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

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, accuracy, biological information, chemical evolution, code, DNA, genome, information, James Tour, Long Story Short, researchers, self-replication, YouTube videos}

Couldn’t Life’s Information Have Accumulated Gradually? No, and New Long Story Explains Why Not

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It turns out there are five separate qualities to life and its information that make this comforting rationalization impossible to uphold. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, brain, Dan Falk, Determined (book), determinism, evolution, Free Agents, humans, Jerry Coyne, Kevin Mitchell, livestock, materialists, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroscientists, paramecium, Robert Sapolsky, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sam Harris, Stanford University, totalitarianism}

Could Evolution Give Us Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Ball State University, determinism, experience, free will, good, humans, ID the Future, infancy, intelligent design, laws of nature, morality, suffering, universe}

Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in an Intelligently Designed World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 6, 2023

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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As Hedin puts it, “The universe reveals who we are by allowing us to make free choices.” In other words, the ball is in our court. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, eagle, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary processes, flora, intelligent design, Ockham’s razor, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theodicy, theology, University of Helsinki}

Is Intelligent Design Compatible with Evolutionary Theory? A Theologian Weighs In

_{Stephen Dilley
November 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Of course, a critic might worry that Kojonen’s model violates Ockham’s razor. Why posit two explanations when only one will do? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, anthropomorphism, bacteria, behavior, Curiosity rover, Darwinians, Duke University, flowers, herbivores, intelligence, intelligent design, leaves, memory, Nature (journal), nitrogen, programming, self-awareness, synthetic organic chemistry, tentacles, The New Yorker, trees, Wesley Smith}

The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

_{David Coppedge
November 6, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 5, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, circular reasoning, common descent, evolution, homology, intelligent design, laughter, learning, Long Story Short, species, YouTube videos}

“Long Story” Sunday: Why Homology Can’t Be Used as Evidence for Evolution

_{Emily Sandico
November 5, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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How has your weekend been so far? There's still time to spice it up with a little laughter and learning. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolutionary biologists, improbability, information, information theory, James Tour, natural selection, Rice University, Shannon information, shell game, specified information, The Design Inference, The Information Enigma, William A. Dembski}

How Information Runs the Show in Biology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Specified information — when improbability meets a recognizable pattern — demands explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 4, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, environmentalism, geological features, guppies, human thriving, misanthropy, mosquitoes, nature rights, pollution, regulations, rights, weeds}

To Throttle Human Thriving Is the Point of “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 4, 2023

Bioethics, Life Sciences

3}

Granting “rights” to nature — including geological features — profoundly undermines the concept of “rights” itself. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cell (journal), embryo, embryonic development, evolution, filaments, heuristic, intelligent design, mammals, proteins}

The Best and Worst Heuristics for Biological Discovery

_{Paul Nelson
November 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"We don’t know what this structure does, so it probably does nothing. Remember, evolution produces a lot of non-functional debris." Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, cause, cells, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Kindle, libraries, logic, logical fallacy, Return of the God Hypothesis, specified information, Stephen Meyer}

Fundamentals Friday: The Logic of Intelligent Design

_{Emily Sandico
November 3, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Stephen Meyer and other proponents of intelligent design theory are often accused of committing the "God of the gaps” fallacy. Read More ›