Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, consciousness, Hedda Hassel Mørch, Ireland, James Tour, neurons, panpsychism, quantum mechanics, Richard Dawkins}

Biochemist Begins to Sense Limits of Materialism

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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I was somewhat taken aback. What does he mean by the “general nature of life” yielded to scientific analysis? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, biological systems, Biomimetics, Bristol University, chicken-and-egg problem, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dartmouth College, Denton, evolution, Evolution (journal), flexibility, heuristic, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Judeo-Christian tradition, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Marcos Eberlin, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, pelvis, pentadactyl design, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, Stephen Jay Gould, strength, Stuart Burgess, Texas, whales, Zombie Science (book)}

Systems Biology Cracks Life’s Engineered Intricacies — A Report from CELS

_{Jonathan Witt
January 10, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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The cherished evolutionary story of whales' “vestigial” pelvic bones joins the growing pile of discredited icons of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, After Death, Alexander T. Englert, Angel Studios, atheism, box office, human beings, immortality, Institute for Advanced Study, John Keats, Kurt Gödel, materialists, near-death experiences, ontological proof, relationships, Thomas Aquinas}

Gödel’s Defense of the Immortality of the Soul

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 9, 2024

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Gödel (1906–1978) is best known for destroying the materialist atheist hope that mathematics could be self-consistent without any external origin. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Australia, automaton, chicken, chicken-and-egg problem, complexity, Cyanobacteria, DNA, egg, elementary particles, evolution, Granville Sewell, instruction manual, intelligent design, John von Neumann, Model T, natural processes, paradox, Robert Gange, universe}

Evolution’s Chicken and Egg Problem — Explained

_{Eric Hedin
January 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The conclusion based on a mathematical analysis of self-replication is that asking which came first, the chicken or the egg, is getting way ahead of the game. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, common ancestor, common ancestry, convergence, convergent evolution, dolphins, evolution, evolutionary processes, fish, intelligent design, lineages, natural selection, paleontology, Paul Nelson, preconditions, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, sharks, solutions, swimming, systematics, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Convergent Evolution: An Argument That Comes at a Price

_{Emily Reeves
January 9, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen sees convergence as evidence that laws of form "play a significant role" in helping evolutionary processes cluster around similar solutions. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 8, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Meaningful World, cosmos, Darwinism, Denison Forum, elegance, evolution, faith, genius, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Mark Turman, mystery, podcast}

Nature Reveals Not Just Design but Genius

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 8, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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After studying the hallmarks of genius in humans, Witt and Wiker looked for the same characteristics in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 8, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Tennyson, Benjamin Wiker, birth, Canceled Science, Charles Darwin, children, Christmas Eve, evolution, faith, future, Gettysburg Address, history, intelligent design, Kentucky, materialism, Napoleon, newborn, pregnancy, Prime Minister, providence, United States}

Design in the Grand Human Story

_{Eric Hedin
January 8, 2024

Biochemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Two famous individuals who share the birthdate of February 12, 1809, are Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 8, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, adults, cave art, charcoal, children, footprints, human development, human mind, human origins, human technology, Ice Age, Italy, Russia, Stone Age, stone tools}

Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 8, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 7, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, Doug Monroe, Greek, ID the Future, Latin, materialism, miracles, multiverse, Occam's Razor, Praxis Circle, scientific method, scientific revolution, skepticism, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology, worldview}

Stephen Meyer: Evidence of Mind in the Natural World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 7, 2024

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

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Can we scientifically detect the activity of a mind behind the universe? Philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer answers this question and more. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 6, 2024

Categories
Epistemology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Discovery Institute, Doug Monroe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, materialism, morality, podcast, Praxis Circle, relativism, Stephen Meyer, theism, worldview}

Stephen Meyer: Scientific Arguments for a Theistic Worldview

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2024

Epistemology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Are there strong scientific arguments for theism? Is there such a thing as objective morality? Read More ›