Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, bottleneck, Calvin College, Christianity Today, Deborah Haarsma, Dennis Venema, DNA, Evangelical Christians, Evangelicals, evolutionary creation, evolutionary science, Francis Collins, human origin, humans, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Nature Ecology and Evolution, npr, Ola Hössjer, Queen Mary University, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science and Human Origins, Scot McKnight, The Language of God, theistic evolution, Trinity Western University, William Lane Craig}

Lessons from the Evangelical Debate About Adam and Eve

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November 15, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The standard evolutionary account of human origins holds that our population has always been in the thousands and humanity did not descend from an initial pair. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, Cicero, common sense, cosmogenic myth, David Hume, Epicurus, evolution, Galen, Geoffrey Chaucer, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Lady Fortuna, Lady Luck, Lucretius, materialism, natural selection, Plato, Victorian England}

How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin: A Coda

_{Neil Thomas
November 15, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science

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After seeing my recent book through to publication, I began to experience a certain gnawing feeling. Read More ›

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Date
November 14, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, faith, Francis Collins, ID the Future, Karl Giberson, podcast, The Language of Science and Faith, theistic Darwinism, theistic evolution}

Book Championing Theistic Evolution Comes up Short

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November 14, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Casey Luskin reviews the contradictions and fallacious bandwagon appeals that he says permeate the book. Read More ›

Graphene hexagonal structure in motion as artificial intelligence concept. Graphene molecular grid. 3D illustration. 3D Rendering

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 14, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Technology
Tagged
, batteries, carbon, China, cobalt, COSM 2021, Discovery Institute, graphene, James Tour, landfills, lead, lithium, manganese, materials science, nano-technology, nickel, rare earth elements, Research, Rice University, South Africa}

Flash Graphene: Born Again Plastic Is Planet-Friendly

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November 14, 2021

Chemistry, Technology

6}

Jim Tour is a man of faith and if you talk to him, he’s quick to credit God for blessing him and his team with these innovations. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, bacteria, cancer, HIV, intelligent design, James Tour, medicine, molecular machines, nanobots, promoters, Rice University, RNA, scalpel, Stephen Meyer, viruses}

Manipulating Molecules: Combining Info + Nano for Better Medicine

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November 12, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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“Oscar Wilde said nature imitates art,” Meyer said. And today we’re going to see that “technology is able to imitate and even in some ways, improve on nature.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Annual Review of Anthropology, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, Donald Johanson, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Mark Collard, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), total energy expenditure, William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

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November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotle, Darwinian theory, evolution, freedom of conscience, Great Britain, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), intelligent design, nature, paradigm shift, Paul Davies, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee, The Mind of God, Thomas Kuhn, United States, Unmoved Mover}

Intelligent Design and Natural Theology

_{Neil Thomas
November 12, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

How just is the imputation of “neo-creationist” tendencies to members of the intelligent design community? Read More ›

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Date
November 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, altruism, Animal Algorithms, Charles Darwin, colony insects, Eric Cassell, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, orphan genes, Robert J. Marks II, technologists}

Amazing Insect Colonies vs. Evolution

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November 11, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

How could a mindless evolutionary process have evolved these sophisticated colonies? Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 11, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Copernican Revolution, cosmic rays, earth, evolution, gravitational field, heliocentric model, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), humankind, intelligent design, Lucretius, Michael Denton}

The Stars Above Us

_{Neil Thomas
November 11, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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What Lucretius once termed in the widest sense “the nature of things” is no respecter of modern scientific conventions. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Louis Pasteur, macromutations, Mars, micromutations, Niles Eldredge, Paul Davies, sociobiologists, sociobiology, Stanley Miller, Stephen Jay Gould, Steve Stewart-Williams, Viking mission, William Harvey}

Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)

_{Neil Thomas
November 10, 2021

Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. Read More ›