Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, biologists, common descent, debate, defining evolution, defining terms, dialogue, evidence, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, ID the Future, intelligent design, Memorial Day, natural selection, podcast, Robert Waltzer}

Clarifying Loaded Words in the Evolution Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Biologist Robert Waltzer describes an encouraging success story of his about fostering open dialogue. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 26, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, alien life, astrobiologists, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, extra-terrestrial intelligence, faith, galaxy, intelligent design, Occam's Razor, Paul Davies, Roger Penrose, stars}

The Conviction that ET Is Out There Survives Every Setback

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The usual practice in science would rule out mundane explanations first. But clearly, that is a road not taken. Read More ›

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Date
May 25, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, ID the Future, Mark Zuckerberg, Nobel laureates, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Roger Penrose, Sir Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

_{Science and Culture
May 25, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

2}

Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Creation Myths, Dan Stern Cardinale, debates, Discovery Institute, DNA, Dr. Dan, ENCODE, ERVs, Evolution News, Ewan Birney, function, genome, junk DNA, Nature (journal), pseudogenes, repetitive DNA, RNA, Rutgers University, YouTube channels}

Did Dr. Dan Make Us Change Our Position on Junk DNA?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This claim is totally false and it perhaps reflects Dr. Dan’s wish to find a positive spin on the substance of what happened during the debate. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, anthropomorphism, Carl Zimmer, cheating, consciousness, cooperation, Quanta, virologists, viruses, Washington University}

Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine

5}

What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, biogeography, dinosaurs, Eurasia, Fossil Friday (series), Late Cretaceous, New World monkeys, North America, paleontology, Pangaea, rafting animals, seafaring, swimming, terrestrial animals}

Fossil Friday: Did Giant Dinosaurs Swim Across Oceans?

_{Günter Bechly
May 24, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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More rafting animals! Who cares about probability or empirical evidence, when a simple just-so-story can do the job? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute Press, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, novels, podcast, Steven Spielberg, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet, young adults}

New Novel Invites Teens to Ponder our Privileged Planet

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 23, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There’s a wealth of books covering the arguments for intelligent design, and yet one type of book has so far been missing — a young adult novel. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, Francis Collins, Great Barrington Declaration, Human Genome Project, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, media, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Review, pandemic, Sunetra Gupta, vaccination, Wuhan Institute of Virology}

How the Public Health Establishment Squandered Our Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 23, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

The Covid pandemic was devastating, not only for society generally, but also to the reputations of our once-trusted health agencies. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, appendages, bats, beetles, bioengineering, birds, butterflies, Caltech, dragonflies, Drosophila melanogaster, evolution, Flight, fruit flies, intelligent design, limbs, Michael Dickinson, Mona Lisa, Monarch butterflies, Nature (journal), neurons, smartphones, wasps, wings}

Fly Flight Is More Sophisticated than Imagined

_{David Coppedge
May 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biological structures usually appear more complicated up close, and the fly wing is no exception. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, common ancestor, evolution, intelligent design, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, systems engineering, Travel, United States}

Promoting Design Arguments in Mexico and Beyond

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I welcome back Dr. Brian Miller, this time to discuss his recent participation at a conference on science and faith in Guadalajara. Read More ›