Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, advance directive, California, Canada, Colorado, compassion, Connecticut, dehydration, disabilities, District of Columbia, euthanasia, feeding tube, Hawaii, heart, human life, kidneys, liver, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, mental illness, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, new york, nihilism, Oregon, organ transplant, pancreas, Rhode Island, suicide tourism, Terri Schiavo, Vermont, VSED}

A Culture-of-Death Tipping Point

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

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A legal battle raged for several years during which the country agonized and argued about the right and moral course. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Africa, bacteria, Biomimetics, birds, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinists, drone, evolution, evolutionary pressure, human history, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, lawyers, Michael Behe, NASA, Olufemi Oluniyi, owls, personification, Rwanda, shopping, Social Darwinism, vitalism}

Engineering Brings Life and Vice Versa

_{David Coppedge
March 29, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Science

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An uplifting video about a life-saving invention encapsulates several running themes about intelligent design, with only one brief flaw. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Dante, Discovery Institute Press, G.K. Chesterton, George Gilder, Holocaust, Homo sapiens, John Milton, knowledge, Malcolm Muggeridge, Michael D. Aeschliman, morality, relativism, Russell Kirk, scientism, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Restoration of Man, Winston Churchill}

Michael D. Aeschliman on C. S. Lewis and Scientism

_{Peter Biles
March 28, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

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Scientism claims that science alone dictates the truth, although this system of thought depends on non-scientific reasons to come to such a conclusion. Read More ›

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Date
March 28, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, alcohol, Alexa, Amazon, artificial intelligence, Big Tech, Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence, chatbot, ChatGPT, Discovery Institute, Google, marijuana, Microsoft, Non-Computable You, Robert J. Marks II, Skynet}

Robert J. Mark on AI’s Glaring Errors

_{Science and Culture
March 28, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

2}

Snapchat’s chatbot “My AI” gave advice about how to hide the smell of pot and alcohol to someone posing as a disgruntled teenager. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, "poor design", animals, ankle, BIO-Complexity, bones, common ancestry, evolution, evolutionary processes, Howard Glicksman, human ankle, Human Errors, intelligent design, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, wrist}

“Pointless Bones”? Nathan Lents Bites at Stuart Burgess’s Ankle

_{David Klinghoffer
March 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

4}

From an engineering perspective, the bones of the ankle, in their complex and functional artistry, are very far from “pointless.” Read More ›

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Date
March 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, ID the Future, Luther College, Michael Keas, natural selection, podcast, Robert Shedinger, science history, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms}

Rescuing Evolutionary Theory from Darwinian Mythology

_{Science and Culture
March 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Robert Shedinger reports on the contrast between Darwin’s private view of his theory of natural selection and the public view as detailed in his published work. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, ATP synthase, blood vessels, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cristae, Darwin's Dilemma, electricity, hierarchy, intelligent design, metabolites, mitochondrial membranes, muscle cells, muscles, National Institutes of Health, oxygen, Stephen Meyer}

A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications

_{David Coppedge
March 27, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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To see why, we must remember that muscles first appear in the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Antarctic icefish, BIO-Complexity, bloodstream, capillaries, cardiovascular system, erythrocytes, evolution, Gregory Sloop, heart, hematocrit, hemoglobin, icefish, intelligent design, kidneys, notothenioids, oxygen, peer-reviewed literature, red blood cells, teleology, teleosts, vasculature, viscosity}

Scientific Paper Argues Antarctic Icefish “Designed to Utilize Hemoglobinless Blood”

_{Casey Luskin
March 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

4}

“Proponents of intelligent design see customizations to decrease blood viscosity as examples of teleology in biology.” Read More ›

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Date
March 26, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Blaise Pascal, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, Jonathan Swift, literature, Michael D. Aeschliman, podcast, Reductionism, scientism, Stanley L. Jaki, The Restoration of Man, theology}

Aeschliman on Three Great Authors Critiquing Scientism

_{Science and Culture
March 26, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science, Philosophy

1}

These include the philosopher Blaise Pascal, who showed that scientific knowledge on its own could never be sufficient for being fully human. Read More ›

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Date
March 25, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, Michael D. Aeschliman, natural law, podcast, scientism, Space Trilogy, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Restoration of Man}

Aeschliman on C. S. Lewis, Scientism, and the Restoration of Man

_{Science and Culture
March 25, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

1}

As Michael D. Aeschliman notes, Lewis powerfully illustrated the shortcomings and dangers of scientism in his final Space Trilogy novel. Read More ›