Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, beauty, Beauty Is Your Destiny, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, creation, design, Epicureans, human eye, intelligent design, modern life, natural world, On the Incarnation, Philip Ryken, Plato, Platonism, poem, randomness, scientific truth, St. Athanasius, symphony, theology, Wheaton College}

For Advent, Reading St. Athanasius on the Beauty of the Universe

_{Peter Biles
December 14, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Besides the prose itself being so pleasing to read, these thoughts reaffirm some of my main reasons for believing this universe is the product of a Mind. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Bijan Nemati, culture, Darwinian evolution, DNA, E. coli, engineers, Eric Anderson, evolution, extinction, Idaho, Iraq, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, mutations, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, Why It Matters}

Hitting the Brakes on “Rapid Evolution”

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski hopes to demonstrate Darwinian evolution in action. But one humble scientist from Northern Idaho says not so fast! Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, boredom, cardiovascular disease, consciousness, darkness, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, experiences, eyes, human flourishing, information, intelligent design, memory, mind, muscles, nervous system, newborn babies, obesity, rapid eye movement, Restoration, sleep, St. Louis, stimuli, wakefulness, Washington University}

Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

_{Eric Hedin
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Angewandte Chemie, Arabic, bacteria, biofilm, bioluminescence, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, engineers, Finland, GUT, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, languages, microbes, migration, MIT, quorum sensing, rocks, slime molds, The Design Inference, words, World War II}

Quorum Sensing: A Clever Trick by Microbes

_{David Coppedge
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Robot designers are learning tricks from bacteria: how to communicate with and respond to other unseen members of a swarm. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetylcholine, amygdala, birds, brain, brainstem, cerebrospinal fluid, dopamine, dreaming, Flight, hippocampus, Howard Glicksman, humans, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, mice, neurotransmitters, norepinephrine, reptiles, sleep, speed, Steve Laufmann, strength, thalamus, unconsciousness, wakefulness, waking, Your Designed Body}

Sleep — Designed for Our Good

_{Eric Hedin
December 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The evolutionary mindset operates as a major obstacle to the scientific understanding of sleep. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Eric Anderson, evolution, high school students, ID the Future, intelligent design, microbiology, microorganisms, mutations, natural selection, podcast, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Why It Matters}

A Microbiologist’s Journey to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scott Minnich shares how he first learned about ID, met philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer, and eventually became involved in a well-known documentary. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, biological complexity, biological information, biosignatures, functional information, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, materialist philosophies, mathematical models, NASA, natural selection, simulations, Steven Benner, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski}

Cronin-Tour at Harvard: How Researchers Smuggle Design into Their Theories

_{Brian Miller
December 12, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Cronin presented his Assembly Theory as a framework for understanding life’s origin. I believe he is correct but not in the way he intends. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, Christof Koch, consciousness, crabs, Francis Crick, hard problem of consciousness, John Horgan, Kristin Andrews, materialism, mind, nervous system, neuroscience, panpsychism, philosophers, physiology, theists, York University}

Can Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 11, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Kristin Andrews thinks consciousness researchers should discard the assumptions of “white, male and WEIRD” philosophy profs and study more crabs. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anxiety, Book of Nature, cosmic origins, cosmos, culture, Darwinian theory, depression, Greek, Hebrew, How to Save the West, intelligent design, materialism, meaning, mental health, mind, psychologists, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, universe, Viktor Frankl, young adults}

Stephen Meyer and Spencer Klavan on the Book of Nature: Is There an Author?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design was the default scientific understanding of nature and the cosmos — until the hostile takeover by Darwinian materialism. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Alvin Plantinga, Barbara Forrest, brain, C.S. Lewis, censorship, Charles Darwin, Christian colleges, Christianity, cosmologists, goodness, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, monkey, National Association of Scholars, Northwestern University, Paul Gross, physical laws, post-truth, Richard Dawkins, scientific materialism, Steven Pinker, William Graham, woke ideology, worldview}

How Scientific Materialism Begot Woke Ideology

_{William A. Dembski
December 11, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Reproductive Science

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I’m seeing people like Krauss assume the role as champions of traditional academic values (reason, merit, free discourse) against the barbarian hordes. Read More ›