Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, David Coppedge, Imperial College London, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, materialism, Nature (journal), Nick Lane, Perry Marshall, science journals, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer}

On the Origin of Life, a Measure of Intelligent Design’s Impact on Mainstream Science

_{David Klinghoffer
February 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Xavier rejects ID, but recommends an ID book to “everyone I can” because “it exposes a lot of the questions that people try to sweep under the carpet.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Ecology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", anesthesia, arteries, astrobiology, autocatalysis, Biomimetics, blood, blood vessels, circulation, coacervates, confession, conservation, genes, George Washington Carver, heart, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, James Joule, James Simpson, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, Leslie Orgel, memory, methodological naturalism, Michael Faraday, mRNA vaccines, Murchison meteorite, Nick Lane, paradigm shift, Paul Nelson, proteinoid microspheres, proteins, reverse-engineering, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Robert Shapiro, scientific revolution, Signature in the Cell, spark-discharge tubes, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, Systems Biology, target of selection, The Origin of Life Circus, University College London, veins, William Harvey}

From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
February 28, 2024

Biochemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bits, Claude Shannon, coin toss, complexity, distortion, error correction, improbability, information, information theory, Kolmogorov information, No Free Lunch, pattern, randomness, Shannon information, specification, specified complexity, Specified Complexity Made Simple (series), The Design Inference}

Shannon and Kolmogorov Information

_{William A. Dembski
February 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

There’s a deep connection between probability and complexity. This connection is made clear in Shannon’s theory of information. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
February 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, causes, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, David Glass, design detection, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, fitness landscapes, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mutations, preconditions, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), tinkering, weddings}

To Dance at Two Weddings: Rope Kojonen’s Evolutionary Quest

_{Stephen Dilley
February 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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According to a proverb, you can’t dance at two weddings at the same time. Dr. Kojonen believes that you can. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, birthdays, complexity, Dark Helmet, Darth Vader, Dave Farina, English, George Washington, improbability, information theory, intuition, Luke Skywalker, Mount Rushmore, poetry, poker, probability, Professor Dave, royal flush, Spaceballs, specification, specified complexity, Specified Complexity Made Simple (series), Star Wars, The Design Inference, The Empire Strikes Back, Theodore Roosevelt}

Intuitive Specified Complexity: A User-Friendly Account

_{William A. Dembski
February 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

At this early stage in the discussion, however, it seems wise to lay out specified complexity in a convenient non-technical way. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Thaxton, English, Francis Crick, information theory, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Leslie Orgel, letters, Paul Davies, Roger Olsen, specified complexity, Specified Complexity Made Simple (series), The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Specified Complexity Made Simple: The Historical Backdrop

_{William A. Dembski
February 26, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What happened to change the fortunes of specified complexity in the mainstream scientific community? The intelligent design movement happened. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, creativity, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, front-loaded design, hummingbird, ID the Future, intelligent design, intuition, natural processes, organisms, podcast, Religions (journal), Stephen Dilley, theist on the street, theistic evolution}

Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Work Together in Harmony?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Or is that wishful thinking? Casey Luskin concludes his conversation with philosopher Stephen Dilley about a recent proposal. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, air conditioning, aspirin, bacteria, blood vessels, body heat, body temperature, brain, catalysis, chills, enzymes, evolution, fever, heat, hypothalamus, infection, inflammation, intelligent design, muscle tone, muscles, neurons, ovens, skin, sweating, temperature, thermostats, white blood cells}

In Its Design, the Body’s Thermostat Resembles Human Technology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 26, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The existence of thermostatic control of our body temperature is not at all surprising supposing life to be the product of a purposeful engineer. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, Artificial Selection, Darwin Mythology, Darwin's bulldog, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian theory, debates, Dogs, history, Oxford, pigeons, precambrian fossils, Quarterly Review, Richard Owen, theology, Thomas Henry Huxley}

What Really Happened at the Huxley-Wilberforce Debate?

_{Robert Shedinger
February 26, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science

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The stereotype portraying Wilberforce as the pompous bishop rejecting Darwin on theological grounds is easily dispelled. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, birds, Center for Science and Culture, conferences, cosmos, Discovery Institute, events, football field, Guillermo Gonzalez, hotels, insects, intelligent design, Jay W. Richards, North America, planets, registration, scientific discovery, sky, solar eclipses, stars, sunset, temperature, Texas, The Privileged Planet, total solar eclipse, totality, universe, Waxahachie}

You’re Invited! Get the Total Solar Eclipse Experience, April 7-8, in Waxahachie, TX

_{Science and Culture
February 25, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Beyond the sensory experience lies something even more astonishing — a cosmological coincidence of metaphysical significance to human existence. Read More ›