Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 29, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, An American Life, arms control, atheism, birds’ eggs, birthday, butterflies, capitalism, Christianity, Douglas Brinkley, evil empire, Galesburg, General Secretary, Greeks, Illinois, intelligent design, Jews, Jimmy Carter, Kremlin, Lessons My Father Taught Me, Mars, Michael Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, Moslems, National Prayer Breakfast, notetaker, Otangelo Grasso, Paul Kengor, political freedom, Protestants, Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Red Square, Romans, Ron Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Russian Orthodox Church, Soviet Union, St. Catherine’s Hall, The Notes, The Reagan Diaries, U.S. Constitution, Ukrainian Catholics, Whittaker Chambers, Witness}

Ronald Reagan’s Deeply Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
January 29, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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An untold story from the final year of Reagan’s Presidency about science, faith, and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, An Idol for Destruction (series), Arthur C. Clarke, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, Back to the Future, Blaise Pascal, Book of Job, Cambridge University, Darwinian evolution, Dune, Erika DeBenedictis, Ezekiel, Frank Herbert, Garden of Eden, gravity, H.G. Wells, Isaac Barrow, Isaac Newton, Isaiah, large language models, Lucifer, Old Testament, Reformation, Satan, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Time Machine, wormholes, Yuval Harari}

Artificial General Intelligence: The Creation Exceeding the Creator

_{William A. Dembski
January 28, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Is artificial intelligence at a tipping point, with AGI ready to appear in real time? Or is AGI more like many other themes of science fiction? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 28, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Compassion & Choices, death cult, dehydration, Dutch News, dying, harm reduction, hospice, lips, Netherlands, palliative care, self-starving, suicide, Terri Schiavo, voluntary stop eating and drinking, VSED}

Now Doctors to Help Younger People Commit Suicide by Self-Starvation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 28, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Of course, we in the U.S. have our own such issues, even beyond pernicious VSED advocacy. Read More ›

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Date
January 27, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, Andrew Klavan, atheism, Darwinism, ID the Future, interview, multiverse, Occam's Razor, philosophers, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Daily Wire, theism}

Andrew Klavan and Stephen Meyer Talk God and Science

_{Science and Culture
January 27, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Meyer and Klavan discuss a noted atheist philosopher who frankly admits that he doesn’t want theism to be true. Read More ›

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Date
January 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, David Berlinski, Eric Metaxas, events, john lennox, John West, Politics, Rainier Club, scientism, Socrates in the City, Stephen C. Meyer, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician's Twin}

C. S. Lewis on Science Abuse: Join Eric Metaxas and John West for Socrates in the City, Feb. 8 in Seattle

_{Science and Culture
January 26, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Lewis was a critic of the growing power of scientism, the effort to apply science to areas outside its bounds. His writing on this couldn't be timelier. Read More ›

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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

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