Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 26, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, common descent, crown group, Darwinian evolution, entomology, Evolution News, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, insects, monophyly, morphology, Neo-Darwinism, Paleocene, paleoentomology, paleontology, phylogeny, polyphyly, stem group, stratigraphy, systematics, technical papers, Tree of Life}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Insectivore Mammals

_{Günter Bechly
January 26, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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We can conclude that Eulipotyphla appeared abruptly in the Paleocene about 66-61.7 million years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 25, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, archeology, burials, Casey Luskin, documentaries, Homo naledi, human origins, ID the Future, Lee Berger, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Netflix, paleontology, Rising Star Cave, science fiction, Scientific American, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal}

Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 25, 2024

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 25, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, An Idol for Destruction (series), artificial general intelligence, ChatGPT, cyborgs, Elon Musk, Genesis, Greek, HAL 9000, Heaven, Hebrew, humans, idols, Isaiah, Leslie Zeigler, Neuralink, New Testament, Old Testament, OpenAI, Ray Kurzweil, Sam Altman, Skynet, Ten Commandments, The Matrix, The Singularity is Near, The Singularity is Nearer, Tower of Babel, zealotry}

Artificial General Intelligence: An Idol for Destruction

_{William A. Dembski
January 25, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Idols are always frauds because they substitute a lesser for a greater, demanding reverence for the lesser at the expense of the greater. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biomass, branches, equations, hierarchy, intelligent design, methodology, multifunctionality, Paper Digest, reverse-engineering, roots, Stuart Burgess, trees, trunks, weight, wind}

Paper Digest: Are Trees Well Designed?

_{Emily Reeves
January 25, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Consistent with Stuart Burgess’s general strategy, this paper is an excellent example of how ID research can be applied in a scientific discipline. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 24, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, astrology, Christianity, Christians, Claudine Gay, Davos, feminists, Harvard University, magic, plagiarism, private truth, public truth, spirituality, Switzerland, University of Exeter, Wall Street Journal, witch doctor, witchcraft}

Will Scientists Now Consider Occult as Science?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 24, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science

5}

“My truth” or (for grammatical convenience) “private truth” is making serious headway against public truth. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, agnosticism, atheism, England, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Polkinghorne, materialists, Paul Davies, Peter S. Williams, podcast, Richard Dawkins, science teachers, Stephen Hawking, theism, universe, worldview}

A Philosopher Defends Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Peter S. Williams explains the deceptively simple test he uses to silence claims that intelligent design is not a scientific pursuit. Read More ›

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Author
Carl Linnaeus

Date
January 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, adenine, building blocks, cytosine, DNA, Evolution News, guanine, living systems, magnetic field, nucleobases, nucleotides, prebiotic conditions, proteins, ribose, RNA, sugar, thymine, uracil, UV light}

Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?

_{Carl Linnaeus
January 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 23, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Al Gore, behavior, Bill Clinton, birds, brain tissue, consciousness, Francis Crick, George Musser, human mind, materialism, neurons, New Scientist, organoids, proteins, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Trinity College Dublin}

Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 23, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, allegory, devices, electromagnetic waves, electronic circuitry, emergent properties, evidence, evolution, functionality, intelligent design, mutations, predictions, radio, scientists, television}

An Allegory of Denial

_{Eric Hedin
January 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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On a distant world lived people in a society not unlike our own, except in one interesting way. Read More ›

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Author
Bijan Nemati

Date
January 23, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, earth, exo-planets, extra-solar planets, fitness, intelligent design, life, Mass, observation, orbits, planets, size, stars, theory}

Dallas Conference: Earth’s Outstanding Fitness for Life, and Its Implication for Intelligent Design

_{Bijan Nemati
January 23, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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We can now begin to ask, and in future years continue to reassess, whether the special conditions the Earth satisfies are ubiquitous or unique. Read More ›