Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, burial, Christianity, dirt, flowers, forest, gnosticism, human dignity, human life, Judeo-Christian tradition, nature worship, neo-paganism, New York Times, paganism, salvation, Scripture, second coming, Washington State, Western civilization}

Nature Worship Advances as Human Dignity Retreats

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 5, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

3}

The dead body has value because the human person does. How we treat our dead reflects our views on what we think about the living. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anselm, atheism, Augustinian Proof, Big Bang, Edward Feser, general relativity, ground of existence, ignorance, insanity, intelligent design, Necessary Existence, Ontological Argument, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas}

God Hypothesis: In Defense of Stephen Meyer’s Book Title

_{Michael Egnor
December 5, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

5}

What Dr. Meyer did was enter the atheist camp, take up their flawed tools, and defeat them with their own weapons. Read More ›

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Date
December 4, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, Christianity, college, culture, evolution, evolutionary theory, human beings, human life, ID the Future, intelligent design, matter, motors, podcast, professors, students}

Luskin on the Heart of Intelligent Design Theory

_{Science and Culture
December 4, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

1}

Dr. Luskin also responds to evolutionist attempts to explain the origin of exquisite molecular machines like the bacterial flagellum motor. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 3, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, Eugene Wigner, Giulio Tonioni, Hard Problem, humans, Integrated information theory, John von Neumann, panpsychism, quantum effects, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Sabine Hossenfelder, Taking on Consciousness, Tackles Panpsychism

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 3, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

4}

She wants to apologize to all carrots who are watching her video — but carrots are not watching and that’s the point. Read More ›

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Date
December 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", evolution, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent design, Nathan Lents, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Listen: “Design Errors” in the Human Body?

_{Science and Culture
December 2, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Nathan Lents often ignores something basic to engineering — the necessity of design tradeoffs. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bilaterians, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cloudina, Conotubus, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran, embryos, Fortunian, fossils, Kimberella, Mongolia, Namacalathus, Namapoikia, Permian, Precambrian animals, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Trilobozoa, wormworld}

Let’s Help “Professor Dave” Understand the Precambrian

_{Günter Bechly
December 2, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

12}

We have much to teach the non-professor, and I trust that he is grateful for the education being rendered to him here. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, gymnosperm, Middle Triassic, North America, Phanerozoic Eon, pollen, Switzerland, Young Earth Creationists}

Fossil Friday: Is Triassic Angiosperm-Like Pollen a Solution to Darwin’s Abominable Mystery?

_{Günter Bechly
December 2, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

11}

There is one remaining issue to address, which is palynology, the science of fossil pollen. Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, abstract thinking, academics, Adam and Eve, animal welfare, chimpanzees, Côte D’Ivoire, experts, human beings, humans, Jane Goodall, Politics, primatology, Richard Wrangham, Tarzan}

Studying Chimps Is “Politics by Other Means”

_{Science and Culture
December 1, 2022

Evolution, Science

3}

A recent book in which chimpanzee experts reflect on their work tells us a good deal about the chimpanzee expert world. Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, bio-engineering, evolution, foresight, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Egnor, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, neurosurgery, physicians, planning, Steve Laufmann, systems engineering, Your Designed Body}

Your Designed Body: “Irreducible Complexity on Steroids”

_{Science and Culture
December 1, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science

1}

How could blind evolutionary processes, such as neo-Darwinism’s mechanism of natural selection working on genetic mutations, build this bio-engineering marvel? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, caregivers, dehydration, elderly, euthanasia, hospice, reporters, starvation, suicide, Terri Schiavo, voluntary stop eating and drinking, VSED}

We Aren’t an Anti-Suicide Culture Anymore

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 1, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

The assisted-suicide movement boosts suicide in many forms. One of the most insidious is known in euthanasia parlance as VSED. Read More ›