolution, intelligence, intelligent design, materialists, mind, Nancy Pearcey, rationality, Richard Dawkins, San Francisco State University, Theodosius Dobzhansky, William Provine, zombies}

Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, humans, lancelets, phyla, preservation, sampling bias, Science (journal), South China, tunicates, Utah, vertebrates}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Tunicate Confirms Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
August 4, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Almost on a monthly basis new fossil evidence corroborates the abruptness of the Cambrian Explosion as a genuine "Big Bang" of life. Read More ›

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Date
August 3, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Day in America, faith and science, free will, John West, materialists, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, mind, physiology, Sam Harris, sexuality, society, soul, Stony Brook University, The Miracle of Man, theology, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Westminster Theological Seminary}

Mind, Brain, Soul: What’s the Difference? Find Out at the 2023 Westminster Conference

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August 3, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sam Harris has said that “You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.” Read More ›