Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, bacterium, encyclopedia, evolution, genes, genetic code, intelligence, intelligent design, Long Story Short, meaning, nanomachines, optimization, proofreading, repair, sophistication, unguided evolution}

New Long Story Short — Life’s Ingenious Code

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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The video asks, “Where in your experience do things like language, proofreading, nanomachines, and information-rich code come from? You know the answer." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
September 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animal breeding, architect, beauty, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, evolution, intelligent evolution, Jerry Fodor, Joseph Hooker, Man’s Place in the Universe, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Sarawak Law, sexual selection, teleology, teleonomy, The World of Life, William Paley, William Whewell}

For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology

_{Michael Flannery
September 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin always recognized to some extent the problem of removing all vestiges of intelligent causation from evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 11, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Christian University, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, podcast, science history, theology, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Tycho Brahe}

Kepler’s Pursuit of a Mathematical Cosmology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 11, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dr. Travis tracks the progression of Kepler’s ideas to show how he became a key figure in the transition from ancient astronomy to a true celestial physics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 11, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, climate change, COVID-19, elitism, experts, Harvard University, journals, media, Republicans, Scientific American, scientific enterprise, South Dakota, Wesley Smith}

Harvard Prof Will Explain Science to Baffled Small City America

_{David Klinghoffer
September 11, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

3}

Professor Oreskes writes articles with titles like “The Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To.” Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 11, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ATP, Barbara McClintock, Daniel Nicholson, evolution, gene expression, genome, intelligence, Jacques Monod, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machine, mind, molecular biology, motor proteins, Nobel Prize, protein complexes}

Cellular Cognition? So Much for Darwinism!

_{Robert Shedinger
September 11, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

Following up in considering Daniel Nicholson’s challenge to the machine concept of the cell, I will examine intracellular transport and cellular behavior. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Epistemology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, agnostics, Big Bang, Brian Keating, faith and science, intelligent design, Into the Impossible, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, universe, YouTube videos}

Meyer: “God and Science, or No God and No Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2023

Cosmology, Epistemology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Back in 2021, Stephen Meyer talked with UC San Diego cosmologist and “devout agnostic” Brian Keating. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 9, 2023

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, culture, Democrats, Republicans, robot, Washington DC}

Oliver Anthony and Human Exceptionalism

_{Peter Biles
September 9, 2023

Arts, Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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If you’ve been online at all for the last few weeks, chances are you’ve come across headlines about the folk/country singer Oliver Anthony. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, debates, English, evolution, Fundacja En Arche, Holocaust, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, philosophers, Poland, Polish, pseudoscience, Richard Sternberg, scientists, Sweden, Uppsala University, Vladimir Putin}

In Debate on Intelligent Design, Critic Cites Dragon Legend to Justify Evolution’s Failures

_{David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

It is, as Professor Behe acknowledges, a charming tale, but not very relevant as far as the details of the scientific debate go. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, empirical data, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Harvard University, just-so stories, mammals, paleontology, reptiles, shells, skeletons, storytelling}

Fossil Friday: Study Debunks Textbook Wisdom on the Evolution of Mammalian Gait

_{Günter Bechly
September 8, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

3}

In other words: evolutionists make up fancy just-so stories that do not stand up to scrutiny when they are checked with actual empirical data. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 7, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, archetype, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Christian University, Discovery Institute, human mind, ID the Future, image, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, Middle Ages, natural theology, podcast, science history, Thinking God’s Thoughts}

Thinking God’s Thoughts: Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 7, 2023

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Melissa Cain Travis traces the intellectual pedigree of Johannes Kepler’s ideas all the way back to the ancients. Read More ›