Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, Christopher Hitchens, cosmos, David Berlinski, Eric Metaxas, evolution, human condition, human nature, humans, military history, mind, nobility, progress, Romans, Science After Babel, Socrates in the City, Steven Pinker, Steven Weinberg, universe, war, wisdom}

Are Humans Progressing Toward Evolutionary Perfection?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 4, 2023

Evolution, Faith & Science, Technology

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Men are not about to become like gods. “I’m a strong believer in original sin,” quips David Berlinski. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 4, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bible, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, faith and science, Frank Turek, intelligent design, natural world, origins, scientists, YouTube videos}

Turek: “Science Doesn’t Say Anything; Scientists Do”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 4, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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When someone tells you to “Follow the science,” there’s a good chance you’re being hustled. You should ask “Which science?” Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Mathematics
Tagged
, alligators, americans, blood pressure, cats, cattle, chickens, divine, Dogs, domestication, Enterprise, friendship, guinea pigs, horses, humans, intelligent design, kittens, mammals, pets, Philadelphia, pigeons, rabbits, Star Trek, stress}

Intelligent Design in Human-Animal Friendships

_{Eric Hedin
October 4, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Mathematics

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A man and his emotional support alligator, Wally, made headlines last week when they tried to attend a baseball game together in Philadelphia. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 3, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, American Kennel Club, animals, bird song, birds, cats, cuttlefish, David M. Peña-Guzmán, dolphins, dreaming, horses, information, jumping spiders, learning, memory, rapid eye movement, sleep, Smithsonian Magazine, spiders, symbols, thought, whales}

Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 3, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, antibiotics, COVID-19, Douglas Axe, genetic material, genomes, H1N1, intelligent design, John C. Sanford, Michael Behe, mortality, mutations, pandemic, population, RNA, Stephen Meyer, Swine Flu, viruses, Winston Ewert}

Paper Digest: What Mutation Accumulation Tells Us About Evolution

_{Emily Reeves
October 3, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Though more than a decade old, this work caught my attention for its possible relevance to our current experiences with COVID-19. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, authority, carbon, climate change, criminality, Extinction Rebellion, fossil fuels, human thriving, ideology, Nature (journal), objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, traffic, trust}

As Trust in Science Sinks, Prestigious Journal Decides to Showcase Yet Another Politicized Scientist

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 2, 2023

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Physical Sciences

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The world’s most prestigious science journal just published an ex-astronomer's remarkable screed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arms, behavior, brain, brain power, consciousness, information, intelligence, jellyfish, learning, lions, marine biologists, nervous system, neurons, neuroscientists, octopuses, orcas, University of Washington, wolves}

Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 2, 2023

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, apostasy, Auschwitz, Charles Darwin, Charles Sanders Peirce, Darwinism, eugenics, Francis Galton, Fred Hoyle, Hitler’s Ethic, In Darwin’s Shadow, intelligent evolution, Jeffrey O’Connell, John C. Eccles, Joseph Hooker, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, Nazis, racial hygiene, Richard Owen, Social Darwinism, spiritualism, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, William James}

Correcting a Cartoon Version of Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Michael Flannery
October 2, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Was Darwin a Nazi? Of course not. But did his ideas form a causal nexus via Galton to ideas that would be integrated into Nazi policy? Yes. Read More ›

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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Charles Taliaferro, Discovery Institute Press, dualism, epiphenomenon, experience, Higgs Boson, mental states, mind, Minding the Brain, Nobel Prize, observation, Peter Higgs, Richard Swinburne, thoughts}

Physicalism Versus the Practice of Science

_{Angus Menuge
October 2, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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The idea that science has somehow shown the irrelevance of the mind to explaining behavior is seriously confused. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemical pathways, biological systems, biologists, cell membrane, cells, engineers, formalism, Gregory T. Reeves, intelligent design, nucleus, Paper Digest, protein synthesis, Ribosome, Systems Biology}

Paper Digest: The Cell as an Embedded Computing System

_{Emily Reeves
October 2, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This paper is an important illustration of how intelligent design theory can be applied at a high level in the academic setting. Read More ›