Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Africans, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, imperialism, Kenya, New York Times, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, Seattle, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminar, University of Eldoret}

When Darwin Came to Africa

_{John G. West
February 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

Charles Darwin didn't spend much time in Africa. But his poisonous ideas certainly did. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 19, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, colonialism, culture, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Great Britain, history, imperialism, Jeremiah, John West, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, paganism, podcast, scientific racism, Scripture, World Magazine}

Two Nigerian Authors and Darwin’s African Legacy

_{David Klinghoffer
February 19, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

Missing from Chinua Achebe’s account is the role played by scientific racism in driving British imperialist policy in the country. Read More ›

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Date
February 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Brazil, carnivorous plants, convergent evolution, evolution, evolutionary pathway, Foresight (book), ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, podcast, Venus flytrap}

Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
February 18, 2023

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

The evolutionary mechanism of natural selection selects for current function, not potential future function. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, Camp Copass, causal circularity, CELS, coherence, computer scientists, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, engineers, graduate students, intelligent design, living systems, medical practitioners, medical researchers, optimization, post-docs}

Where Biology and Engineering Intersect: CELS 2023 Applications Are Open Now!

_{Steve Laufmann
February 17, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Aeschnidiidae, Brazil, Crato limestones, dragonflies, Early Cretaceous, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Jurassic, paleontology, predators, Upper Jurassic, wing venation}

Fossil Friday: Abrupt Appearance of a Distinct Dragonfly Group

_{Günter Bechly
February 17, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

1}

The fossil is almost complete, only the abdomen is missing and was likely bitten off by a predator. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Tagged
, "chilling effect", anti-humanism, bioethicists, fauna, flora, granite outcroppings, Hong Kong, human thriving, humans, medical establishment, misanthropy, natural processes, nature rights, nihilism, prosperity, responsibilities, rights, rivers, speciesism, The Lancet}

World’s Oldest Medical Journal Endorses “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 16, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine

4}

In other words, we, flora, fauna, and, indeed, geological features such as rivers and granite outcroppings are equal. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, cell membranes, cells, cellular metabolism, Dave Farina, hype, investigator interference, James Tour, Lee Cronin, molybdenum, nucleotides, organic chemistry, protocells, reactions, Research, ribose, Rice University, RNA, synthetic chemists}

On the Origin of Life, James Tour Exposes the Irrelevance of Lee Cronin’s Research

_{Brian Miller
February 16, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

Tour details Cronin’s consistent exaggeration of the progress he and other researchers have made in unraveling the mystery of life’s origin. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Discovering Intelligent Design, information, information sequence problem, intelligence, Jack Szostak, Long Story Short, machines, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, origin of information, proteins, replication, RNA, RNA world, Scientific American, self-replicating molecule, specified information, Stanley Miller, transcription, translation, UC San Diego}

Long Story Short: The Origin of Replication and the Information Sequence Problem

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, I attended a seminar taught by Stanley Miller, the famous chemist who put origin-of-life research on the map. Read More ›

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Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Eric Anderson, Fazale Rana, Guillermo Gonzalez, hominid fossils, hominids, Hugh Ross, human origins, ID the Future, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, palaeoanthropology, podcast, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Stephen Meyer}

New Book from South Africa Explores Evidence of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
February 15, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

1}

Casey Luskin earned his PhD in South Africa and had many opportunities to study various hominid fossils. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Applied Sciences
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Big Data, C.S. Lewis, education, elitism, faith, government, knowledge, magic, media, milk, morality, Neo-Darwinism, reality, soul, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism, virtue}

Humans Have Limits. Transhumanists Want to Overcome Them

_{Peter Biles
February 15, 2023

Applied Sciences, Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

4}

Transhumanism, arguably an offshoot of neo-Darwinism, is set on envisioning the next grand step of human evolution. Read More ›