Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Discovery Institute, economics, FreedomFest, George Gilder, Human Zoos, ID the Future, John West, Las Vegas, podcast, totalitarian science}

More Dangers of Totalitarian Science

_{Science and Culture
February 28, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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George Gilder raises concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) — but not the usual economic ones. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological systems, Casey Luskin, CCC, chloroquine complexity cluster, chloroquine resistance, coordinated mutations, evolution, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, mutation rate, mutations, PfCRT, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, proteins, Robert L. Summers, Sandwalk, The Edge of Evolution}

Real-World Data and the Lesson of Chloroquine Resistance

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The take-home lesson is that evolution, on its best day, is an embarrassingly anemic process. Read More ›

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Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, book reviews, books, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, George W. Bush, Goldilocks, intelligent design, Marvin Olasky, New York City, public policy, science, Steve Buri, The King’s College, Virginia, World Magazine}

Marvin Olasky Joins Discovery Institute as New Senior Fellow

_{Science and Culture
February 28, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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“I’ve long admired Discovery’s courageous work on intelligent design,” said Olasky. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Cell (journal), Centers for Disease Control, COVID-19, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, medical establishment, medicine, misinformation, mRNA, scientocracy, Stanford University, The Federalist, vaccine}

John West: COVID Vaccine Misinformation from Francis Collins

_{David Klinghoffer
February 27, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

3}

I’ve been shocked by how otherwise thoughtful people assume that physicians and other experts like Collins, those with the loudest media voices, are reliable. Read More ›

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Date
February 26, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Bijan Nemati, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmos, discovery, earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Jay Richards, life, NASA, podcast, The Privileged Planet}

A Webb Telescope Tour with Space Telescope Expert Bijan Nemati

_{Science and Culture
February 26, 2022

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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The NASA telescope has been successfully launched into space and has reached its destination, known as the Lagrange Point 2. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biston betularia, Charles Darwin, Colorado, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic information, Harrison Tasoff, hopeful monster, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, petals, positive selection, saltation, sepals, Stephen Meyer, UC Santa Barbara, Zombie Science (book)}

No “Hopeful Monster,” Flower Demonstrates Evolution by Subtraction

_{Science and Culture
February 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, noticed something peculiar about the columbines in a region of Colorado. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 25, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Casey Luskin, chloroquine resistance, circular reasoning, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Milky Way, Plasmodium falciparum, PZ Myers, Robert L. Summers, Sandwalk, Sean Carroll, Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution, University of Toronto}

How Much Can Evolution Really Accomplish?

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 25, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unsatisfied with circular evolutionary arguments and lazy reasoning, Michael Behe decided to pose his question to the real-world data. Read More ›

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Date
February 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, entropy, Eugene V. Koonin, evolution, genes, learning, natural selection, Neural Networks, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Theodosius Dobzhansky, thermodynamics, Thomas Malthus, universe, vitalism, Vitaly Vanchurin}

Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics

_{Science and Culture
February 24, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 24, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, documentary, Eric Wallace, faith, intelligent design, interview, movies, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, Star Wars, Stephen Meyer, theatrical release}

Meyer, Wallace: Return of the God Hypothesis — The Book…and the Movie!

_{David Klinghoffer
February 24, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Actually, now that you mention it, says Stephen Meyer, “a theatrical release documentary is being made about the book." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Eigen catastrophe, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene V. Koonin, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Kirk Durston, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, neo-Darwinian theory, No Free Lunch, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibria, Richard Weikart, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, vitalism, Vitaly Vanchurin, William A. Dembski}

Evolution Is Not Like Physics

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›