Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, Chromosomal Fusion, common ancestry, creationism, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic drift, hominids, Homo, human origins, intelligent design, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Niles Eldredge, pseudogenes, punctuated equilibrium, Richard Leakey, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Jay Gould}

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards

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January 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, ai ethics, algorithms, artificial intelligence, creativity, deification, dog, free will, God, God Complex, gods, human responsibilities, human rights, humans, metaethics, morality, murder, reality, software, The Matrix, transhumanism, virtual reality}

Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

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January 18, 2022

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, American Museum of Natural History, Cambridge University Press, cats, creationist, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, explanatory filter, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Leslie Orgel, Michael Behe, misinformation, persecution, Richard Sternberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Institution, specified complexity, The Origins of Life, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski, Young Earth Creationism}

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

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January 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behavior, Ferris Jabr, friendship, humans, intelligence, mantle, My Octopus Teacher, neurons, octopuses, pigmentation}

Loving Goodbye…from an Octopus?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 18, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Did the science teacher's octopus really know she was dying? Was she trying to say goodbye? Read More ›

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Date
January 17, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, conference, Dallas, Dallas Science and Faith Conference, Emily Reeves, events, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, podcast, Ray Bohlin, Stephen Meyer}

Emily Reeves Previews Dallas Science and Faith Conference 2022

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January 17, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Speakers include Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Ray Bohlin — and Stephen Meyer on the scientific vision of Isaac Newton! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 17, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Arthur Balfour, culture, electrons, intelligent design, intelligent purpose, James Jeans, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, materialism, necessity, protons, Strength to Love, The Man Who Was a Fool}

Martin Luther King on Intelligent Design

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January 17, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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This idea was crucial to his ethical vision. For more, see our brief and timely video, “Martin Luther King on the Design of the Universe.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 17, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, fish, Florida, Native Americans, nature rights, river rights, rivers, salmon, Seattle}

Seattle Power Company Sued for Violating the Rights of Fish

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January 17, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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When we give up human exceptionalism, we go a bit mad and soon are eating our own tails. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, anti-science, athens, C.S. Lewis, civil rights, Dallas, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theory, eugenics, Herbert Spence, Hiroshima, humans, intelligent design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King Jr., Nagasaki, scientific materialism, scientific racism, scientism, segregationists, sermons, Strength to Love, Texas}

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

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January 16, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process. Read More ›

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Date
January 15, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, carbon, Casey Luskin, cosmic fine-tuning, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Phillip E. Johnson, podcast, universe}

Michael Denton on Fine-Tuning: Wheels Within Wheels

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January 15, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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When it comes to evidence of fine-tuning in the universe, the more you look, the more you find. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 14, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Bible, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Fazale Rana, Fox News, Francis Collins, Genesis, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, Jesus Christ, Jonathan McLatchie, methodological naturalism, myths, Nathan Lents, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Reasons to Believe, S. Joshua Swamidass, Salvo Magazine, Scripture, Terrell Clemmons, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, theistic evolution, theology, William Lane Craig}

Fox News Article Shows Why Evolutionary Solutions to Adam and Eve Fail to Satisfy

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January 14, 2022

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Is William Lane Craig’s book good news for Christians? I’m not so sure, and here’s one reason why. Read More ›