Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biogeography, complementarity, Douglas Futuyma, dysteleology, embryology, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, Francis Collins, Francisco Ayala, George Williams, God-talk, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, marsupials, methodological naturalism, Niles Eldredge, NOMA, paleontology, Panda's Thumb, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, textbooks, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology}

Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?

_{Stephen Dilley
April 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bertrand Russell, chromosomes, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, emperor penguins, eukaryotes, evolution, foresight, genes, genetic code, Grand Unified Theory, intelligent design, Michael Behe, multicellularity, natural selection, No Free Lunch, Peter Corning, proteins, random variation, RNA, self-replicating molecules, sexual reproduction, synergistic selection, synergy, The Design Inference, turtles, William A. Dembski}

Synergies All the Way Down

_{Daniel Witt
April 10, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
April 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, addiction, culture, David Foster Wallace, Facebook, film, humanity, Instagram, Internet, journalists, literature, loneliness, modern life, money, television, TikTok, United States}

Life with Screens: A Novelist’s Prophetic Warning

_{Peter Biles
April 9, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

David Foster Wallace foresaw the rise of the Internet and its pantheon of seductions. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 9, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, books, dark matter, dust, electric fields, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic waves, Energy, gravitational waves, immaterial mind, intelligent agency, intelligent design, magnetic fields, mind, painting, physical universe, spirit, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Intelligent Design Beyond Physics — How Would a Designer Interact with the Universe?

_{Eric Hedin
April 9, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

7}

If our minds are “other” than the matter composing our brains, then there must be a means by which the immaterial mind can affect our brains. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, animals, body plans, Denis Noble, evolution, hype, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Nature (journal), Nick Lane, Oxford University, podcast, Research, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

2}

Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field. Read More ›

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Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith and science, intelligent design, John West, literature, natural selection, The Magician's Twin, theology}

C. S. Lewis on Natural Selection’s Power, or Lack of It

_{Science and Culture
April 8, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

1}

What were C. S. Lewis's real views on evolution and intelligent design? Dr. John West explores the topic. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, creation, creationism, death, designer, evolution, humans, Incarnation, intelligent design, natural evil, pain, Panda's Thumb, peer-reviewed literature, Peter Van Inwagen, predation, redemption, resurrection, sickness, special creation, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, theology, waste, William A. Dembski}

Does a Suboptimal Panda’s Thumb Fit Better with Evolution than with Intelligent Design?

_{Stephen Dilley
April 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Just how much does evolution expect suboptimal structures? And just how much does intelligent design expect optimal ones? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Ethics
Mathematics
Science Education
Tagged
, 1984 (novel), Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotle, baseball, brainwashing, Brooklyn College, cancel culture, China, colors, constructivism, deconstruction, doors, Euclid, freedom, Friedrich Nietzsche, gender, George Orwell, John Archibald Wheeler, Joseph Stalin, knowledge, Live Not By Lies, Michel Foucault, Ontario, philosophers, Pythagoras, Queer Theory, queering, relativism, Richard Rorty, sex, teachers, transgenderism, truth, Twitter, University of Chicago, University of Haifa}

The War on 2 + 2 = 4

_{William A. Dembski
April 8, 2024

Biology, Ethics, Mathematics, Science Education

23}

The people weighing in against 2 + 2 = 4 are not mathematicians but in education departments where they teach the teaching of mathematics. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, hype, intelligent agency, intelligent design, investigator intervention, James Tour, Lee Cronin, modern cells, natural processes, nucleotides, PNAS, polymerases, Probability Paradox, protocols, replication, ribozymes, Rice University, RNA, RNA world, Steven Benner, Washington Post}

Fact Check: A “Monumental” Breakthrough in Understanding Life’s Origin?

_{Brian Miller
April 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological functions, Casey Luskin, Darwinian paradigm, DNA, evolution, Evolution News, functions, genome, ID the Future, information suites, John Mattick, junk DNA, Long Story Short, molecular biologists, non-protein coding regions, science}

One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Prevailing scientific assumptions often die hard, especially when they fit so neatly into an evolutionary view of the development of life on Earth. Read More ›