Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

10}

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

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, evolution, evolutionary theory, human evolution, natural selection, Nazis, propaganda, scientific racism}

Darwinism in Nazi Propaganda

_{Richard Weikart
February 23, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

6}

The authors considered human evolution especially important, because they believed it supported their vision of racial inequality. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, Big Data, Canis familiaris, chihuahua, China, conservation, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinism, eukaryotes, evolution, genomes, intelligent design, medicine, Paul Chien, phylogenetics, PNAS, sequencing, species, Sweden, United States}

Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?

_{Science and Culture
February 22, 2022

Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Life Sciences

7}

Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, COVID-19, Darwin Day in America, data, deaths, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, hospitalizations, information, misinformation, New York Times, Obama Administration, race, transparency, Washington State}

Major Scandal: New York Times Reports CDC Withholding Massive Amounts of COVID-19 Data

_{John G. West
February 22, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

6}

To get the Washington State data, I’ve had to make repeated inquiries, and ultimately file a formal public documents request. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apologetics, Aristotle, Christianity, creationism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, evolution, faith, Islam, Martin Luther, Muslims, Plato, Protestantism, Pythagoras, Richard Dawkins, scientific establishment, secularization, theology}

Muslims Should Be Natural Allies of Intelligent Design

_{Robert Shedinger
February 22, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

I have been invited to speak at many Islamic Centers throughout the United States and Canada over the last ten years. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, COVID-19, Douglas Axe, education, free speech, Georgia, Jay Richards, Johns Hopkins University, lockdown, mental health, mortality, religious liberty, science, The Price of Panic, unemployment, William Briggs}

The Human Cost of Coercive Science

_{John G. West
February 21, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Lockdowns were imposed on society in the name of science, although the actual scientific basis of many of the measures employed was unclear at best. Read More ›

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Date
February 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, English, evolution, free speech, Germany, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, Lehigh University, memory hole, podcast, Ray Bohlin, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Wikipedia}

A Darwin Day Exhibit Backfires

_{Science and Culture
February 19, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

1}

Hear the story of how leading German paleo-entomologist and Darwinist Günter Bechly became convinced of intelligent design. Read More ›