Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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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post

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

1}

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

6}

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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post

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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post

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 ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, barbiturates, COVID-19, death, Death with Dignity, doctors, euthanasia, lethal injection, morphine, nurse practitioners, pandemic, patients, suicide, telehealth, telemedicine, terminal illness}

Death Activists Oppose Limits on Virtual Access to Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 24, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

4}

What activists really seek is assisted suicide (and eventually, lethal-injection euthanasia) without meaningful restrictions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, bad design, BIO-Complexity, bones, Brian Miller, Bristol University, evolution, fibula, flexibility, form, function, intelligent design, ligaments, muscles, Nathan Lents, Stuart Burgess}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Answers Claims of “Bad Design” of the Human Foot/Ankle

_{Casey Luskin
March 24, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

6}

Many who have studied the foot recognized its “excellent design." Leonardo da Vinci called the human foot “a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Carboniferous Period, Darwinism, dragonfly, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, insects, intelligent design, Palaeodictyoptera, paleontologists, Paleozoic, sensory hairs, wing venation, winged insects, wings}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Winged Insects

_{Günter Bechly
March 24, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Science

2}

According to Darwinism, the evolution of such a system would have required a plethora of intermediate stages that brought this locomotory apparatus into being. Read More ›

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Date
March 23, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Baruch Spinoza, Casey Luskin, Christianity, conflict myth, Cosmos (series), faith, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, ID the Future, Inquisition, Judaism, Judeo-Christian tradition, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, podcast}

Puncturing the Science-Faith Warfare Myth

_{Science and Culture
March 23, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

1}

In abandoning his traditional Jewish faith, was Baruch Spinoza able to provide an improved framework for doing science? Read More ›