Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Cas9, Casey Luskin, coordination, CRISPR, Darwinian evolution, ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, Feng Zhang, Ferrari, Francis Collins, gene editing, genetic defects, genetic enhancements, George Church, germ line, humans, Huntington’s disease, incrementalism, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jennifer Doudna, John Bodnar, John West, Journal of Theoretical Biology, junk DNA, Michael Behe, natural history, natural selection, predictions, Richard Dawkins, sickle cell disease, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Language of God}

An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing

_{William A. Dembski
July 28, 2021

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, African Americans, Africans, alt-right, Asians, Bronx Zoo, Caucasians, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Denisovans, Desmond Dent Sr., Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, evolutionary pressures, faith, human beings, Human Zoos, intelligence, John Ray, John West, Monkey House, Neanderthals, Ota Benga, pygmy, Race Realism, races, Racism, science, scientific racism, species, subhumans, Suffolk County, Walter Bradley Center, Wikipedia, zoology class}

Students Sue School District for $12 Million Over “Monkey See” Photos

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

“There can’t be any question about what they meant. Remember, this is a zoology class. Evolution is taught.” Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, codes, DNA, E. coli, endosymbiosis, Eric Bapteste, evolutionary theory, fitness, genetic change, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Kanamycin, languages, molecular biology, mutagenesis, mutations, parasites, species, symbionts, Systems Biology, UV radiation, viruses}

Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”

_{Emily Reeves
July 28, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, African Americans, Appomattox Court House, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Christopher Cosans, Civil War, craniometrics, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, functionalist evolution, Giovanni Camardi, Hottentot, John Hedley Brooke, Joseph Barnard Davis, Malayan, Michael Denton, natural selection, Nicolaas A. Rupke, Paul Broca, Racism, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, structuralist evolution, The Descent of Man, The Reader, Thomas Henry Huxley, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts

_{Michael Flannery
July 27, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

6}

Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›

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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

1}

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 ›