Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, chronology, CSI, data, dependency graph, Douglas Axe, explanatory power, function, gene sequences, intelligent agents, intelligent design, junk DNA, observations, predictions, retrodiction, scientists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), Winston Ewert}

Does Intelligent Design Make Predictions or Retrodictions?

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I would argue that a chronology of exactly what was predicted when is not dispositive as to whether a positive argument can be made. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bears, beauty, bugs, Charles Darwin, evolution, factory, functionality, insects, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, microbes, molecular machines, mosaic, planthopper, purpose, Secrets of the Cell}

Watch: Michael Behe Corrects Darwin’s Detour with a Cumulative Case for Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

For thousands of years, the design of life was acknowledged by scientists and non-scientists, philosophers and physicians, religious and non-religious. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Darwinists, E. coli, evolution, friction, gears, Harvard University, Howard Berg, hyperdrive, intelligent design, magnetotactic bacteria, microbes, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, thrust, torque}

Get a Load of This Souped-Up Hyperdrive Magnetotactic Bacterium

_{David Coppedge
May 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"MO-1 is a magnetotactic bacterium capable of orienting its cell body along the geomagnetic field lines by using magnetosomes." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, CSI, dependency graph, DNA, evolution, explanatory power, Forrest Mims, genomes, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, medicine, Michael Behe, mutations, Nature Reviews Genetics, nested hierarchy, predictions, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Science (journal), Scientific American, selection, software, Susumu Ohno, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), The Selfish Gene, Winston Ewert}

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

_{Casey Luskin
May 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Chile, climate change, courts, damages, Ecuador, glaciers, greenmail, guardians, India, laws, Mother Nature, nature, nature rights, Panama, prosperity, rivers, United States}

India High Court: Nature Is a “Living Being” with “Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 4, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

3}

Nature-rights laws generally allow anyone who believes that nature’s “rights” are being violated to sue to prevent the violation and to seek redress. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta}

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

_{Casey Luskin
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, americans, apologetics, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, evolution, fantasy, John West, Medieval Europe, morality, nature, policy, science fiction, scientism, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism, Westerners}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Psychology

4}

The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›

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Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Casey Luskin, Christianity, cosmic fine-tuning, designer, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Science, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, theists, universe, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: What Is Science? What Is Faith?

_{Science and Culture
May 3, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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Scientific discoveries, unshackled from atheism, point strongly to design as the best explanation for life and the universe, a conclusion friendly to theism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Charles Townes, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmological constant, cosmos, electromagnetic force, goal, gravity, initial entropy, intelligent agents, intelligent design, life, mind, physical constants, physical laws, Planck time, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), universe}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Physics

_{Casey Luskin
May 3, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

4}

Multiple physical laws and constants must be finely tuned for the universe to be inhabited by advanced forms of life. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arthur Hunt, Basilosaurus, bilaterian animals, central nervous system, cichlid fish, compound eyes, Darwinists, dog breeds, Dunning-Kruger effect, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, Evolution News, exoskeleton, fact check, fossil record, Hawaiian Silverswords, honeycreepers, Joe Felsenstein, John Harshman, Lake Malawi, molecular clock, no true Scotsman, otters, Pakicetus, Panda's Thumb, Peaceful Science, phenotypic plasticity, Puck Mendelssohn, Rusophycus, species pair challenge, trace fossils, University of Kentucky, Young Earth Creationists}

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

_{Günter Bechly
May 3, 2022

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›