Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, computers, computing, consciousness, cosmos, creativity, culture, Elon Musk, evolution, free will, Homo Deus, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, lemon, materialism, Neural Networks, New York Times, Non-Computable You, Psalms, qualia, Stephen Hawking, The Economist, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Yuval Noah Harari}

New Book from Computer Engineer Robert J. Marks: You Are NOT Computable

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Just a few days ago a Google engineer revealed that an AI chatbot disclosed to him that it had “come to life” and has a “soul.” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, biologists, credulity, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian mechanism, Darwinism, evolution, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), homologous genes, human eye, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Jason Rosenhouse, Michael Behe, proteins, similarity, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism}

The Silence of the Evolutionary Biologists

_{William A. Dembski
June 21, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design’s scientific program can, at least in part, be viewed as an attempt to unmask Darwinist credulity. Read More ›

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Date
June 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, Cavendish Laboratory, chemicals, clouds, evolution, exoplanets, extraterrestrial life, James Webb Space Telescope, life, life forms, planets, Research, solar system, University of Cambridge, Venus}

New Analysis Casts Doubt on Claims for Life on Venus

_{Science and Culture
June 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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The newer study agrees that the composition of Venus’s atmosphere is unusual but not that it is evidence for life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, biologists, Brian Miller, control systems, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, engineers, evolution, faith, intelligent design, John West, marriage, Research, Science}

Physicist Brian Miller: The Fruitful Marriage of Biology and Engineering

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If biology isn’t designed, which is another way of saying "engineered," wouldn’t this state of affairs be pretty counterintuitive? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", biological adaptations, Darwinism, evolution, genes, Geoffrey Miller, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Michael Behe, mount improbable, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Richard Dawkins, Robert Wright, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism}

Jason Rosenhouse, a Crude Darwinist

_{William A. Dembski
June 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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As a fellow mathematician, I would have liked to see from Rosenhouse a vigorous and insightful discussion of my ideas. Read More ›

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Date
June 19, 2022

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, flies, food shortages, mice, Neuron (journal), neurons, neuroscience, neuroscientists, researchers, visual cortex}

Yes, Brains — Like Computers — Have a Low-Power Mode

_{Science and Culture
June 19, 2022

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sure they do. It makes a lot of sense to conserve power when food supplies are low. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, biologists, debate, email, engineers, evolutionary biologists, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, Leo Kadanoff, mathematician, peer-reviewed literature, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, University of Chicago, YouTube videos}

The Challenge from Jason Rosenhouse

_{William A. Dembski
June 18, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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"The response would be a lot chillier if they tried the same arguments in front of audiences with the relevant expertise." Is that so? Read More ›

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Date
June 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Darwinism, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, living systems, Louis Agassiz, Michael Denton, Privileged Species, Richard Owen, The Miracle of Man}

Denton: Animal Body Types as “Adaptive Masks”

_{Science and Culture
June 17, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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These recurrent forms extend from original “primal patterns,” much as argued by such 19th-century opponents of Darwinism as Richard Owen and Louis Agassiz. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 17, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Crato Formation, Cretaceous Period, Darwinian theory, fish, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, ID the Future, living fossils, Lower Cretaceous, mutations, natural selection, podcast}

Fossil Friday: A Dead “Living Fossil”

_{Günter Bechly
June 17, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Coelacanths are considered to be "living fossils," which do not sit well with Darwinian assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 17, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioLogos, Cambridge University Press, coin toss, cryptography, Darwinists, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Elliott Sober, evolution, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Hamlet, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, monograph, plagiarism, S. Joshua Swamidass, specified complexity, statistics, The Design Inference, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, University of Chicago, William Shakespeare, Winston Ewert}

The Book That Launched a Thousand Barbs

_{William A. Dembski
June 17, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Briefly, the design inference (the method rather than the book) identifies two features as essential for eliminating chance: improbability and specification. Read More ›