Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, agency, atoms, Canceled Science, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, evolutionary creationism, experience, Extrasolar Planets, fundamental forces, gravity, habitability, intelligence, intelligent design, laws of nature, matter, Moon, solar system, theistic evolution, universe}

Theistic Cosmology and Theistic Evolution — Understanding the Difference

_{Eric Hedin
June 15, 2023

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Astronomers have convincingly shown that the laws of nature are sufficient to account for the formation of stars and planetary systems throughout the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, China, consciousness, emotions, hard problem of consciousness, human beings, machines, personhood, robots, Russia, soul, Taylor & Francis, The Economist}

All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 14, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them. Read More ›

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Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, chicken-and-egg problem, China, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute Press, Europe, evolution, Greece, human origins, ID the Future, podcast, Science After Babel, scientific revolution}

Listen: David Berlinski on Chickens, Eggs, Human Exceptionalism, and a Revolution

_{Science & Culture
June 14, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Dr. Berlinski explores a chicken-and-egg problem facing origin-of-life research, and a blindness afflicting some evolutionists focused on human origins. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, eukaryotic cells, evolution, function, genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, mice, phenotype, proteins, ribosomes, Royal Society, University of Toronto, Wikipedia}

Why Knockouts and Deletions Are Insufficient for Inferring Function — The Mystery of Cell “Vaults”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The other day, UPS brought me a copy of Larry Moran’s new book. Moran is a well-known opponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, anthropologists, birth, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, feelings, Herbert Spencer, intelligence, intuition, males, Nancy Pearcey, natural selection, nurturing, sexism, The Toxic War on Masculinity, women}

Darwin: Why Women Are Inferior

_{Nancy Pearcey
June 14, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Any list of toxic male behavior includes disrespect for women, and Darwin bears some responsibility for that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, college, Discovery Institute Academy, education, hard science, high school, homeschooling, information, intelligent design, nature, science, students, teachers, tuition, Washington State}

New High School CHEMISTRY Course This Fall from Discovery Institute Academy

_{David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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As teacher Kristin Marais emphasizes, “That’s what chemistry is all about: we want to see things.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, cell biology, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, developmental biology, DiscoveryU, evolution, fossils, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, materialism, molecular biology, natural selection, online course, peppered moths, podcast, textbooks, whales}

Jonathan Wells Evaluates Darwinian Evolution in New Online Course

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 13, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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How strong is the evidence for Darwinian evolution? What are the limits of the Darwinian mechanism? Read More ›

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Planetology
Tagged
, algorithms, calculus, DNA, double helix, genetic code, Greek, incompleteness theorem, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Leo Tolstoy, mathematician, mechanics, molecular biology, particles, Sanskrit, TIME, U.S. Constitution}

Iterations of Immortality

_{David Berlinski
June 13, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Planetology

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The calculus made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that made possible the modern world. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, BioLogos, chimpanzees, computational biology, Dennis Venema, Endogenous retroviruses, evolutionary creation, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, Francis Collins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, pseudogenes, Queen Mary University London, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, University of Stockholm, Washington University}

Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, analogy, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, emotions, Frank Drake, J.B.S. Haldane, language, neocortex, neuroscience, persistent scientific errors, Pulitzer Prize, reptiles, textbooks, The Atlantic, Yale University}

Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›