Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, biological diversity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, front-loaded design, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, interviews, podcast, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, theologians}

Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Be Happily Wedded?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Casey Luskin kicks off a series of interviews responding to theologian Dr. Rope Kojonen’s proposal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 22, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, adult stem cells, anti-science, appendix, charlatans, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, embryonic stem cells, epidemiologists, FDA, Francis Collins, free speech, gender affirmation, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, gut bacteria, Jay Bhattacharya, knowledge, lockdowns, medicine, National Institutes of Health, pandemic, Royal Society, science, Scientific American, settled science, Stanford University, vestigial structures}

Stifling Opposition Is the Real “Anti-Science”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 22, 2024

Evolution, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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In the Great Barrington Declaration, three noted epidemiologists questioned the wisdom of societal shutdowns and keeping children out of school. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, auto accident, behavior, belief, brains, choice, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, faith, free will, human beings, Jerry Coyne, Ludwig Wittgenstein, materialists, meaning, parking lot, philosophers, physiology, Politics, rain, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris}

Reply to Free Will Deniers: Show Me

_{Michael Egnor
February 22, 2024

Bioethics, Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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If you carelessly dent a genuine free will denier’s car in a parking lot, he wouldn’t hold you responsible any more than he’d hold your car responsible. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, biography, books, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute Press, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, Kindle, On the Origin of Species, Robert Shedinger}

Darwin’s Bluff Is a Number 1 New Release on Amazon!

_{David Klinghoffer
February 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin seems never to have been with honest with himself about the fact that his big book about the actual evidence for his theory could not be written. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, adults, animals, burials, chromosomes, DNA, Down syndrome, Finland, human dignity, infants, Nature (journal), prehistoric humans}

Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 21, 2024

Archaeology, Bioethics, Ethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Aldovanda, carnivorous plants, carnivory, Charles Darwin, chitinase, Cologne, convergence, Darwin's Black Box, digestion, digestive enzymes, Dionaea, enzymes, evolution, Genlisea, Germany, Heinz-Albert Becker, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, morphology, Nepenthes, nutrients, On the Origin of Species, prey, tentacles, Utricularia, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Carnivory in Plants: A Problem for Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 21, 2024

Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The paper highlights features of carnivorous plants that exhibit irreducible complexity, a characteristic of designed systems, citing the work of Michael Behe. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Book, botanists, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, domestication, evolution, health, history, Joseph Dalton Hooker, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, variation}

Darwin’s Bluff — Continued

_{Robert Shedinger
February 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Recently, I turned up some later letters showing that Darwin’s bluff extended well beyond 1863. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, correspondence, Darwin’s Bluff, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Günter Bechly, history, ID the Future, Neil Thomas, On the Origin of Species, paleontologists, podcast, Robert Shedinger, scholars, scientific evidence}

Darwin and the Mystery of the Missing Evidence

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Charles Darwin continually promised his “big book” full of missing evidence to many of his correspondents but failed to deliver it. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, biologists, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, function, genome, graduate students, How Life Works, ignorance, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Nature (journal), null hypothesis, Philip Ball, postdocs, researchers, science journals, science writers, University of Toronto}

With One Short Rule, Philip Ball Explains Why “Junk DNA” May Be a Placeholder for Ignorance

_{Paul Nelson
February 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Here is Ball’s proposed rule for molecular biologists: “stop assuming,” he writes, “we know which parts of DNA matter and which don’t.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Alpha Centauri, argument from ignorance, atheism, biological information, complex life, consciousness, David Klinghoffer, Frank Turek, honesty, human consciousness, intelligent causes, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, moral choice, natural laws, natural theology, naturalism, philosophers, Richard Swinburne, Secular Outpost, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, theism, Twitter, Victor Reppert, Volkswagen Beetle, William Laine Craig}

Atheist Philosopher Explains Why Intelligent Design Is Not a “God of the Gaps” Argument

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 20, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Despite our many disagreements, I sincerely appreciate Lowder’s spirit and intellectual honesty. I hope the next generation of secular thinkers follow his lead. Read More ›