Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Directed panspermia, Eric Metaxas, gaslighting, intelligent design, Is Atheism Dead?, multiverse, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific atheism, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg}

Stephen Meyer, Eric Metaxas: Are Atheists Gaslighting Us?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2021

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

Metaxas gently chides Dr. Meyer for his graciousness to opponents in the world of scientific atheism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 20, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Ann Gauger, Bill Nye, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestry, Dennis Venema, DNA, evolution, Frontiers in Genetics, gene regulatory networks, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature (journal), non-coding DNA, Ola Hössjer, pseudogenes, Richard Buggs, Science (journal), Theistic Evolution (book)}

Human-Chimp Similarity: What Is It and What Does It Mean?

_{Casey Luskin
October 20, 2021

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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For years we’ve been told that human and chimp DNA is some 99 percent identical. Is that true? Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
October 20, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, "poor design", breathing, Cornelius Hunter, esophagus, evolution, Fazale Rana, humans, intelligent design, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, muscles, neck, whales, winds}

Is the Human Neck a “Mistake of Evolution”?

_{Walter Myers III
October 20, 2021

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

8}

Darwin asserted the “absurdity” of evolution designing a shared opening to the esophagus and trachea (windpipe). Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 19, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alan Guth, Big Bang, causal set cosmology, entropy, Ethan Siegel, intelligent design, NASA, Paul Sutter, Pluto, Stephen Meyer, Stony Brook University, universe}

Attempt to Explain Away the Beginning of the Universe Fails to Distinguish Imagination from Reality

_{Brian Miller
October 19, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

5}

Here I will address another desperate attempt to avoid a cosmic beginning, this one by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Canada, Charles Darwin, evolution, faith, intelligent design, John West, Max McLean, movies, Science, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, The Most Reluctant Convert, United States, YouTube videos}

Listen, or Watch: West and McLean on Science, C. S. Lewis’s Journey, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

3}

Actor Max McLean points out an insight from Lewis on the role of apologetic and other arguments in maintaining faith. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", brain, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, human behavior, human origins, Joseph Holden, menopause, Science, smiling, Subrena E. Smith, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, William A. Dembski, wonder}

There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

4}

We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Bible, Casey Luskin, China, Christianity, Christianity Today, Darwin Day in America, Darwinian evolution, ENCODE, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, gain-of-function research, George W. Bush, Jonathan Witt, junk DNA, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, National Institutes of Health, Obama Administration, premature babies, professors, Science (journal), The Language of God, The New England Journal of Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham, vaccination}

The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration

_{John G. West
October 18, 2021

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine

22}

The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth. Read More ›

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Date
October 17, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, birds, blind evolution, developmental biology, evolution, evolutionists, feathers, Flight, Francis Collins, ID the Future, Karl Giberson, podcast, scales, The Language of Science and Faith}

Listen: Scale-to-Feather Evolution Doesn’t Fly

_{Science and Culture
October 17, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

1}

Giberson and Collins point to the feather as a prime example of a novel feature arising via blind evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 16, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alan Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, BGV, Bible, Big Bang, Christianity, CMBR, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmic inflation, cosmic microwave background radiation, critics, Ethan Siegel, Harry Potter, intelligent design, Judaism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Critics Respond to Stephen Meyer’s New Book (Without Mentioning Him by Name)

_{Brian Miller
October 16, 2021

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

5}

The critics, including Ethan Siegel, appear to see Meyer much like Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cichlid fish, evolution, evolutionary icons, fatty acids, Freshwater, intelligent design, natural genetic engineering, phenotypic plasticity, scientific materialism, stickleback fish}

Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

_{Brian Miller
October 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

4}

Cichlid and stickleback fish are two of the most iconic examples of adaption that biologists present as evidence for the plausibility of evolutionary processes. Read More ›