Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Allison Hopper, alt-right, Arizona, atheism, bedtime story, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Dan Falk, Darwinism, earth, Elizabeth Whatley, evolution, fiction, Human Zoos, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Croft, John West, Kirk Durston, meaning, multiverse, purpose, Racism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Scientific American, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg, Thomas Nagel, universe}

From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Science Education
Tagged
, Claude Shannon, computer code, DiscoveryU, DNA, education, information, intelligent design, mathematician, quizzes, Return of the God Hypothesis, Shannon information, Stephen Meyer}

Understanding “Information” — A Key to the Intelligent Design Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Science Education

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With reading assignments and quizzes, this course is a great way to polish your skills in explaining ID without suffering a spade-shoveling mishap of your own. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, atheism, Cupples Hall, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, human origins, Human Zoos, John Jay College, John West, Michael Behe, missing links, Nathan Lents, Nazis, Newspeak, polygenism, pseudoscience, Racism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), St. Louis, St. Louis Republic, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington University}

Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", biologists, Eugene Koonin, ideology, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kirk Durston, multiverse, universe}

The Multiverse Is Some Scientists’ “God of the Gaps”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This brand of scientific ideology requires a “God of the gaps” — Eugene Koonin’s “present model” — to explain away mysteries like the origin of life. Read More ›

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Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, beauty, Blaise Pascal, Caltech, Current Biology, diatoms, electron microscope, eukaryotes, frustules, Germany, God Hypothesis, Gothic cathedrals, Michael Gross, microbes, Nature by Numbers, Nature Scientific Reports, Poland, purpose}

Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus

_{Science and Culture
August 4, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals. Read More ›

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Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astronomers, Carl Sagan, Cosmos (series), documentary, Eric Anderson, Extrasolar Planets, ID the Future, Jay Richards, podcast, The Privileged Planet}

Before Carl Sagan Said It, Science Debunked It

_{Science and Culture
August 3, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Jay Richards and Eric Anderson discuss the statement that Carl Sagan is perhaps most famous for. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, common descent, creationism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, divine image, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, intelligent design, John Derbyshire, materialism, Neanderthals, Race Realism, Racism, savages, soul, subhumans, The Descent of Man, Walter Bradley Center}

Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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The thread of racism in Darwinian thinking isn’t a chance thing, a mere byproduct of Charles Darwin’s personal views as a “man of his time.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, "created equal", animism, atheism, creator, David Klinghoffer, Declaration of Independence, elitism, emotivism, endowed by their creator, equality, evolution, evolutionary ethics, freedom, Homo sapiens, human rights, ideas have consequences, metaethics, monotheism, morality, myths, nihilism, noble lie, polytheism, religion, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, subjectivism, Thomas Jefferson, truth, Voltaire, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2021

Ethics, Evolution, Political Science

9}

Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Aeon, artificial intelligence, bioethicists, chemicals, farming, fruit flies, global warming, honey, insects, late-term abortion, oysters, peas, personhood, PETA, queen bee, radical environmentalists, sentience, silk}

Bioethicists: Insects Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 2, 2021

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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We have even seen one professor declare the supposed personhood of peas. Now, it is insects’ turn at being anthropomorphized. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, Bayesian reasoning, computer code, David Berlinski, David Glass, deductive proof, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent agency, intelligent design, James Croft, likelihood ratio, philosophers, probability, probability bound, Return of the God Hypothesis, St. Louis, Stephen Meyer, Substack, syllogism, Unbelievable, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 2, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy

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Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›