Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 3, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, England, epiphany, France, French Revolution, Lake District, Mircea Eliade, natural theology, Natural Theology (book), nature, soul, spirituality, William Paley, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Darwin, Wordsworth, and Natural Theology

_{Neil Thomas
November 3, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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I give here a short sample of just one of the passages in “Tintern Abbey” where Wordsworth reports undergoing what might be described as a moment of epiphany. Read More ›

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Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, faith, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, paleontologists, podcast, Salvo Magazine, Science, theism}

Günter Bechly: A Scientist’s Path from Atheism to Christian Theism

_{Science and Culture
November 2, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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There are many stories of the evidence for intelligent design bringing individuals to a general belief in a cosmic designer. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, Great Britain, HMS Beagle, natural theology, Natural Theology (book), nature, spirituality, William Paley, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Natural Revelation and Natural Selection: Wordsworth versus Darwin

_{Neil Thomas
November 2, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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It has long been recognized that the many hymns to Nature in the poetic works of William Wordsworth (1770-1850) convey an implicit belief in natural theology. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arthritis, depression, diseases, genetic disorder, high blood pressure, lifespan, migraine, mother, Nature (journal), neurotransmitters, pills, placebo, seizures, sleep}

Placebos Demonstrate Power of the Human Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2022

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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When a disease affects the brain-body relationship, the placebo response can confound researchers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Culture
Tagged
, castration, Critical Transitions in Nature and Society, culture, estrogen, eunuch, Jonathan Wells, madness, prostate cancer, surrogate mother, Texas, The Stream, transgenderism}

Jonathan Wells: A Story of Heartbreaking Evil from Texas

_{David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Culture

2}

How will our culture look back on this period of madness, once we get beyond it, as one hopes we will do soon? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Br'er Rabbit, Darwinism, ecosystem, emperor penguins, Industrial Revolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life, North America, organisms, purpose, purposelessness, science of purpose, spawning, speciation, struggle, teleology}

A Closer Look at the Science of Purpose

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 2, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You cannot see what you are not looking for. You cannot find Br'er Rabbit until you look into the briar patch. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Arts
Cultural Anthropology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, burial, creativity, culture, Donald Johanson, footprints, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), habilines, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paintings, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Siegrid Hartwig-Scherer, total energy expenditure, Washington University}

Human Origins: All in the Family

_{Casey Luskin
November 1, 2022

Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Antarctic icefish, antifreeze protein, BIO-Complexity, blood, blood viscosity, capillaries, Channichthydiae, fish, freezing, glycoprotein, Gregory Sloop, heart, hemoglobin, hemoglobinless blood, human blood, icefish, Montana, oxygen, physician, physicians, Southern Ocean, temperatures, Titanic, vasculature}

Without Hemoglobin, How Do Icefish Survive the Cold? By Design

_{Emily Reeves
November 1, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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Icefish, aka the family Channichthydiae, survive at 0oC in the Southern Ocean by maintaining blood viscosity at the set point of 3.27 centipoise. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ammonia, astrobiology, astrology, Australia, biosignatures, carbon dioxide, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, Douglas Axe, habitability, ID the Future, James Webb Space Telescope, meteorites, methane, Michael Denton, molybdenum, Open University, oxygen, ozone, phosphine, polypeptides, Privileged Species, protein space, SETI, solar system, The Conversation, The Privileged Planet, UFOs}

Search for Habitable Planets Is a Design Detection Exercise

_{David Coppedge
November 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

7}

The extent of habitable space within all space can serve as a determinant of the plausibility of naturalism vs intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
October 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood clotting, cells, evolution, intelligent design, Michael Medved, Neo-Darwinism, proteins, Secrets of the Cell, World Magazine, YouTube videos}

Behe, Medved: Blood Clotting Reveals Purpose, Not Blind Evolution

_{Science and Culture
October 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Everything from the blood clotting system to a myriad of crucial protein structures increasingly appear to be far beyond the reach of blind evolution. Read More ›