Category: Culture

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 30, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cancer, Darwinism, external forces, ID research community, ID the Future, intelligent design, living things, materialists, mechanistic view, medical oncology, organisms, podcast, purpose, scientific materialism, Stephen Iacoboni, Telos (book)}

Materialists Grapple with the Reality of Purpose in Organisms

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 30, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

3}

Twentieth-century materialism treated living organisms as reducible machines governed strictly by Newtonian physics and simple genetic mechanics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 28, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Bang, Chronicles Magazine, debates, genders, John Zmirak, logic, materialism, mathematics, New Atheists, newspapers, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, rationalism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sigmund Freud, Stephen Meyer, sushi, The God Delusion, The Story of Everything, The Telegraph, universe}

The Great Non-Debate and Scientific Atheism as “20-Year-Old Sushi”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 28, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

If Richard Dawkins had answers to intelligent design's evidence, he would have presented them, not least on his own home turf. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 28, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, backgrounds, BioCosmos, Center for Science and Culture, Collegium Maius, conferences, Copernican Revolution, cultures, Discovery Institute, En Arche Foundation, Europe, geocentric model, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, hospitality, intelligent design, Kraków, naturalistic materialism, Nicolaus Copernicus, Paul Nelson, Poland, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, scientific disciplines, solar system, Steinar Thorvaldsen, University of Tromsø}

Postcard from Kraków: From Copernican Revolution to ID Revolution

_{Eric Hedin
October 28, 2026

Astronomy, History of Science, Intelligent Design

3}

Even physicists who were more familiar with black holes than dance steps got pulled into the fun. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 27, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, agency, ancient Greeks, biology, Darwinian biology, Darwinism, emergence, function, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialists, nature, oncology, purpose, Science and Culture Today, Telos: The Scientific Basis for a Life of Purpose, The Undying Soul}

Dr. Iacoboni: Return of the Purpose Hypothesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 27, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

2}

Purpose was once considered fundamental to understanding nature. But for the last few centuries, scientists committed to a Darwinian view have ignored it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 26, 2026

Categories
Political Science
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, decolonization, Emmet Fraizer, evidence, Jerry Coyne, LabX Media Group, legends, materialism, Michael Shermer, psychology, Scientific American, scientists, Smithsonian Magazine, Springer Nature, Steven Pinker, The Nation, truth, Why Evolution Is True, wokeness}

“Decolonize” Science? Wokeness Scrambles Scientific Journals and Writers

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 26, 2026

Political Science, Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning

5}

Yes, “decolonization” does mean accepting legends in place of evidence, in order to show respect for the legends’ tellers and believers. Read More ›

Activating emergency button. Finger presses a button near fire extinguisher, with office workers and safety helmets ready

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 26, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Psychology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Artificial Intimacy, attachment, chatbots, emergency, human relationships, humanity, intimacy, Los Angeles Review of Books, machines, MIT, New York Post, relationships, schools, Sherry Turkle, social media, social skills, thinking skills}

A State of Emergency in Our Dependence on AI

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 26, 2026

Computational Sciences, Psychology

3}

I sat down with Dr. Turkle for a conversation about her new book. We covered all the things about relationships we stand to lose if we depend on AI. Read More ›

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Date
October 22, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, dissertation, Duke University, emendation, fake history, fake news, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, misattribution, New York University Press, scholarship, smoking gun}

C. W. Howell Scrubs Fabricated Behe Quote from Dissertation Without Coming Clean

_{Science & Culture
October 22, 2026

Ethics, Intelligent Design

3}

The ethical thing would have been to apologize and admit the seriousness of his mistake. His smoking gun, after all, wasn’t just a dud. It was imaginary. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 21, 2026

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, AI slop, Amazon, artificial inteligence, authenticity, Britain, data, formula fiction, George Orwell, Jason Arday, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Overreach, Owen Matthews, Rie Kudan, technology, The Spectator, Thélyson Orélien, totalitarianism, writers}

Could Orwell’s Novel-Writing Machine Actually Write a Good Novel?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 21, 2026

Arts, Computational Sciences, Technology

4}

If masses of data could be collected and organized according to rules, formula fiction could be automated. Read More ›

Antique biplane descending with broken wing toward rocky mountain slope, ideal for historical aviation crashes

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
October 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, afterlife, airplanes, Alister McGrath, atheism, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, David Klinghoffer, Denis Alexander, Europe, Gary Wolf, Islam, Judaism, Judeo-Christian tradition, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, murder, New Atheists, Oxford University, reason, religion, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Science and Culture Today, terrorists, The God Delusion, The Guardian}

Aggressive Atheism’s “Somewhat Different Delusion” Stalls Out Very Publicly

_{Terrell Clemmons
October 21, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

7}

Imagine being such a poor evangelist for atheism that people credit you with helping them become Christians. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Allah, anarchists, artists, barbarians, beauty, biology, chemical elements, Communism, cosmic design, criminals, dessert, Douglas Axe, Eric Metaxas, Europe, France, humans, ingredients, intelligent design, John West, Leninists, Louvre, mass murder, Nazis, Onsi Fakhouri, poets, Poland, qualia, rioters, Rod Dreher, students, T. S. Eliot, V.I. Lenin, Western civilization, World War II}

In France, Barbarians Set Fire to Civilization; Design and the Designer Are the Targets

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

5}

Says John West, “Students need to know. They don’t understand bad ideas have bad consequences. It’s like playing with fire.” That's no mere figure of speech. Read More ›