Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alec Ryrie, Arthur Schopenhauer, atheism, Baruch Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Darwinism, David Hume, doubt, evolution, faith, intellectuals, Ludwig Feuerbach, Mrs. Humphry Ward, novels, On the Origin of Species, Oxford, Robert Elsmere, Victorian England}

Darwin and the Victorian Culture Wars

_{Neil Thomas
March 2, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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As Alec Ryrie pointed out in his history of Doubt, “intellectuals and philosophers may think they make the weather, but they are more often driven by it.” Read More ›

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Date
March 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, cosmos, Extrasolar Planets, galaxy formation, ID the Future, James Webb Space Telescope, Jay Richards, telescopes, The Privileged Planet}

Bijan Nemati: What the James Webb Telescope May Discover

_{Science and Culture
March 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

These glimpses may confirm our most current ideas of early cosmic history and galaxy formation, or turn them on their head. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, body parts, COVID-19, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), England, evolution, faith, Fleeming Jenkin, Lord Kelvin, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, pandemic, reviewers, Victorians}

Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith

_{Neil Thomas
March 1, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Fleeming Jenkin (the distinguished Scottish scientist who with Lord Kelvin spearheaded the laying of the transatlantic cable) was particularly scathing. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
March 1, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, alt-right, American Renaissance, atrocities, Charles Darwin, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, evolution, German, Gregor Mendel, John Derbyshire, Kenya, Kevin MacDonald, natural selection, Nazis, neo-Nazis, Nordic race, Norway, Radix Journal, Richard Lynn, Steve Sailer, Sweden, Uganda, VDare, white nationalists}

Darwinian Influences on the Alt-Right

_{Richard Weikart
March 1, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The overlapping categories of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and alt-right proponents regularly invoke Darwinism. Read More ›

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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

1}

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

9}

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

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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

1}

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 ›