Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, DNA, genes, genetic code, information, Marcello Barbieri, materialism, meaning, natural selection, paradigm, private truth, public truth, teleology}

A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Charles Darwin, Darwin's bulldog, Darwinism, evolution, history, ID the Future, Nancy Pearcey, podcast, T.H. Huxley}

Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

_{Science & Culture
August 19, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, algebra, algorithms, ancient Greeks, California, Colin Wright, education, Jerry Coyne, literacy, private truth, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, social justice, whiteness, zero}

What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2023

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

6}

The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, Human Zoos, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post, Washington University, whites, YouTube videos}

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian

_{John G. West
August 18, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, bioRxiv, birds, computer scientists, dinosaurs, eggs, evolutionary biology, feathers, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, just-so stories, locomotion, Munich, paleontology, pareidolia, peer review, taphonomy, Upper Jurassic, wings}

Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils

_{Günter Bechly
August 18, 2023

Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

5}

Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atheism, Big Bang, cosmological constant, Darwinian theory, Elie Feder, evolution, evolutionary history, fossils, ID the Future, intelligent design, life forms, multiverse, Paul Nelson, physical constants, physicists, Physics to God, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg, unguided processes, universe}

Comparing Design Evidence in Physics Versus Biology — Is One Stronger than the Other?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 17, 2023

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The multiverse is nakedly an attempt to save atheism from science. Darwinian theory is less nakedly so. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, body parts, brains, Czech Republic, Darwinian theory, documentary, evolution, evolutionary racism, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, National Museum of Natural History, Racism, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Social Darwinism, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post}

Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

_{John G. West
August 17, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, body plans, brains, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cnidaria, cnidarians, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinian theory, evolution, Fire-Maker, Graham Budd, intelligent design, jellyfish, Michael Denton, Nevada, oxygen, reactive oxygen species, Royal Ontario Museum, Science (journal), textbooks, Tom Bethell, University of Copenhagen}

From Bad to Worse for Darwinism, as New Cambrian Explosion Finds Arrive

_{David Coppedge
August 17, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Less time and more complexity are compressed into an impossible challenge for evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, C.S. Lewis, chatbot, ChatGPT, consciousness, Edgar Allan Poe, human uniqueness, literature, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen King, stories, Walter Bradley Center, Wheaton College}

Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story

_{Peter Biles
August 16, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, carpenter, cosmic fine-tuning, Elie Feder, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent causation, Physics to God, podcast, purpose, rabbis, teleology, universe}

How Modern Physics Reveals Purpose in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 16, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Scientists agree that our universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. But is the fine-tuning a happy accident or the result of foresight? Read More ›