Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
June 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
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, American Museum of Natural History, birds, Brazil, Colin Patterson, convergence, Darwinism, extinction, fruit, macroevolution, molecular phylogeny, predictions, Science (journal), seeds, speciation, Switzerland}

What Do Biologists Really Know About Macroevolution?

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June 23, 2021

Evolution

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There lives in biology a great consensus truth that evaporates upon close scrutiny. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 23, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
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, crime, Deep Ecology, ecocide, environmentalism, genocide, nature rights, Nazis, pollution, Pope Francis, The Guardian, The Hague, United Nations, University College London}

“Ecocide” — Drive to Make Environmental Damage Legal Equivalent of Genocide Accelerates

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 23, 2021

Bioethics

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If either or both of these radical proposals become law, human thriving and economic prosperity will be brought to a screeching halt. Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2021

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
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, Bayesian reasoning, Big Bang, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, intelligent design, methodological materialism, multiverse, Pat Flynn, predictions, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Meyer: The Multiverse, Bayesian Probability Calculus, and More

_{Science and Culture
June 23, 2021

Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences

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Pat Flynn and Stephen Meyer also discuss the beginning of the universe, the multiverse, and specific scientific predictions that ID thinking has motivated. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Debating Darwin's Doubt, England, information, James Croft, mind-body dualism, minds, naturalism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

A Philosopher Takes on Meyer’s God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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What was missing until now is a weighing of the philosophical side of Dr. Meyer's argument, on which much depends. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 22, 2021

Categories
Science Reporting
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, Alliance Defending Freedom, canary in the coal mine, Connecticut, creationists, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, Jonathan Wells, media, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Public Radio, Seattle, transgenderism, USA Today, word games}

Unprecedented? The News Media Put Words in Someone’s Mouth!

_{Jonathan Wells
June 22, 2021

Science Reporting

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The editors' action was unethical. Given the stakes in the controversy over allowing biological males to take over women’s sports, it was also immoral. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 22, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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, cephalopods, chameleon, Design Inference, intelligent design, logic, TED talk, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution}

Stunning Video of Chameleon-Like Abilities of Cephalopods

_{Casey Luskin
June 22, 2021

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Sometimes you don’t need a rigorous logical, scientific, or mathematical demonstration to reveal evidence of design in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 21, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Azusa Pacific University, bacteria, Carolyn Hovde, citrate, citric acid cycle, Dustin Van Hofwegen, E. coli, evolution, Evolution News, ID the Future, Journal of Bacteriology, Long Term Evolution Experiment, LTEE, Michigan State University, microbiologists, mutations, New Scientist, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, Veritasium}

Viral Video Overstates the Evidence About Bacterial Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
June 21, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Richard Lenski claims that his experiment provides “one of the most direct demonstrations of Darwinian adaptations by natural selection you can imagine.” Read More ›

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Date
June 21, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anti-fragility, Brian Miller, CELS 2021, Charles Darwin, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinians, events, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, functional requirements, genes, giraffes, historical sciences, horizontal gene transfer, information processing, intelligent design, laptop computer, Mars rover, Michael Behe, modularity, NASA, Paul Nelson, regulatory elements, reverse-engineering, robustness, specifications, The Blind Watchmaker, toys}

Biology as Engineering: The Way Forward

_{Science and Culture
June 21, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A giraffe grows from a zygote to an 18-foot-tall adult while keeping its organs and systems coordinated. Limits to variation is a significant point to clarify. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, cemetery, culture, fertilizer, human bodies, human person, Oregon, recycling, sewage, Soylent Green, trees}

Turning Our Dead into Fertilizer

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2021

Bioethics

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These methods send a powerful symbolic statement that we are essentially nothing more than carbon atoms gathered temporarily in a rational and animated form. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, computational biology, Darwinism, debates, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Justin Brierley, neo-Darwinian theory, neutral evolution, paleontology, S. Joshua Swamidass, Washington University}

Watch: Bechly and Swamidass Debate Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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One highlight is Dr. Bechly’s summation of his scientific reasons for affirming intelligent design. This produces the response from host Justin Brierley: “Wow.” Read More ›