Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
July 27, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, Darwin Devolves, ID the Future, Jim Madden, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, podcast, Science, Thomas Aquinas}

Biologist Michael Behe Tangles with Two Philosophers

_{Science and Culture
July 27, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Pat Flynn and Jim Madden press Behe with objections — some philosophic, others scientific — to see how well his position stands up to scrutiny. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antigens, DNA, Eric Bapteste, genetic change, genetic information, genetic variations, HGT, intelligent agents, intelligent design, mutations, polymerase, selection, sexual reproduction, UV radiation}

Examining Sources of Genetic Change

_{Emily Reeves
July 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Eric Bapteste, a researcher at Sorbonne University, just co-authored a review discussing genetic change in the context of aging. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, African-American, Africans, alt-right, Bellevue, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, Caucasian, Charles Darwin, clergy, Discovery Institute, evolution, George Floyd, Human Zoos, John West, lockdown, looting, Minneapolis, New York City, New York Times, original sin, Ota Benga, pandemic, police brutality, protests, pygmies, Racism, scientific racism, Seattle, South Bronx, St. Louis, textbooks, The Descent of Man, The Hub, Tukwila, United States, Wesley Smith}

Human Zoos — How “Science” Fueled the Racial Fire

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

Where did many white people of the past get the wicked idea that their lives matter more than black lives? Read More ›

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Date
July 26, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arjuna Das, atheism, brain, causal closure, consciousness, materialism, medical school, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, philosophers, Roman Catholic, Stony Brook University, Theology Unleashed}

Why Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor Stopped Being a Materialist Atheist

_{Science and Culture
July 26, 2021

Biochemistry, Biology, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

"It seemed to me that there had to be a conductor to this orchestra. But being an atheist, I didn’t think that was possible." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Crusades, designer, fiction, hospital, human origins, jesus, myths, religion, Roman Catholic, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, selfish genes, unguided evolution, Yuval Noah Harari}

Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

_{Casey Luskin
July 26, 2021

Faith & Science

6}

Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Read More ›

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Date
July 25, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, blind processes, Brian Miller, Brownian motion, cell death, Dave Farina, entropy, Eric Anderson, evolutionists, first cell, homochirality, Humpty Dumpty, ID the Future, intelligent design, interactome, James Tour, molecular machines, podcast, researchers}

More on James Tour’s Abiogenesis YouTube Series

_{Science and Culture
July 25, 2021

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Brian Miller discusses the Levinthal paradox of the interactome, the long odds of blind processes assembling the first cell, and the challenge of cell death. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, A New Birth of Freedom, Adam Smith, Africans, Alexander H. Stephens, alt-right, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate flag, Cornerstone Speech, Darwinian evolution, dreamscape, eugenics, Galileo Galilei, genocide, Harry Jaffa, Human Zoos, John West, March for Science, NASCAR, Nextdoor, Oregon, Portland, Psalms, Racism, religion, Seattle, Southerners, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Descent of Man, vacation homes, William Harvey}

Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Read More ›

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Date
July 23, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Brian Miller, cells, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, Jeremy England, podcast, RNA world}

The Origin of Life Was an Engineering Marvel

_{Science and Culture
July 23, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Brian Miller and Eric Anderson discuss Jeremy England’s origin-of-life ideas and the RNA World hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 23, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, alt-right, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, churches, Darwinism, evolutionists, Francis Scott Key, ID the Future, Mike Keas, No Lives Matter, Peter Singer, podcast, pseudoscience, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, Shrewsbury, statues, Ulysses Grant, V.I. Lenin, vandals, white nationalists}

Darwinism and “No Lives Matter”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 23, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

While most evolutionists today reject scientific racism, with exceptions like James Watson — they have no necessary reason for doing so. Read More ›

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Date
July 23, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Curiosity rover, Darwinism, Enceladus, Francesco Redi, Jonathan Bartlett, Jonathan Lunine, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Louis Pasteur, maggots, Mars, methane, microbes, Mind Matters, New Scientist, phosphine, probabilistic resources, The Conversation, University of Arizona, University of Washington, Venus}

Methane Causes Space Aliens?

_{Science and Culture
July 23, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions. Read More ›