Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, Cambridge, Charles Darwin, citations, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Down House, England, evolution, historiography, Jamaica, James Moore, John Stuart Mill, Louis Agassiz, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, The Times (London), William Erasmus Darwin}

Darwin and the “Eyre Affair”: A Speculative Tale

_{Robert Shedinger
March 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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October 7, 1865, saw a revolt break out in Jamaica in which 18 officials and militia men were killed by members of the freed black population. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, agency, atheism, black holes, Boston, Cambridge, defining id, defining science, demarcation criteria, dinosaurs, electromagnetic radiation, evolution, Harvard University, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, miracles, observation, predictions, Reductionism, religion, scientific method, supernatural, testing, theism, unguided evolution}

Let’s Help Harvard Understand Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 20, 2023

Epistemology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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It was disappointing to see the inaccurate representation of ID, along with the poor scientific epistemology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, brain, distance, honey bees, human language, information, insects, intelligent design, Science (journal), travel distance, waggle dance}

The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance

_{Eric Cassell
March 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 19, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bees, bugs, butterfly, disease, fly, human benefit, humans, insects, Jonathan Birch, Lars Chittka, larvae, rivers, Texas State University, Wired}

Pushing Insect Welfare

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 19, 2023

Bioethics, Life Sciences

4}

Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, correspondence, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, history, James Moore, Joseph Dalton Hooker, primary sources, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, United States}

Darwin and Agassiz: An Imaginary Picture

_{Robert Shedinger
March 18, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Given the close relationship Louis Agassiz shared with pro-slavery factions in the South, Desmond and Moore focus much on Darwin’s relationship with Agassiz. Read More ›

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Author
Nathan Jacobson

Date
March 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alexa, Amazon, Apple, artificial intelligence, China, Google, humor, Internet, Mac OS, Siri, speech, War Games}

Depths of Design: Talking Boxes

_{Nathan Jacobson
March 17, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Our talking boxes take our requests, run their routines, and send out results but understand nothing, whether or not they’re made in China. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, correspondence, cruelty, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, dehumanization, evolution, fact check, history, HMS Beagle, James Moore, newspapers, primary sources, Racism, Robert Fitzroy, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, slaves}

Fact Check: Imagining Darwin’s Abolitionism

_{Robert Shedinger
March 17, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Desmond and Moore tell us that Darwin assured his sisters that his principles on slavery hadn’t changed despite spending five years living with Captain FitzRoy. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Arctic Ocean, biodiversity, Cartorhynchus, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Germany, Holzmaden, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, Lower Jurassic, marine reptiles, Norway, Permian-Triassic extinction, population genetics, Posidonia shale, Stenopterygius quadricissus, Sweden, theists, Uppsala University, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Ichthyosaurs

_{Günter Bechly
March 17, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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With increasing knowledge of the fossil record, the mainstream narrative is rendered more and more untenable and inconsistent with the empirical evidence. Read More ›

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Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, Casey Luskin, Cosmic Habitable Age, cosmos, deism, designer, fingernails, galactic habitable zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, James Joyce, podcast, Science and Faith in Dialogue, The Privileged Planet, theism}

Cosmic Fine-Tuning: A Look at the Implications

_{Science and Culture
March 16, 2023

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Does any of the evidence suggest a cosmic designer who is more than just the clockmaker God of the deists? Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, abolitionists, Adrian Desmond, common descent, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, historiography, history, HMS Beagle, human origins, James Moore, new york, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, Tierra del Fuego, William Darwin Fox}

“Sacred Cause”? Reconsidering Charles Darwin as Abolitionist

_{Robert Shedinger
March 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

I offer a series of posts here designed to lay out the evidence in detail. It is not merely that Desmond and Moore are selective in the sources they cite. Read More ›