Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, analgesic, Aristotle, arthritis, body, causation, chirality, documentary, efficient cause, final cause, formal cause, Francis Bacon, free will, individuation, Johns Hopkins University, libertarian free will, material cause, matter, mind, neuroscience, quantum mechanics, sculptor, sculpture, Sean Carroll, statue, trailer}

Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

_{Michael Egnor
March 6, 2023

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Adam Frank, Arthropoda, Biogenetic Law, biosphere, Chordata, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent life, Jacques Monod, life, monophyly, probability, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference, Tree of Life, universal common descent, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities

_{Paul Nelson
March 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor? Read More ›

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Author
Olufemi Oluniyi

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, apes, barbarians, Carl Linnaeus, Caucasians, Charles Darwin, ethnicity, evolution, fitness, humans, intelligence, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Richard Weikart, savages, Social Darwinism}

Darwin’s Contribution to Racial Extermination

_{Olufemi Oluniyi
March 6, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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These men and others argued that the logical extrapolation of Darwin’s theory was the extermination of their fellow humans in the name of evolutionary progress! Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, chemical processes, computers, Cosmos (series), evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fossils, human brains, intelligence, intelligent design, iPhones, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural causes, natural selection, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicating machines, tornado, unintelligent forces}

Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

_{Granville Sewell
March 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology

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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
March 4, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Technology
Tagged
, cell membrane, cell walls, Charles Darwin, computers, Discovery Institute, high school, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, Lex Luthor, mitochondria, molecular machines, nanomachines, nucleus, organelles, oxygen, podcasts, protoplasm, Superman, teachers, The Stream, Veritasium}

Why High School Biology Made Me Angry (And Why I Like It So Much Better Now)

_{Tom Gilson
March 4, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education, Technology

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Your own body has something like 30 trillion cells in it. That’s 30 trillion large cities’ worth of complexity. Read More ›

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Date
March 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinian processes, DNA, Eric Anderson, evolution, evolutionary theory, Fazale Rana, Guillermo Gonzalez, Hugh Ross, ID the Future, James Tour, just-so stories, Marcos Eberlin, materialism, podcast, Richard Dawkins, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Stephen Meyer}

Casey Luskin Debunks a Museum’s Evolutionary Propaganda

_{Science and Culture
March 3, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Luskin and host Eric Anderson call evolutionary theory to task for being overly supple, offering just-so stories to explain a behavior AND its opposite. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computer engineers, computers, Fox News, future, Futurism, higher education, history, LaMDA, Non-Computable You, podcast, religion, Robert J. Marks II, self-driving cars, utopianism, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, World Economic Forum}

Will AI “Own the World”? Robert J. Marks Talks with Laura Ingraham

_{Peter Biles
March 3, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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In response to those who believe AI will take over the world, Marks says, "Look at history." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 3, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Paleontology
Physics
Tagged
, Australia, Bavaria, damselfly, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genus, Germany, hard science, magic wand, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, species, Stuttgart, Upper Jurassic}

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Fossil Damselflies Challenges Darwinism

_{Günter Bechly
March 3, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Paleontology, Physics

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In the hard sciences such explanations that can explain everything and rule out no possible observations are usually considered empirically empty and worthless. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Arkansas, breasts, California, children, cross-sex hormones, de-transitioners, lawsuits, malpractice, medical conscience, medical professionals, minors, moral panic, parents, puberty blocker, surgery, transgenderism}

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits to the Rescue

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 2, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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State legislatures are considering bills to remedy a problem by lengthening their statute of limitations when the procedures were done on minors. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African Savannah, behavior, cathedrals, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, David Barash, environment of evolutionary adaptedness, evo psych, evolution, evolutionary psychology, genes, human origins, humans, intelligent design, just-so stories, Moon, museums, music, Oskar Schindler, Philip Skell, Pleistocene, Richard Dawkins, Subrena Smith, survival machines, The Descent of Man, Victorian England}

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2023

Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›