Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 23, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, debate, Divine Hiddenness argument, evidence, faith, ground of existence, ignorance, logic, Matt Dillahunty, nature, theists}

Theists vs. Atheists: Who Has the Burden of Proof?

_{Michael Egnor
January 23, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Because Dillahunty refuses to debate me again, I’ll address his claim that atheists have no burden of proof in the debate over God’s existence in this post. Read More ›

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Date
January 22, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Center for Science and Culture, courage, Darwin on Trial, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, fear, ID the Future, intelligent design, Phillip E. Johnson, podcast, Stephen Meyer, UC Berkeley}

Stephen Meyer on Phillip Johnson’s Courage

_{Science and Culture
January 22, 2022

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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“There are many many many people who have come to the water’s edge, who have seen the problems with Darwinian evolution, have counted the cost, and recoiled.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, cookbook, early Earth, evolution, Francis Crick, intelligent design, James Tour, metabolism, primordial soup, recipe}

Prebiotic Muffins and an Air of Unreality

_{Paul Nelson
January 21, 2022

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

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There is a cookbook being proposed for “prebiotic soup recipes” — that is, combinations of non-living chemicals plausibly present on the early Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, birds, empirical science, evolution, glaucoma, human eye, hunters, intelligent design, John Ray, light, Nathan Lents, photoreceptor cells, retina, vision}

Did Nathan Lents Refute Design?

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Today our knowledge of the eye’s design is far more detailed. Particularly striking are the incredible mechanisms at the molecular level. Read More ›

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Date
January 21, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, desert varnish, diatoms, evolution, intelligent design, iron, meteors, microorganisms, NASA, phytoplankton, sexual reproduction}

By Design? Meteors Deliver Iron for Habitability

_{Science and Culture
January 21, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Unexpected benefits may come from a steady rain of meteoric dust onto the planet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, Arctic terns, Casey Luskin, computer programs, Darwinists, desert ants, Eric Cassell, evolution, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Behe, molecular machines, monarch butterfly, navigation}

Watch: Animal Algorithms and the Bluff of Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Human navigation technology is just catching up to what animals like these can do by instinct. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, creationists, Darwinists, Developmental Cell, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, HBBP1, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Leakey Foundation, mutations, pseudogenes, purifying selection}

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

_{Casey Luskin
January 20, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›

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Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, Casey Luskin, celebrities, computer engineering, computers, consciousness, creativity, Elon Musk, entrepreneurs, evolutionary mechanisms, free will, Harvest House, ID the Future, Mark Zuckerberg, Nobel laureates, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Robert J. Marks on Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

_{Science and Culture
January 20, 2022

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Bell's theorem, Big Think, brain states, criminal justice, free will, Hannah Arendt, Marcelo Gleiser, materialism, neuroscience, propositions, quantum physics, Sam Harris, totalitarianism, truth}

Does Science Disprove Free Will? A Physicist Says No

_{Michael Egnor
January 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Marcelo Gleiser notes that the mind is not a solar system with strict deterministic laws. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, chromophore, Cicero, evolution, eye, intelligent design, John Ray, natural theology, neurotransmitter, photoreceptor cells, retina, signal transduction, sodium ions, vision, voltage}

The Eye: A Classic Example of Natural Design

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Even Charles Darwin, after publishing his theory of evolution, privately admitted “The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder.” Read More ›