Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 16, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Ecology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Alasdair MacIntyre, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, creation, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, Democritus, energy production, error correction, imago Dei, information processing, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Tour, materialism, molecules, natural law, Plato, Pope Francis, redemption, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, scientific revolution, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Meyer, stewardship, teleology, University of Notre Dame}

Notre Dame Hosts a Conference on Creation, Including Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
November 16, 2022

Cosmology, Ecology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The organizers accepted my abstract for a talk about “The Return of Teleology to the Natural Sciences.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, ATP synthase, bioRxiv, cell metabolism, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwinism, EMBO Journal, endosymbiosis, evolutionary theory, information processing, lysosomes, materialists, mitochondria, mitochondrion, organelles, peroxisomes, signal transduction, signaling}

Mitochondria Promoted to Information Processing Systems

_{David Coppedge
November 16, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The label “powerhouses of the cell” was too simplistic for the many tasks performed every second by these computing, networking, signaling, regulating wonders. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, Anna Karenina, Claremont Review of Books, consequences, Leo Tolstoy, Marvel Cinematic Universe, morality, multiverse, narrative, Oxford University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tragedy}

Meyer and Klavan: How the Multiverse Ruins Science…and Storytelling

_{David Klinghoffer
November 15, 2022

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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"The multiversal Marvel Cinematic Universe is a world without narrative stakes, moral meaning, or tragedy, because it is a world without consequences." Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AlphaFold, alternative genetic codes, Brian Miller, convergent evolution, devolution, discoveries, DNA, Douglas Axe, ENCODE, encoding, Endogenous retroviruses, epigenetics, evolution, Evolution News, frameshifting, genes, genomes, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Behe, mutations, neutral evolution, Paul Nelson, predictions, protein folding, protein rarity, RNAs, Scott Minnich, supercoiling, topoisomerase}

Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

_{Eric H. Anderson
November 15, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Arts
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, artists, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, computers, consciousness, COSM 2022, David Chalmers, Discovery Institute, feedback, Google, hard problem of consciousness, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, LaMDA, microchips}

Could Artificial Intelligence Ever Pass the Van Gogh Test?

_{Casey Luskin
November 15, 2022

Arts, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

5}

Vincent Van Gogh was crazy but he was talented, and AI can be neither crazy nor talented. Read More ›

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Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, AlphaFold, amino acid sequence, artificial intelligence, DNA, DNA sequence, Eric Anderson, Evolution News, ID the Future, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, podcast, proteins, proteome, Research}

Powerful Protein-Folding Algorithm AlphaFold Foiled by Singletons

_{Science and Culture
November 15, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We now know that biological information involves far more than just an organism’s proteome. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Planetology
Tagged
, antibodies, astronauts, bioengineering, cells, COSM 2022, diseases, genome, health, information, medicine, microchips, Microsoft Word, mRNA vaccines, mRNAs, proteins, unintended consequences, University of Washington}

Is Information the Future of Biology and Medicine?

_{Casey Luskin
November 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Planetology

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University of Washington’s Georg Seelig wants to “design molecules” and “write genetic information.” Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, adaptation, DNA, epigenetics, evolutionary theory, fruit flies, genes, natural selection, offspring, organisms, random mutation, teleological language, teleology, The Scientist, twins}

Why Epigenetics Contradicts Evolutionary Theory

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Life Sciences

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Epigenetic mechanisms are ubiquitous in biology. Because of epigenetics, organisms with otherwise identical genes (e.g., twins) can be quite different. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Academy Award, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, computer programmers, computer science, computers, consciousness, COSM, George Montañez, Grammys, Harvey Mudd College, humans, LaMDA, Lovelace test, pop culture, Robert J. Marks II, TikTok, Washington Post, worldview, Yahoo News!}

Experts Debate: Was a Chatbot Sentient?

_{Casey Luskin
November 14, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Lemoine was famously fired from Google earlier this year after he leaked a transcript of his conversation with Google’s advanced LaMDA chatbot program. Read More ›

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Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bacteriophages, BioEssays, Biological Reviews, cellular life, censorship, cytoplasm, Dave Speijer, eukarya, Evolution News, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, mitochondria, nucleic acid, proteins, viruses}

Revising the Linnaean System: Where to Locate Viruses? And the Problem with Mitochondria

_{Science and Culture
November 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The venue for a remarkable call for government censorship of science was a peer-reviewed biology journal. Read More ›