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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
March 25, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Charles Thaxton, Discovery Institute Press, hypotheses, Melvin Calvin, naturalism, On the Origin of Species, positivism, science, scientists, special creation, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theism, tolerance}

Metaphysical Tolerance: A Discipline for Progress

_{Walter Bradley, Charles Thaxton, and Roger E. Olsen
March 25, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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The quest for truth has never been easy, and has on more than a few occasions been known to make one unpopular. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __k-review, abiogenesis, Charles Thaxton, creativity, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, epilogue, ID the Future, intelligence, James Tour, Of Pandas and People, origins, Robert J. Marks II, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Charles Thaxton on a “Controversial” Epilogue

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The three authors reviewed five proposed explanations for life’s origins and suggested that the best explanation was that the first life originated through an act of creative intelligence. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Sagan, Cosmos 3.0, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, DNA, equations, Evolution News, habitability, Harold Urey, hydrogen, Mars, Mercury, NASA, Neil deGrasse Tyson, red dwarf star, RNA, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago, Venus}

Cosmos Episode 6 — That’s Entertainment! (But Is It Science?)

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2020

Physical Sciences

5}

Here is the problem with speculative thinking about extraterrestrial life as well as about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biological information, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, chemicals, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Francis Crick, James Watson, neo-Darwinian theory, nucleic acids, origins, prebiotic evolution, proteins, Roger Olsen, Stanley Miller, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

Crisis in the Chemistry of Origins

_{Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, and Roger E. Olsen
March 24, 2020

Biology, Evolution

4}

The impressive complexities of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biological molecules are presently developed in nature only in living things. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 23, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, courage, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, ideology, James Tour, Justin Brierley, Lee Cronin, narrative, Rice University, skepticism, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Unbelievable}

Finally, an Origin-of-Life Scientist Debates Skeptic James Tour

_{David Klinghoffer
March 23, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Origin of Life

4}

When Tour gets done, the narrative we all learned in high school biology class is in shreds on the floor. Read More ›

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Author
Dean H. Kenyon

Date
March 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Biochemical Predestination, biopolymers, Dean H. Kenyon, genetic information, isomer, living systems, polynucleotides, polypeptides, proteins, protocells, San Francisco State University, scientists, second of law thermodynamics, Stanley Miller, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

What Scientists Fear: Foreword to The Mystery of Life’s Origin

_{Dean H. Kenyon
March 23, 2020

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Perhaps scientists fear that acceptance of this conclusion would open the door to the possibility (or the necessity) of a supernatural origin of life. Read More ›

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Date
March 21, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, biophysics, evidence, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, inferential science, Kirk Durston, materialism, multiverse, podcast, proteins, testing}

Listen: Kirk Durston on Fantasy Science and Scientism

_{Science and Culture
March 21, 2020

Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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One example of fantasy science, according to Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
March 20, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, aliens, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, Bible, Christiaan Huygens, Christianity, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Evolution News, extraterrestrial life, Galileo Galilei, geometry, Giordano Bruno, Herwart von Hohenburg, Johannes Kepler, Judaism, National Geographic Channel, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, planetary motion, Plato, René Descartes, Saint Augustine, Two Books, Unbelievable}

The Biggest Myth So Far in Cosmos 3.0 — Baruch Spinoza as Science Hero

_{Mike Keas
March 20, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Scholarship on Spinoza in the last decade has increasingly recognized that he opposed the observational (empirical) and mathematical analyses of nature. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 19, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s disease, Charles Thaxton, Dallas, Discovery Institute Dallas, Discovery Institute Press, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Linda Buell, Of Pandas and People, Pam Bailey, Phillip E. Johnson, Roger Olsen, The Design of Life, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

The Passing of Jon Buell

_{William A. Dembski
March 19, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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That Jon was able to get The Mystery of Life’s Origin to see the light of day was a miracle. Read More ›

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Author
Steven J. Buri

Date
March 19, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, 9/11 attack, C.S. Lewis, contagion, coronavirus, creativity, crisis, death, Discovery Institute, faith, history, hope, human beings, human life, innovation, purpose, Seattle, social distancing}

Purpose and Hope in a Time of Turmoil

_{Steven J. Buri
March 19, 2020

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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During a recent staff meeting, two Discovery Institute staff members referenced essays by C.S. Lewis, including “On Living in the Atomic Age.” Read More ›