Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Brazil, Burmese amber, Crato Formation, Darwinian evolution, dependency graph model, dragonflies, empirical data, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, larvae, Natural History Museum, paleoentomology, Pegasus, phylogenetic systematics, phylogenetics, Stuttgart, stylets, Tübingen University, Willi Hennig, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

_{Günter Bechly
December 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, causal agents, Charles Darwin, Christianity, ID the Future, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, podcast, scientific inquiry, William Whewell}

William Whewell: Statesman of Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 7, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Are there natural limits to biological change? Is the evidence for design in nature well founded? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cells, chromatography, Darwinian processes, Denmark, ENCODE, eukaryotes, Germany, intelligent design, interactome, junk DNA, Nature (journal), organisms, organs, proteins, proteome, The Design Inference, tissues, unknome, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert, yeast}

The Interactome Multiplies Specified Complexity

_{David Coppedge
December 7, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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No longer think of proteins as isolated parts in a cell. Think of them as friends networking and participating together in a community. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, dualism, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, illusion, intentionality, internalism, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, physicalism, Riccardo Manzotti}

Neuroscience Must Be Dualist, Whether or Not “Science” Allows It

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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No matter what terminology is chosen, the materialist project always and necessarily amounts to eliminating the mind. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, causal agents, Christianity, Greco-Roman world, history, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent agents, knowledge, Medieval Europe, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, natural causes, nature, podcast, scientism, scientists, unintelligent causes, universe}

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, chemical evolution, Clockwork, complexity, consciousness, Elon Musk, fallacy, Harvard University, Hector Zenil, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, Lee Cronin, materialism, methodological naturalism, molecular biology, naturalism, Nature (journal), ontology, Oxford University, phase transition, quantum entanglement, Reductionism, Rice University, saltation, scientific method, theoretical physics, Unbelievable, worldview}

A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate

_{Günter Bechly
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Origin of Life

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Under the theory of an unguided process of chemical and biological evolution, should a threshold of complexity, clearly identifying life, be expected? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, beauty, biography, Brazil, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, evolution, intelligent design, intelligibility, John Milton, natural selection, nature, purposiveness, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, Systems Biology, Texas A&M, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, understanding, Uri Alon, William Shakespeare, wonder}

Nature’s Wonder — A Tale of Two Scientists

_{Stephen Dilley
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin described an atrophied sensitivity to “grandeur” that he noted in himself. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, courage, creationism, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, natural selection, roundtable, scientists, universe, YouTube videos, YouTubers}

Watch It Now: Tour and Cronin at Harvard

_{David Klinghoffer
December 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Above all, major props to Lee Cronin for showing up at all. That took courage. He earns my admiration. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 5, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, data points, facts, Frodo, gravitation, ideas, intelligence, intelligent design, Issac Newton, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion, living cell, nothing buttery, professors, students, The Lord of the Rings, tyranny, universe, wisdom}

As a Physics Professor, I Can Tell You: Wisdom Transcends Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
December 5, 2023

Biochemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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The fine-tuning of the physical parameters, forces, and laws of nature could hardly have been established by a bottom-up approach. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
December 5, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, carbon, initial entropy, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Justin Brierley, life, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, observer, planets, Return of the God Hypothesis, science fiction, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, universe, William Lane Craig}

Despite Fine-Tuning, Roger Penrose Is “Agnostic” About Intelligent Design

_{Granville Sewell
December 5, 2023

Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The slightest changes in almost any of the basic parameters of nature would have led to a universe without stable stars or without stars at all. Read More ›