Year: 2025 | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Biology
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Ambrose Bierce, biology, Carl Woese, complementarity, Darwin's Black Box, dualism, dualisms, Erwin Schrödinger, Essays on Life Itself, function, gravitation, Inertia, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, language, Life Itself, Mass, Michael Behe, molecular biologists, natural selection, phenotype, physics, randomness, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, structure, structure-function relationships, The Devil's Dictionary, What Is Life?}

In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 2, 2025

Biology, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Brian Miller, cosmos, electromagnetism, Ellie Feder, fine-tuning, gravity, intelligent design, laws of nature, life, molecules, podcast, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, stars, Theory of Everything, universe, weirdness}

Beyond Fine-Tuning: Why the Laws of Nature Indicate Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 2, 2025

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The dream of finding a unique, logically necessary “theory of everything” has failed, which leaves an intriguing question: Why these specific laws? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, ACLU, Antony Flew, attorneys, biology, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Christians, cricket (sport), Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Dover trial, education, evolution, George W. Bush, H. L. Mencken, Harrisburg, Henry Quastler, Hollywood, information, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, John E. Jones III, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, natural processes, Pennsylvania, philosophy of science, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Crowther, Scopes Monkey Trial, Spencer Tracy, Stephen Meyer, Summer for the Gods, theists, theology, William Paley, Williams Jennings Bryan}

Dover Days: A Fatuous Decision Is About to Turn 20 Years Old

_{Jonathan Witt
December 2, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

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Judge Jones looked my way, and his expression seemed full of fellow feeling, as if to say, “Don’t sweat it. I’m all about free speech. I’ve got your back.” Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, __trending, Carl Sagan, consciousness, Daily Mail, David Klinghoffer, life after death, Maria Strømme, near-death experiences, panpsychism, physicists, Plato, Plato's Revenge, quantum mechanics, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Hawking, telepathy, terminal lucidity, Thomas Henry Huxley, universal field, universe, Uppsala University, William Hunter}

According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

_{Science and Culture
December 1, 2025

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, common descent, complexity, computers, convergence, Energy, engineering, evolution, function, gradual changes, Granville Sewell, ID the Future, innovations, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, jet airplanes, life, mathematicians, mathematics, modifications, natural selection, open system, order, organs, particles, podcast, simplicity, smartphones, software, steam engine, sun, systems, unintelligent processes}

A Mathematician’s Simple Yet Profound Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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We might think that mathematicians are focused on incredibly complex ideas and equations, far above the everyday thoughts of the rest of us. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, convergence, English, evolution, fossil record, genus, geologic time scale, geological formations, geology, German, giraffes, Giraffidae, gradualism, mutations, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Paleobiology Database, paleontology, Wikipedia, zoology}

New Paper: Giraffe Fossil Record Defies Neo-Darwinism

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 1, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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Results have been obtained in definite contrast to the expectations of the neo-Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anatomy, anger, auditory system, awareness, biochemistry, Biological Psychiatry, biology, botany, brain, central nervous system, Champalimaud Foundation, Darwinian evolution, design sense, Douglas Axe, engineering, environment, False Messiah, fear, Helene Langevin, holistic approach, homeostasis, hunger, insular cortex, intelligent design, interoception, joints, limbs, Lisbon, mice, microbiology, muscles, Neil Thomas, neurons, neuroscience, organs, parasites, physiology, PIEZO1, Piezo2, PLOS Biology, Portugal, proprioception, Scripps Research, somatosensory cortex, space, stress, Systems Biology, TIME, Trends in Neurosciences, Undeniable (book), Wen G. Chen, zoology}

Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 1, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
November 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ascidian eggs, asymmetry, autonomy, biology, cell division, chromosomes, cytoplasm, eagle, ectoplasm, eggs, embryo, equifinality, equipotentiality, fertilization, frog, Hans Driesch, human egg, icons, induction, iron bar, iron filings, lancet, micropipette, morphogenesis, needle, Pavel Florenskij, physicists, regional specification, sea urchin, spatial organization, Styela, thread, totipotentiality, Wilhelm Roux}

From an Eagle’s Egg, an Eagle, and Other Mysteries

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
November 30, 2025

Biology, Reproductive Science

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Pavel Florenskij, a Russian physicist and theologian (1882-1937), imagined a field on the surfaces of icons that portray sacred images. Read More ›

Person is looking for way out of psychedelic maze. A surreal labyrinth in magical forest. Human consciousness is at dead end, searching for solutions. Created with Generative AI

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 29, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Carl Sagan, Christopher Hitchens, consciousness, COSM 2025, George Gilder, immaterial reality, information, Jay W. Richards, life after death, Measurement Problem, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, neurosurgeons, quantum mechanics, Roger Penrose, technology, The Human Advantage}

Does Quantum Mechanics Help Make Sense of the Soul?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 29, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Quantum mechanics seems to be the game-changer that Albert Einstein (1879–1955) feared it would be. It is certain to liven up discussions about the soul. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, body, brain, COSM 2025, David Deutsch, Francis Crick, materialist paradigm, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, Skeptics Society, soul, The Astonishing Hypothesis, The Beginning of Infinity}

Skeptic Michael Shermer’s Non-Vision of the Soul

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Responding to Michael Egnor at COSM 2025, he said that the soul is an explanation but not a good explanation for our relationship to our bodies. Read More ›