Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 20, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Darwin, egg, evolutionary theory, foresight, forethought, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, podcast, sexual reproduction, sperm}

Sex: Engineered for Success

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 20, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sexual reproduction depends on an irreducibly complex core of components for its success. Can we credit a gradual evolutionary process for this system? Read More ›

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Author
Titus Kennedy

Date
January 19, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Faith & Science
Paleontology
Tagged
, artifacts, Bible, Christianity, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, events, history, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, New Testament}

Dallas Conference: Archaeology and the Life of Jesus

_{Titus Kennedy
January 19, 2024

Archaeology, Faith & Science, Paleontology

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My presentation will explore archaeological discoveries illuminating a major event in the life of Jesus — his trial in Jerusalem. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, central nervous system, digestive system, electrical impulses, Francis Crick Institute, microbes, neurons, neuroscientists, pathogens, toxins, United States, University of British Columbia, Wired, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 19, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain, East Africa, empirical evidence, Fossil Friday (series), hominin fossils, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, human brain, humans, Journal of Human Evolution, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, morphology, neuroanatomy, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania}

Fossil Friday: New Research Questions the Human Nature of Homo habilis

_{Günter Bechly
January 19, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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A consensus is scientifically worthless when it is driven by worldview bias and peer pressure rather than by an unbiased inference to the best explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Metascience
Paleontology
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, abortions, Campbell's Law, conflict of interest, data integrity, Discovery Institute, disinformation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), evolutionary biologists, fertility, Frontiers in Psychology, Goodhart's Law, Harvard University, Laszlo Bencze, mental health, Mind Matters, peer review, perverse incentives, pregnancy, pro-life, Retraction Crisis, Robert J. Marks II, Walter Bradley Center}

Peer Review May Be Beyond Reform

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 18, 2024

Bioethics, Metascience, Paleontology, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Harvard is going to have quite a job convincing the world that it is still serious about reality-based thinking, never mind peer review. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, babies, cleft palate, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Iceland, New York Times, parents, Sarah Palin}

Extinguishing Down Syndrome Babies Is Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 18, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Eugenics is more than trying to control the health or other attributes of a general population. Read More ›

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Author
Melissa Cain Travis

Date
January 18, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, cosmos, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, intellectual history, intelligent design, intelligibility, Johannes Kepler, natural theology, nature, transparency}

In Dallas, Learn About Uncanny Synchronicity Behind the Comprehensibility of the Cosmos

_{Melissa Cain Travis
January 18, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The idea that the rational transparency of our cosmos has design implications came to fruition with the natural theology and astronomy of Johannes Kepler. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, biologists, Charles Darwin, complementarity, evolutionary theory, flagellum, genotype, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, males, meiosis, middle piece, mitosis, modifications, podcast, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex Is a Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 17, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Could sex be the product of a gradual evolutionary process, one dictated by “numerous, successive, slight, modifications,” as Darwin himself put it? Read More ›

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Author
Sean Mixon

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, conference, consciousness, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, events, human mind, materialism, mind, rationality, science and faith}

Dallas Conference: How Consciousness Refutes Materialism and Supports Theism

_{Sean Mixon
January 17, 2024

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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I am excited to present to you at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith on February 17. I'll be talking about the "Uniqueness of the Human Mind." Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, abortion, anti-Semitism, Aryans, assisted suicide, C.S. Lewis, cowardice, culture, emotion, evolutionary theory, France, Germany, humanity, Jews, mortality, Nazi Germany, power, radio, skin color, That Hideous Strength, transhumanism, white supremacy, World War II}

The Nazis and Their Transhumanist Delusion

_{Peter Biles
January 17, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Technology

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A new series on Netflix shows what can happen when the delusions of transhumanism join forces with an appalling ideology. Read More ›