Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, beauty, development, genetic coding, intelligent design, morphology, Pittsburgh, protein expression, Thanksgiving}

Viewing Chinese Lanterns in Pittsburgh

_{Paul Nelson
November 30, 2022

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Science

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I mused about the genetic coding requirements for the changes in protein expression and timing (during development) to give its precise floral morphology. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, aesthetics, extraterrestrial life, Galileo Galilei, Harvard University, heliocentric model, intelligent design, James Ferguson, Luther College, Nicolaus Copernicus, Owen Gingerich, physicists, Ptolemaic system, religion, solar system, telescope, University of Wisconsin}

Religious Intuition Can Lead to Scientific Discovery: The Cases of Copernicus and Ferguson

_{Robert Shedinger
November 30, 2022

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Science

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ID is not religion. But even if we were to concede falsely that it is, such a characterization is irrelevant to the question of whether it is true. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, Apostle John, Aristotle, charity, Christianity, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, Edward Feser, Empedocles, evolution, Finding Darwin's God, G.K. Chesterton, gnosticism, Howard Glicksman, human dignity, intellectual captivity, intelligent design, John West, Kenneth Miller, kin selection, sexuality, Simon Conway Morris, Steve Laufmann, teleology, theology, Thomas Aquinas, University of Notre Dame, Your Designed Body}

Attempts to Reconcile Evolutionary Theory with Christianity Lead to Intractable Tensions

_{Brian Miller
November 30, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

9}

The fundamental premise of evolutionary theory is that humans are the product of an undirected process that did not have us in mind. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, artifacts, bone marrow, bones, cardiovascular system, cells, choreography, coffee, coordination, gastrointestinal system, human body, Immune System, integration, intelligent design, lymphatic system, nervous system, orchestration, organization, oxygen, red blood cells, reproductive system, respiratory system, sawmill, single-celled organism, skeletal system, skin, specialization}

Your Intelligently Designed Body Is a System of Systems

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
November 30, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

9}

To be alive, every cell in your body needs solutions to a complicated set of problems. Read More ›

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Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cesare Lombroso, criminologists, Darwinism, evolution, Greece, ID the Future, intelligent design, Italians, Italy, philosophers, podcast, Racism, Rome, Turin, Western civilization}

John West in Turin, Italy: Intelligent Design’s Roots and Fruit

_{Science and Culture
November 30, 2022

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

1}

West celebrates Italy’s contributions to civilization but also calls attention to Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso, who championed various racist ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, birds, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, evolution, Fortunian, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, homology, insects, Nick Matzke, phylum, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, synapomorphy, The Blind Watchmaker, wings, YouTubers}

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
November 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

17}

We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chicken-and-egg problem, communication, embryo, evolutionary biologists, foresight, guidance, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, mother, pregnancy, Steve Laufmann}

For Darwinism, Pregnancy Is the “Mother of all Chicken-and-Egg Problems”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Evolutionary biologists tend to silently glide over such issues, which clearly point to intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, amino acids, biochemists, brain damage, Casey Luskin, chemists, chirality, CRISPR-Cas9, DNA, evolution, fruit flies, homochirality, intelligent design, isoforms, James Tour, life, Louis Pasteur, lung cancer, Nature Communications, proteins, Rob Stadler, sugar, tumors}

Same-Handed Molecules Are an “Overarching Design Principle” in Life, Say Researchers

_{David Coppedge
November 29, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

Without foresight to solve heterochiral incidents, a primordial cell would quickly perish even if, against all odds, it began homochiral. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, Coast to Coast AM, Daily Wire, galaxies, George Noory, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, materialism, radio, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, supernatural}

Coast to Coast — Stephen Meyer Takes the God Hypothesis to a Huge and Unusual Audience

_{David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2022

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

As a rule, the show covers a fascinating a mix of topics, with an emphasis on the strange and supernatural, and is never dull. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australopithecines, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, common descent, cynodonts, Darwin's Doubt, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, fossil record, hominids, hominins, humans, intelligent design, John Hawks, land mammals, mammaliaforms, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, science denial, science teachers, Stephen Meyer, Therapsids, transitional fossils, walking whales, YouTubers}

Debunking “Professor Dave’s” Hit Piece Against Stephen Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

13}

This YouTube video runs to about an hour and a quarter, so I will be answering him once again in a series, minute by minute. Read More ›