Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alleles, CELS 2021, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, evolution, Germany, hybridization, mutations, Science Advances, Stephen Jay Gould, U.C. Berkeley}

Recasting Darwin Stories into Engineering Models

_{Science and Culture
July 2, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin gets credit by default for changes in organisms that should be seen instead as engineered products of foresight. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, dice, economics, France, Great Britain, No Free Lunch, nothing, Principle of Insufficient Reason, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Scotland, thermodynamics, Wales, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Bernoulli, Keynes, and the Big Bang

_{Robert J. Marks II
July 1, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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In analysis of fine-tuning, No Free Lunch Theorems, and conservation of information, Bernoulli’s PrOIR is foundational. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Canceled Science, Discovery Institute Press, entropy, Eric Anderson, Eric Hedin, ID the Future, information, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

Information, Entropy, and the First Life

_{Jonathan Witt
July 1, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

1}

Physicist Eric Hedin talks about the challenge the second law of thermodynamics poses for naturalistic scenarios for the origin of the first living organism. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Arizona State University, biological information, chemicals, Inference (journal), intelligent agents, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Justin Brierley, mainstream science, MIT, molecules, Paul Davies, religions, scientific materialism, self-replicating machines, Unbelievable}

England, Davies: Honesty, if Not Agreement, on the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
July 1, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Jeremey England explained his conjecture that the flow of energy through a chemical system could cause it to self-organize in such a way as to move toward life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 30, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, jokes, multiverse theory, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific materialism, Stephen Meyer, The Babylon Bee, theism, Wild West, YouTube videos}

Meyer: Materialism’s “Wild West of Weirdo Explanations”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 30, 2021

Physical Sciences

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The multiverse theory, one target of Meyer’s book, does beg for a parodist’s touch, which it obtains here. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, biomolecules, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, Children of Light, CNET, cofactors, earth, enzymes, evolution, Forbes, galactic habitable zone, habitability, hydrogen, infrared radiation, Michael Denton, Moon, oxygen, photosynthesis, planets, radiation, unguided evolution}

Study: Planets Capable of Sustaining Photosynthesis Are Extremely Rare

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2021

Physical Sciences

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So how did the paper determine that photosynthesis has an “overall simplicity,” despite the complexity just described? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 30, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, biochemical systems, biosignatures, chiral centers, information, intelligent design, living systems, molecules, Nature Communications, organic molecules}

Just Down the Street from ID: “Molecular Assembly Index”

_{Paul Nelson
June 30, 2021

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics

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"The selection of one such possibility out of the combinatorically large number of possibilities is a process that requires information." Read More ›

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Date
June 30, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ATP, brain, ciliopathies, cilium, Current Biology, Darwin's Black Box, death, diseases, heart, Intraflagellar Transport, Irreducible Complexity, kidney, kinesin, liver, Michael Behe, microtubules, organelles, pancreas, The Edge of Evolution}

Cilium and Intraflagellar Transport: More Irreducibly Complex than Ever

_{Science and Culture
June 30, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Another of Michael Behe’s molecular machines gets an update. The details are even more fascinating than originally described. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alister McGrath, BioLogos, Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, dialogue, faith, Francis Collins, Michael Ruse, religion, scientists, theistic evolution, theology, Three Views on Christianity and Science, Tom Gilson}

How Science and Faith Relate — Three Options

_{Jonathan Witt
June 29, 2021

Faith & Science

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"Dialogue," in practice, can quickly devolve into a monologue where religion is supposed to sit down and shut up the moment there is a point of difference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 28, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, censorship, creationists, evidence, evolution, free speech, Germany, Günter Bechly, intellect, intelligent design, Marco Respinti, paleontologists, S. Joshua Swamidass, State Museum for Natural History, Stuttgart, United States, Wikipedia}

To an Italian ID Group, Günter Bechly Explains His Remarkable Journey

_{David Klinghoffer
June 28, 2021

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Having opened his mind to the possibility of design, Dr. Bechly saw it everywhere. Read More ›