Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 4, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, environmentalism, geological features, guppies, human thriving, Lake Michigan, misanthropy, mosquitoes, nature rights, pollution, regulations, rights, waterways, weeds}

To Throttle Human Thriving Is the Point of “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 4, 2023

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Granting “rights” to nature — including geological features — profoundly undermines the concept of “rights” itself. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cell (journal), embryo, embryonic development, evolution, filaments, heuristic, intelligent design, intermediate filaments, mammals, microscopy, proteins}

The Best and Worst Heuristics for Biological Discovery

_{Paul Nelson
November 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"We don’t know what this structure does, so it probably does nothing. Remember, evolution produces a lot of non-functional debris." Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, cause, cells, effect, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Kindle, libraries, logic, logical fallacy, Return of the God Hypothesis, specified information, Stephen Meyer}

Fundamentals Friday: The Logic of Intelligent Design

_{Emily Sandico
November 3, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Stephen Meyer and other proponents of intelligent design theory are often accused of committing the "God of the gaps” fallacy. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, academic freedom, Amazon, beak, cephalopod, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, dissidents, Donald Prothero, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, Mark McMenamin, Mesozoic, Neo-Darwinism, paleontologist, peer-reviewed journals, PZ Myers, Stephen Meyer, suckers, Switzerland, tentacles, thought police, vertebrae}

Fossil Friday: Triassic Kraken Hypothesis Provoked Scornful Darwinist Revenge

_{Günter Bechly
November 3, 2023

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

9}

Instead of a reasonable and fair scientific debate, McMenamin’s hypothesis has been ridiculed by other scientists and science journalists. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, biodiversity, Dubai, equity, experts, global warming, guns, health, ideology, medical journals, natural world, public health, Racism, technocracy, World Health Organization}

Woke Watch: The Ideological Transformation of Medical Journals

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 2, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Now, the political alarm is over "planetary health," which covers a lot of, er, ground. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, animals, anthropology, birds, death, Dogs, Eurasia, funerals, Homo naledi, humans, Iraq, Israel, Live Science, Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paleontologists, Shanidar Cave, skeletons, South Africa, University of Arizona, Zagros Mountains}

When Did Humans Start Burying the Dead?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2023

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Only humans understand death as the inevitable and final reality for all mortal beings no matter what we do. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
November 2, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, cosmic microwave background radiation, Evolution News, galaxies, Hubble-Lemaître Law, James Webb Space Telescope, Milky Way, observation, redshift, star formation, theory}

The Big Bang Survives Two Tests

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
November 2, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

M92 is one of about 160 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy and is estimated to contain about 330,000 stars. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, death, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Heaven, home, ID the Future, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, podcast, scientific evidence, testimony}

The Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 1, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, knowing, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, wave function, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

5}

The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, autism, doctors, eugenics, euthanasia, Netherlands, patients, psychiatry, University of British Columbia}

Euthanasia for Autism, Intellectual Disabilities in the Netherlands

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

“Helping people with autism and intellectual disabilities to die is essentially eugenics.” Read More ›