Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 19, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, bust, Columbia University, Darwinian biology, Darwinian racism, eugenics, evolution, Henry Fairfield Obsorn, history, Homo sapiens, Human Zoos, melting pot, New York City, non-whites, racial intermarriage, Racism, scientific racism, statues, Theodore Roosevelt, wall inscription}

American Museum of Natural History Cancels Teddy Roosevelt; Keeps Bust of Racist Director?

_{John G. West
July 19, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution, Zoology

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Henry Fairfield Osborn was also a scientific racist who championed eugenics, the horrific crusade to breed a superior human race based on Darwinian biology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, academics, faith, Galen Strawson, history, human origins, Justin Brierley, Oxford University, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Summer Seminars, The New Yorker, Unbelievable, Washington Post, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

New Review Series — Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens

_{Casey Luskin
July 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Earlier this year an ID-friendly scientist contacted me to ask my opinion of the book. He mentioned a former Christian who had lost his faith after reading it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, abiogenesis, aliens, Avi Loeb, Big Bang, Carl Sagan, Center for Science and Culture, Francis Crick, Harvard University, intelligence, James Watson, mainstream scientists, New York Post, Nobel Prize, panspermia, Prometheus, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ridley Scott, Stephen Meyer, U.S. Navy, UFOs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena}

Stephen Meyer: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and the God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2021

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Mainstream scientists have been speculating about other-than-earthly intelligence for decades. Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, computational biology, debates, evolution, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, paleoentomology, podcast, S. Joshua Swamidass, Unbelievable, Washington University}

An ID Debate: Joshua Swamidass and Günter Bechly

_{Science and Culture
July 17, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Joshua Swamidass is a computational biologist at Washington University in Saint Louis who says ID may or may not be true in some part of what it affirms. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 16, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, baboons, ballot boxes, Benjamin Tillman, black inferiority, Caucasians, Civil War, Democratic Party, Ellenton riot, evolutionary racism, historical figures, lynching, missing links, monkeys, political rights, Racism, scientific racism, South Carolina, statues, stealing elections, U.S. Senate, United States}

Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

_{John G. West
July 16, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 16, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, Darwinian evolution, Douglas Axe, Eugenie Scott, evolutionary biology, geologists, historical sciences, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Intelligent Design Uncensored, Jonathan Witt, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Planck time, probability bound, specified complexity, specified information, Stephen Jay Gould, William A. Dembski}

Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”

_{Casey Luskin
July 16, 2021

Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design

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We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories. Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2021

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, biomolecules, desert varnish, glass, manganese, Michael Denton, microbes, Native Americans, photosynthetic bacteria, PNAS, Romans, The Miracle of the Cell, United States, Utah, wind}

Living Murals: Wall Art Made by Photosynthetic Bacteria

_{Science and Culture
July 16, 2021

Life Sciences

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Long suspected to be biological in origin, desert varnish is confirmed to be the product of light-gathering microbes that concentrate manganese as sunscreen. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, experts, laymen, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, specialists, Stephen Meyer, The Stream, Tom Gilson, weddings, Yiddish}

In Writing for Lay and Scientific Readers, Stephen Meyer Dances at Two Weddings

_{David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If the experts "have an objection," says Tom Gilson, Meyer "knows it already, and he answers it." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, apology, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, cover up, Cristián Samper, Darwinian theory, eugenics, evolution, George Floyd, Human Zoos, John West, National Zoo, New York Times, newspapers, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, pseudoscientific racism, Racism, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, stonewalling, The Gathering of Animals, Wildlife Conservation Society, William Bridges, William Hornaday}

Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo

_{David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, black holes, causal closure, causes, David Papineau, dualism, electrons, G.K. Chesterton, general relativity, materialism, materialists, neuroscience, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, singularities, space-time, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Is the Universe Causally Closed?

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Materialists argue that dualism of mind and brain is not possible because of causal closure — by which they mean that all physical effects have physical causes. Read More ›