Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 1, 2022

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, atheism, Augustinian Proof, Big Bang, Edward Feser, eternity, God Hypothesis, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, infinity, Jerry Coyne, numbers, omnipotence, Plato, Platonic forms, solar system, St. Augustine, sun, theism, universals}

Mathematics and the God Hypothesis

_{Michael Egnor
August 1, 2022

Culture, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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There is a classical proof of God’s existence that uses universal concepts such as mathematics, proposed most prominently by St. Augustine. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, boron, bromine, ceramics, charcoal, copper, diamond, fertilizer, Geophysical Research Letters, glass, Guillermo Gonzalez, iron, Jay Richards, magnesium, metalloenzymes, Mojave Desert, Periodic Table, plate tectonics, prior fitness, Privileged Species, semiconductors, SpaceX, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Privileged Planet, Turkey}

Prior Fitness for Life: The Problem of Boron

_{David Coppedge
August 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

10}

The atomic element boron is essential for life, but how do you get it from stars to plants and animals? Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, human dignity, ID the Future, John West, materialism, nature, podcast, scientific racism, Western culture}

John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Political Science

1}

Darwin’s materialistic theory of evolution drained meaning from nature, undercut the idea of inherent human dignity, and fueled the rise of scientific racism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, biotechnology, brain, depression, fraud, funding, measles, mumps, peer review, public health, Research, rubella, Science (journal), serotonin, The Lancet, Vaccines}

Scientists Are Undermining Our Trust in Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 30, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

3}

Falsification of scientific research has been a chronic problem for the sector in recent years. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physics
Science
Tagged
, adulthood, Bethlehem, cattle, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, elephants, eukaryotic cells, genetic code, human mind, Isaac Newton, lactase persistence, lactose, metabolism, milk, molecular machines, mutations, nucleotides, Pennsylvania, sugar, weather, worms}

Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

_{Michael Behe
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Physics, Science

5}

Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ADP, amino acids, ATP, ATP synthase, Brian Miller, chemiosmotic coupling, circular causality, DNA, electron transport chain, Energy, energy harnessing, fermentation, hydrothermal vents, Long Story Short, Nick Lane, proton gradient, protons, redox chain}

Energy Harnessing and Blind Faith in Natural Selection

_{Rob Stadler
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

The latest animated video from Long Story Short explains the complex requirements for energy harnessing in life. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, Evolution News, Fossil Friday (series), Gregory Retallack, lichens, Mistaken Point, paleontologists, trace fossils}

Fossil Friday: Dickinsonia, the Ediacaran Animal that Wasn’t

_{Günter Bechly
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

5}

Gregory Retallack is a kind of maverick paleontologist, who endorses a fringe hypothesis that Ediacaran organisms were not marine but terrestrial lichens. Read More ›

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Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, academia, Adolf Grünbaum, Andrew McDiarmid, friendship, ID the Future, intelligent design, naturalism, Paul Nelson, podcast, University of Pittsburgh}

Design in a Naturalistic Culture

_{Science and Culture
July 28, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

1}

Paul Nelson expresses his appreciation for his University of Pittsburgh mentor Adolf Grünbaum. Read More ›

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Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain, brain damage, brain size, football, neuroscience, tongue, woodpeckers}

Woodpeckers: The Advantage of a Small Brain

_{Science and Culture
July 28, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

3}

Woodpeckers absorb 1200 to 1400 g shock driving their beaks into wood — but a shock absorbing skull doesn’t explain the absence of damage. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Arthur Hunt, bacterial flagella, biological structures, circular reasoning, Conservation of Information, design detection, Douglas Axe, evolution, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, James Madison University, mind, molecular machines, natural selection, Ola Hössjer, Panda's Thumb, Robert J. Marks II, rotary motors, royal flush, specified complexity, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In Critiquing Dembski, Jason Rosenhouse Prioritizes Imagination over Reality

_{Brian Miller
July 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

7}

Rosenhouse’s belief in the creative power of evolutionary processes is based not on hard data but on his faith in the philosophy of scientific materialism. Read More ›