Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
August 3, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Day in America, faith and science, free will, John West, materialists, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, mind, physiology, Redeeming Science, Sam Harris, sexuality, society, soul, Stony Brook University, The Miracle of Man, theology, Vern Poythress, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Westminster Theological Seminary}

Mind, Brain, Soul: What’s the Difference? Find Out at the 2023 Westminster Conference

_{Science and Culture
August 3, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sam Harris has said that “You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Asa Gray, biologists, caterpillars, cats, chance, Charles Darwin, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary theory, Isaac Newton, mice, mutations, randomness, theology, Twitter, UC Davis}

A Debate on the “Randomness” of Mutation

_{Paul Nelson
August 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

2}

The historical wellspring of randomness in evolutionary theory is Darwin’s own insistence on “chance” at the causal foundations of life. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, alveoli, arteries, baby, birth, blood, circulatory system, David Galloway, ductus arteriosus, fetus, heart, intelligent design, lungs, physiology, placenta, regulatory control, UK Centre for Intelligent Design, umbilical cord, uterus, valves, ventricle}

The Genius of the Fetal Circulatory System

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 3, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Last week, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. It is difficult to imagine a more profound testimony to design. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 2, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, miracles, purpose, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, teleology, theism, trees}

On the BBC, a New Openness to Teleology in Biology?

_{Günter Bechly
August 2, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Dr. Richard Buggs is a plant biologist and professor of evolutionary genomics at Queen Mary, University of London. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, autocatalysis, Brian Miller, chemical evolution, Dallas Science and Faith Conference, Dave Farina, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Joe Rogan Experience, Jonathan Wells, Lee Cronin, lipids, Professor Dave Explains, researchers, Rice University, Scientific Evidence for a Creator, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, undirected process}

Stephen Meyer: Smoke, Mirrors, and the Origin of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 2, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

3}

Have scientists made life in a laboratory? Two-thirds of the public think the answer is yes. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Chemical Society, apoptosis, centrioles, checkpoints, chromosomes, conservation, DNA, error correction, evolution, genetic information, histones, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, junk DNA, mitosis, Northeastern University, organelles, RNA, Rube Goldberg device, University of Basel, zebras}

In Life, Checkpoints and Error Correction Defy Darwinian Explanations

_{David Coppedge
August 2, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Living cells employ forward-thinking and backward-thinking strategies. Both strategies require planning outside the immediate situation. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, aliens, artificial intelligence, Biola University, consciousness, culture, dating, extraterrestrial life, friendship, Internet, J.P. Moreland, marriage, philosophy of mind, Sean McDowell, sexuality, William Lane Craig, worship}

Craig, Moreland: Two Philosophers Discuss Aliens and Artificial Intelligence

_{Peter Biles
August 1, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

3}

As an old professor of mine told me in an email recently: “Long live visceral proximity!” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, faith and science, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, Jonathan Witt, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialists, Matti Leisola, neo-Darwinian theory, podcast, scientific discoveries}

How Modern Science Strengthens Claims of Theism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

Jonathan Witt reviews discoveries of the last century that are causing even committed materialists to question or reject the neo-Darwinian explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, ant colony, artificial intelligence, behaviors, calculus, David Berlinski, foraging, humans, intelligent design, navigation, Neural Networks, nucleic acids, optimization, pheromones, proteins, Science After Babel, Traveling Salesman Problem}

Can Algorithms Designed by Humans Catch Up with the Genius of Biological Systems?

_{Eric Cassell
August 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

While humans invented algorithms only within the last century, enabling the development of AI, animals exhibit behavioral algorithms that long predate humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Darwin's Doubt, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Kimberella, molecular clock, Neoproterozoic Era, New York Times, Norway, Nunavut, Oxford University, precambrian fossils, Precambrian strata, Ross P. Anderson, Russia, Siberia, Stephen Meyer, Svalbard, taphonomy}

Taphonomy Study Shortens Fuse for the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
August 1, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The “molecular clock” must be wrong, a study concludes. Cambrian animal ancestors are not there in the fossil record as hoped. Read More ›