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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinism, Devonian era, Devonian Nekton Revolution, explosions, Fossil Friday (series), history of life, nutrients, oxygen, paleobiology, paleontology, revolutions, saltations, Scotland, sharks, swimming, textbooks, Yale University}

Fossil Friday: The Devonian Nekton Revolution

_{Günter Bechly
May 12, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Such explosions and revolutions dominate the history of life, which was rather a series of abrupt saltations than the gradual change predicted by Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, atoms, blackbody, Canceled Science, electromagnetic radiation, Energy, Genesis, Gospel of John, helium, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, intention, Louis de Broglie, matter, Max Planck, mind, Niels Bohr, nuclear fusion, particles, Planck’s constant, protons, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, sun, universe}

Thank God for Quantum Mechanics

_{Eric Hedin
May 11, 2023

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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An example of how quantum effects permit life as we know it operates in the nuclear furnace of the Sun. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academia, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotics, beauty, body plans, butterfly wings, consciousness, creativity, creator, evolutionary processes, faith and science, foresight, free will, genetic code, God's Grandeur, goodness, human dignity, human origins, intelligent agents, intelligent design, intelligibility, materialistic science, molecular machines, monotheism, morality, natural law, podcasts, rationality, Roman Catholic, theism, transcendentals, truth, universe, wings}

God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

_{Ann Gauger
May 11, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›

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Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Be a Movie Producer, Center for Science and Culture, computers, Discovery Institute, john lennox, machines, Robert J. Marks II, Science Uprising, video, YouTube videos}

Film Festival 2023 — “Artificial Intelligence: Will Machines Take Over?”

_{Science and Culture
May 11, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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From May 9-30, the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute is running a film festival on YouTube to highlight some of its top videos. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, “consensus science”, arms race, artificial intelligence, bias, ChatGPT, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Internet, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, specification, specified complexity, teleology, William A. Dembski}

Using Intelligent Design to Train ChatGPT to Lay Aside Bias

_{William A. Dembski
May 11, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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This exchange from yesterday underscores the need for “prompt engineers” that know how best to use and direct ChatGPT. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 10, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, courage, determination, earth, equity, ethnicity, grit, indigenous people, Knoxville, Mars, Moon, Nature (journal), Oregon, outer space, Portland State University, prison, progressive ideology, race, religion, rigor, San Francisco, sex, University of Tennessee, Wild West}

Top Science Journal: Let’s Export Wokeness to Outer Space

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 10, 2023

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

3}

Equity advocate says future space colonies should be governed similarly to places like San Francisco or Portland. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bedtime story, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Gareth Nelson, geological time, Henry Gee, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, phyla, punctuated equilibria, skeletons, Stephen Jay Gould, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series), transitional links}

How to Break ChatGPT

_{William A. Dembski
May 10, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

One problem it has consistently displayed, and which shows that it lacks understanding, is its difficulty dealing with self-reference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 10, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, 20th century, abortion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, anxiety, atheism, Bolsheviks, Charles Darwin, Communism, crime, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Dante Alighieri, demons, evil, fentanyl, Fyodor Dostoevsky, gender identity, homeless, illegitimacy, Inferno, intelligent design, Jonathan Choe, Judeo-Christian tradition, mutilation, Promiscuity, Return of the God Hypothesis, Russia, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, suicide, Templeton Prize, universe}

40 Years Ago: Solzhenitsyn’s Prophetic Warning — and Meyer’s Counterpoint of Hope

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning

7}

Citing Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn stressed the need to be intellectually prepared to meet the challenge of atheism. That preparation requires a choice. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 10, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, beauty, Darwinism, design paradigm, God's Grandeur, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, intelligibility, Jay Richards, materialistic philosophy, nature, podcast, Roman Catholic, science and faith, universe}

God’s Grandeur: Ann Gauger on Beauty, Intelligibility, and Human Uniqueness

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 10, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

Dr. Gauger holds that Darwinism has no adequate explanation for natural beauty or the ability of human beings to appreciate beauty for its own sake. Read More ›

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