Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
May 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, brain waves, cause, David Hume, effect, free will, Julian Baggini, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Robert J. Marks II, The Great Guide}

Philosopher Looks for a Way to Redefine Free Will

_{Science and Culture
May 15, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

5}

Julian Baggini’s proposed new approach assumes the existence of the very qualities that only a traditional view of the mind offers. Read More ›

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Date
May 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian evolution, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Denton, paradigm shift, podcast, Science, The Miracle of Man}

Biologist Michael Denton: Paradigm Shifts

_{Science and Culture
May 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

1}

Dr. Denton reflects on paradigm shifts in science he’s witnessed in his lifetime and how his own thinking has changed. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chloroplasts, Current Biology, David Wolpert, evolution, Francis Bacon, Heidelberg University, heterochromatin, information flow, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, jumping genes, junk DNA, kinesin, mechanical philosophy, Nobel Prize, open reading frame, Prime Mover, proteins, Ribosome, Robert Boyle, robotics, Rockefeller University, Salk Institute, Santa Fe Institute, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, William A. Dembski, William Paley}

Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

_{David Coppedge
May 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

11}

We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 13, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", arthritis, automobile, bursa, Cheddar News, chimpanzees, clavicle, collarbone, Columbia University, deltoid muscle, diet, DNA, evolution, exercise, feces, flat tire, flexibility, forearm, hip joint, human body, human shoulder, humerus, intelligent design, Natalia Ryzak, posture, rotator cuff, scapula, shoulder, shoulder blade, shoulder problems, stability, storytelling, throwing, tornado, trapezius muscle, zoos}

Is the Human Shoulder Badly Designed?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 13, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

10}

Watch an acrobat performing on the parallel bars. Or a baseball player pitching a fastball. Or an athlete swimming the butterfly. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 12, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, administrators, Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, government, healthcare, Judicial Watch, kickbacks, money, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, pharmaceutical industry, researchers}

Did Fauci and Collins Receive Royalty Payments from Drug Companies?

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 12, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Transparency of the government science establishment should raise concerns. Congressional oversight is warranted. Read More ›

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Date
May 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, bipedalism, carbon, earth, Henry F. (Fritz) Schaefer, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, podcast, prior fitness, sun, The Miracle of Man, transition metals, University of Georgia, water}

Miracle of Man: Denton’s Prior Fitness Argument

_{Science and Culture
May 12, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

1}

One or two examples are interesting. But where the argument gains dramatic force is in the accumulation of many examples. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, ATP, bacteria, biotechnology, conservation, COVID-19, enzyme, eukaryotes, evolution, Evolution News, heat, hot springs, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, kinase, Nature (journal), ribose, RNA, therapeutics, tRNA, University of Tokyo, Vaccines, Yellowstone}

Transfer RNAs Wear Special Gear for Hot Water

_{David Coppedge
May 12, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

As usual, evolution-talk is inversely proportional to the amount of detail presented about cellular workings. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, accident, chance, cosmos, creation, evidence, fitness, human beings, intelligent design, Michael Denton, nature, Science, The Miracle of Man, universe}

Watch: Science Reveals the “Miracle of Man”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 11, 2022

Biology, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

Biologist Michael Denton shows how science has reversed the depressive trend of the past five centuries. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, chromosome mosaicism, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, hermaphrodite, Homo fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, mentation, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, neonate, pain, person, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, transient gestational hermaphroditism, womb, worms, zygote}

If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

_{Michael Egnor
May 11, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

7}

How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
May 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, ancient Greece, atomism, Bridgewater Treatises, Chance and Necessity, Darwinism, Democritus, evolution, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Wald, Harold Morowitz, imago Dei, intelligent design, Jacques Monod, Lawrence Henderson, materialism, natural selection, pre-Socratic philosophers, Stephen Jay Gould, Stone Age, The Fitness of the Environment, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, Western civilization}

How We Moved Beyond Darwin to the Miracle of Man

_{Michael Denton
May 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

The extraordinary ensembles of natural environmental fitness described in my book are thoroughly documented scientific facts. Read More ›