Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 20, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", appendix, biologists, brain, Brian Miller, engineers, eyes, future, ID the Future, intelligent design, optimality, organs, unguided natural processes, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

Thanks to Optimal Design, Eyes and Brain Give a Glimpse of the Future

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 20, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Although the brain can process images at breakneck speed, there are physical limits to how fast neural impulses can travel from the eye to the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 20, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Biola University, comet, Israel, J.P. Moreland, Jerusalem, jesus, john lennox, Jupiter, Matthew Matlock, Messiah, New Testament, Old Testament, Oxford University, Revelation (book of), Saturn, University of Cambridge}

The Christmas Star — A Sign of Design

_{Eric Hedin
December 20, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Part of the difficulty with arriving at a satisfactory theory for the Star stems from a compartmentalized approach. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
December 19, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Christmas, colleagues, creativity, Discovery Institute, innovation, intelligent design, leadership, meaning, purpose, rocks, scholarship, scientists, Seattle, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design}

The Rocks Cry Out — Looking Back on My Year

_{Emily Sandico
December 19, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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We enjoyed our staff Christmas lunch yesterday at Ivar’s in downtown Seattle and a number of colleagues spoke movingly. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
December 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, bristle worms, citations, critical thinking, dragonflies, Energy, engineers, flapping, flatworms, grasshoppers, innovation, intelligent design, lift, mantis shrimp, motion, sling-jaw wrasse, Stuart Burgess, wings}

Paper Digest: Ten Biomechanical Animal Joints Enable Extreme Performance

_{Emily Reeves
December 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The amazing design structures in organisms provide engineers with inspiring templates for creating better products. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 18, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Engineering Research Group, evolution, human vision, ID the Future, intelligent design, laws of nature, podcast, unguided processes, vertebrate eye, vision}

Brian Miller on the Gift of Vision

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 18, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Our eyes are easy to take for granted! Yet, the more we dig into this amazingly intricate system, the more thankful we become for them. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 18, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, dualism, infants, LinkedIn, panpsychism, pantheism, philosophers, physicalism, pseudoscience, Roger Penrose}

Cancelling the Human Mind: Experts Weigh In

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 18, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dualism — human consciousness is real, immaterial, and special — is the only approach that accords with the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, administrators, Andrew McDiarmid, CNN, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), gender, genocide, Harvard University, historians, humanities, ID the Future, intelligent causes, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, MIT, Monopoly, natural causes, Peggy Noonan, podcast, professors, race, scholars, silver lining, tenure, testimony, universities, University of Pennsylvania, Wall Street Journal, woke ideology, worldview}

Recognizing the Scandal in the Universities — Will It Extend to Origins Science?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2023

Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The regime of methodological naturalism is affirmative action for scientific ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __nedited, Australian National University, capitalism, capitalists, China, climate change, commercialism, economics, Energy, fossil fuels, free market, government, health, ideology, India, Iran, medical journals, natural resources, Politics, prosperity, The Lancet, Turkey, wokeness}

This Is Science? Top Medical Journal Goes After … Capitalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 16, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Having strived to transform global warming into a planetary health emergency, it has now published a screed attacking “commercialism” for killing the planet. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, cancer, cell biology, cellular function, complex and specified information, diseases, enzymes, evolutionary computation, galactic habitable zone, information, information theory, intelligent agency, intelligent design, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, molecular machines, Only a Theory, paleontology, pharmacology, physiology, predictions, protein science, science stopper, systematics}

It’s Intelligent Design, Not Darwinism, that Drives Scientific Progress

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2023

Anatomy, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Here is a list showing various fields where intelligent design is helping science to generate knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, Fire-Maker, gravitational constant, Guillermo Gonzalez, initial entropy, intelligent observers, Jay Richards, multiverse, multiverse theory, Nobel Prize, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Roger Penrose, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, William Lane Craig, YouTube videos}

More on Roger Penrose and Fine-Tuning

_{Granville Sewell
December 15, 2023

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Penrose offers as an alternative to design only that maybe some very different kind of life might be possible without the fine-tunings we see in our universe. Read More ›