Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 28, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, cosmic fine-tuning, Fred Hoyle, functional specification, improbability, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Leonard Susskind, multiverse, Paul Davies, probability, Return of the God Hypothesis, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series)}

Anthropic Fine-Tuning as Evidence of Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 28, 2022

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The multiverse concept posits the existence of many other universes, each with different sets of physical parameters. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal behavior, babies, birds, brain size, cognitive capacity, Cornell University, eggs, facial recognition, intelligence, lemurs, lizards, neurons, penguins, reptiles, The Scientist}

Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…? Read More ›

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Author
Kenneth Feucht

Date
March 26, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, assisted suicide, beauty, COVID-19, creativity, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, death, embryo, Enlightenment, euthanasia, evolution, free speech, ingenuity, intelligence, John West, medicine, New York Times, physicians, speech, Terri Shiavo, theology, totalitarian science, unborn}

Darwinism and Scientific Totalitarianism: John West’s Darwin Day in America

_{Kenneth Feucht
March 26, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

5}

The afterword, on “Totalitarian Science,” published in 2015, shows John West as a prophet of things to come. Read More ›

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Author
Kenneth Feucht

Date
March 25, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, B. F. Skinner, crime, Crime and Punishment, culture, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, evolution, Fyodor Dostoevsky, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, mental illness, Neo-Darwinism, Portland State University, punishment, rehabilitation, sex education, Weltanschauung}

Darwinism and the “So What?” Question: John West’s Darwin Day in America

_{Kenneth Feucht
March 25, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Psychology

5}

At first glance, it might seem that whether we believe in evolution as a purely material, unguided process should make no difference to values or morality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 25, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, Casey Luskin, complex and specified information, evolution, Evolution News, ID research program, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Nobel Prize, Oxford University Press, peer-reviewed literature, Science and Religion (book), science journals, William Paley}

“Is Intelligent Design Advancing?” Watch the Debate with Casey Luskin and Adam Shapiro Now

_{David Klinghoffer
March 25, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

At about 54 minutes in, Shapiro delivers a highly caricatured portrait of intelligent design, as an argument from amazement. Read More ›

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Date
March 25, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Big Bang, brane, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, cyclical cosmology, Energy, ID the Future, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, matter, podcast, Steady State model, Stephen Hawking, string landscape, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, universe}

Physicist Brian Miller Answers the Big Bang Evaders

_{Science and Culture
March 25, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

2}

These evasions include the steady state model, the idea of an eternal cyclical universe, and the string landscape model. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 25, 2022

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, complexity, cryptography, design detection, DNA, probability, Rosetta Stone, scientific method, Signature in the Cell, specification, The Design Inference, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series), William A. Dembski}

The Logic of Design Detection

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 25, 2022

Archaeology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Rational agents often detect the prior activity of other designing minds by the character of the effects they leave behind. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, China, COVID-19, debate, evolution, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Nature (journal), Unbelievable, Zoom}

Debate: “Is Intelligent Design Advancing?”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

You can watch the premiere of the debate between Casey Luskin and Adam Shapiro on Friday, March 25, at 11 am Pacific time. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, complexity, early Earth, evolution, information, Nature Communications, podcast, press release, proteins, replication, ribozymes, RNA, RNA replication, RNA world, Steven Novella, University of Tokyo, Yale University}

Yale’s Steven Novella Falls for Origin-of-Life Hype

_{Brian Miller
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Novella is a prominent atheist who jumped at the chance to promote the secular creation narrative of life’s origin. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Claude Shannon, computer code, DNA, evolution, functional information, genetic code, Henry Quastler, information, intelligent design, Leroy Hood, molecular machines, nucleotide bases, protein molecules, Richard Dawkins, sequence hypothesis, sequence specificity, SETI, Signature in the Cell, specified information, Stephen Meyer, symbols, Watson and Crick, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series)}

The Origin of Life and the Information Enigma

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

6}

In 1953, when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery. Read More ›