Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethicists, brain, brain death, cardiac arrest, circulation, cognitive disabilities, comatose, consciousness, desire, equality, health care, heart, human life, intention, medicine, memory, New York Times, organ donors, organ recipients, organ-harvesting, organs, patients, transplant medicine, trust}

Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

4}

Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Doubt, digital code, DNA, Hoover Institution, James Tour, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Peter Robinson, primordial soup, Rice University, scam, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge, Watson and Crick}

The Unsolved Mystery of Life’s Origin: Stephen Meyer and James Tour

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

3}

How did life originate? For decades, many scientists clung to “primordial soup” models. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioethics, breastbone, choking, circulatory death, coma, dead donor rule, death, Department of Health and Human Services, doctors, Health Resources and Services Administration, heart death, kidney, Misty Hawkins, Munchkins, New York Times, nonprofits, organ procurement organizations, organ-harvesting, overdose, patients, Pittsburgh Protocol, Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally, ventilator}

Organ-Procurement Goofs Threaten Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 4, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “dead donor rule” is the cement that binds the public’s trust in organ transplant medicine. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ageing, biowaste, cancer, cells, Darwinism, dendritic cells, disasters, disposal services, DNA, DNA-Protein Crosslinks, electron transport chain, Erika Causa, evolution, Immune System, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, Mark Fransen, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nature Immunology, neurodegeneration, Nucleic Acids Research, organelles, Patricia Reis-Rodriguez, proteins, reactive oxygen species, topoisomerase, University of Cambridge, University of Strathclyde}

With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, Cities of the Absurd, Kenneth Francis, Mario Beauregard, materialism, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, narrative, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, New English Review, paradoxical lucidity, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Richard Dawkins, short stories, skepticism, soul, split brain, The Immortal Mind}

From Science, New Respect for Non-Materialist Understandings of the Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Yes, there are still people who insist that science can only consider material causes and concepts. Read More ›

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Date
August 2, 2025

Categories
Epistemology
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, brain processes, Brown University, cognitive science, computational mechanics, computationalism, computer science, computers, humans, intellect, James F. Ross, John McCarthy, John Searle, mind, modus tollens, Pat Flynn, philosophy, Roderick Chisholm, Selmer Bringsjord, Thomas Aquinas, triangularity}

How Understanding Points Beyond Physicalism

_{Science and Culture
August 2, 2025

Epistemology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, Bard, ChatGPT, Conservation of Information, data, education, human capabilities, ID the Future, intelligent design, large language models, physical world, podcast, technology, thought, truth, Wikipedia, William Dembski}

Bill Dembski: Pursuing Truth and Trust in AI and LLMs

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dembski and I also explore the potential for AI to enhance human capabilities and education if used judiciously. Read More ›

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Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adam Jacobs, brain, cerebral cortex, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, eliminative materialism, Global Workspace Theory, Integrated information theory, mathematics, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Patricia Churchland, precentral gyrus, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind}

Where in the Brain Does the Mind Reside?

_{Science and Culture
August 1, 2025

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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A rabbi asks neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how consciousness can exist without a place in the brain. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, biology, Casey Luskin, conversation, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwinists, dialogue, DNA, evolution, Evolution 2.0, funding, intelligent design, Kevin Laland, Lala Lab, Laland Lab, money, Neo-Darwinism, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, physiologists, prestige, recognition, St. Andrews University, Third Way of Evolution}

Darwinists Fear Conversations Like the One Casey Luskin Just Had with Denis Noble

_{David Klinghoffer
August 1, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As Casey Luskin described yesterday, he had a fruitful and genial online discussion recently with Oxford University biologist and physiologist Denis Noble. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic control circuits, bacteria, Bill Gates, blind evolution, Casey Luskin, computer programming, conditional logic, conditional logic control circuits, Denis Noble, DNA, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary biology, glucose, intelligence, intelligent design, lactose, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, promoter, pseudocode, RNA polymerase, Third Way of Evolution}

My Conversation with Denis Noble and Perry Marshall About Evolution and Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
July 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›