Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
August 1, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", academic freedom, intelligent design, Jim Madden, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Thomists}

Michael Behe: What About “Bad” Designs in Biology? And Other Questions

_{Science and Culture
August 1, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Also in the mix, the issue of academic pressure to distance oneself from ID, even before those involved understand what the theory actually is. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aristotle, autopoiesis, biological machines, co-option, epigenetics, intelligent design, Jim Madden, Kenneth Miller, meaning, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Systems Biology, Thomas Aquinas}

Michael Behe on Meaning Detection in Language, and More

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Intelligent design pioneer Michael Behe continues his conversation with philosophers Pat Flynn and Jim Madden. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, beauty, Carl Jung, Holocaust, hydrogen, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, john lennox, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, leprosy, Michael Shermer, myths, physicists, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sam Harris, scientific method, scientific revolution, scientism, Stephen Meyer}

Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism

_{Elizabeth Whately
July 30, 2021

Faith & Science, Psychology

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There’s a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Peterson’s particular ways of spinning all this. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bernard Carr, Cornell University, electromagnetic force, Harvard University, Higgs Boson, immigrants, Jews, meaning, MIT, multiverse, New York City, Nobel Prize, particle physics, physicists, Princeton University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theoretical physics, U.C. Berkeley, weak nuclear force}

Farewell to Steven Weinberg, Visionary Physicist Who Appealed to the Multiverse

_{Brian Miller
July 30, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

3}

A sad note in Weinberg’s life was that his philosophical framework prevented him from seeing the design behind the physics he studied. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, Denyse O'Leary, evolution, history, Human Zoos, John Derbyshire, Nathan Lents, National Review, Racism, Razib Khan, scientific racism, subhumans, The Unz Review, VDare}

John Derbyshire: A Useful Darwinian Racist

_{David Klinghoffer
July 29, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

Darwinian evolution will never succeed in disentangling itself from racism because it must always have its “official subhuman.” Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, God Hypothesis, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, Macbeth, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Santa Claus, scientists, secular humanism, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, universe}

Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animism, data points, evolution, monotheism, Nature (journal), New Scientist, polytheism, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens: Getting the Origin of Religion Backwards

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The traditions of the Santal people entail an account of their own religious history that directly contradicts Harari’s evolutionary view. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, academic freedom, conformity, Darwinists, evolutionary theory, Free Science, free speech, government, intelligent design, mainstream media, Matt Ridley, pandemic, Richard Feynman, science, scientists, scientocracy, values, Wall Street Journal, worldview}

From Matt Ridley, Smart Remarks on Scientocracy — and a Howling Irony

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Freedom

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No one in the intelligent design research community could have said this with greater punch. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, African Americans, Africans, Allison Hopper, bioethicists, Bruce Chapman, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwinists, doctors, eugenics, evolution, evolutionary theory, Francis Galton, Germans, history, Karl Pearson, Nazis, nurses, Ohio State University, physicians, Racism, Scientific American, scientific racism, sterilization, Tablet, white supremacy}

Following the Science, Doctors Joined the Nazis “In Droves”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2021

Medicine

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There is a tendency to sanctify the medical profession, with the white coat serving as an icon of wisdom, compassion, and morality. Read More ›

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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 ›