Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Bayesian reasoning, chemical evolution, DNA, error catastrophe, error threshold, forensic biology, ID the Future, Jonathan McLatchie, natural selection, naturalism, podcast, RNA world, self-replicating molecules, self-replication}

Another Headache for the RNA World Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, authority, bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, Commentary, Darwinians, Darwinism, David Berlinski, doctors, evolution, eye, finch beaks, Galápagos Islands, heart, intelligence, intelligent design, Jay W. Richards, M.-P. Schützenberger, materialism, medicine, natural selection, peppered moth, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, pilot fish, random variations, Religion & Liberty, René Thom, Science After Babel, The Deniable Darwin, Tower of Babel}

Jay Richards on Babel, Berlinski, and “Science After Darwin”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Something really came undone in the Covid era. Now, the phrase “science says” or “doctors say” prompts a smirk from about half the population. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, autism, cancer, Crohn’s disease, DNA, eukaryotes, evolution, gene expression, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, motors, mutations, nucleotides, ovens, phenotypes, proteins, regulatory elements, repetitive elements, schizophrenia, Science (journal), Short Tandem Repeats, STRs, transcription factor}

Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

_{Casey Luskin
September 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›

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Author
John Felts

Date
September 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, book signings, breakout sessions, discount, distance, intelligent design, livestream, speakers}

Livestream “The Miracle of Man” This Weekend!

_{John Felts
September 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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All of our keynote sessions and most popular breakout sessions will be streamed, and you’ll have through Sunday, October 8, to watch. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, bones, cells, chemical signals, electrical signals, evolution, femur, form, function, ID the Future, instruction manual, intelligent design, machines, material processes, Michael Behe, organs, podcast, Secrets of the Cell, thought experiment, tissues}

Try to Write Instructions for a Femur; Go On, Just Try

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Professor Behe invites us to join him for a sobering thought experiment: attempting to build an instruction manual for a human femur bone. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
September 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day in America, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute Press, history, intelligent design, John Magens Mello, John West, Michael Behe, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, socialist, teleology, The World of Life, Traipsing Into Evolution, University of Alabama, William Dembksi}

How I “Discovered” Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Michael Flannery
September 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I certainly wouldn’t have recognized his full significance if I had not already been introduced to ID by reading Johnson, Behe, and Dembski. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 26, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, Actin, brain, calcium ions, ejaculation, human physiology, humans, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, motor neurons, muscles, myosin, penis, seminal fluid, seminal vesicles, sperm cells}

For Males, an Engineering Marvel that Originates in the Brain

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 26, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Reproductive Science

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The male erection and ejaculatory reflex require multiple physiological processes to work together in an incredible coordinated manner. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, duck-billed platypuses, eggs, embryo, evolution, evolutionary interpretations, function, human embryo, immune cells, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, multitasker, Muzlifah Haniffa, organ functions, PNAS, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial structures, yolk sac}

Another “Vestigial” Organ Turns Out to Have “Absolutely Critical” Functions: The Human Yolk Sac

_{Casey Luskin
September 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›

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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
September 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Psychology
Tagged
, “data fusion” technology, anthology, brain, computer science, information theory, logic, mind, mind-body problem, mind-brain problem, Minding the Brain, neurology, neurosurgery, philosophers, quantum theory}

Minding the Brain — An Introduction

_{Angus Menuge, Brian Krouse, and Robert J. Marks II
September 24, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Psychology

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In our modern age, full of science and technology, physical existence often appears to be the most substantial and “real” aspect of the world. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, circulatory system, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary pathway, forensic biology, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, mutations, podcast, Scotsmen}

Engineering Prowess of the Blood Clotting Cascade

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Evolution doesn’t perform particularly well when you need to make multiple co-dependent mutations,” says Dr. McLatchie. Read More ›