Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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 ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geology
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, activists, Ann Gauger, cancel culture, censorship, climate change, ClimateGate, COVID-19, Denyse O'Leary, Evolution News, free speech, funding, global warming, intelligent design, Judith Curry, medicine, misconduct, Peter Biles, Wesley J. Smith}

Scientists Behaving Badly: Suppressing Intelligent Design Was Only the Start

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
December 4, 2023

Environment & Climate, Geology, Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The best that each of us can do to fight back is to continue educating as many people as possible. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, climate change, closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, denialism, education, epistemic virtues, Eugenie Scott, evidence, evolution, global warming, human evolution, intellectual humility, intelligent design, Julia Galef, motivated reasoning, nanotechnology, open-mindedness, polarization, popular opinion, Science Literacy, self-correcting, self-deception, Stem Cell Research, TEDx talk}

Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 4, 2023

Epistemology, Scientific Reasoning

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The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Cartesian dualism, dualism, Immanuel Kant, integration, John Searle, purpose, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, science of purpose, scientific advance, scientism, Thomas Aquinas}

How to Overcome Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 4, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Philosophy

3}

Descartes is one of the founding fathers of Western science. And the conversion from medieval scholasticism to Cartesian dualism propelled science dramatically. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, American Psychological Association, brain, censorship, debunking, education, fact-checking, Geneva, John Horgan, lying, materialism, misinformation, Nature (journal), noble lie, propaganda, Richard Dawkins, scientific reliability, scientists, The Conversation, trust, trust in scientists, universe, University of Geneva}

Should Scientists Lie to Us for Our Own Good?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 3, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

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People suspect that we are being conned about a lot of things. How would an accepted, admitted policy of conning us not make it worse? Read More ›