Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adults, analgesic, anxiety, babies, emotions, infants, intellect, invertebrates, lab rats, mammals, Michael Egnor, nervous system, neuroscientists, octopuses, pain, San Francisco State University}

Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence. Read More ›

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Date
June 17, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, cosmic fine-tuning, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Pat Flynn, philosophers, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, universe}

Meyer: Is Intelligent Design Incompatible with Thomism?

_{Science and Culture
June 17, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Pat Flynn and Stephen Meyer also discuss the beginning of the universe and the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", basketball, bioengineering, diseases, Emily Reeves, engineers, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, gene editing, genome, intelligent design, materialism, MIT, TEDx talk}

Exploring a TEDx Talk that Argues Biology Is “Imperfect” with “Gigantic Mistakes”

_{Casey Luskin
June 17, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Proponents of intelligent design would agree that biology is imperfect and biomedicine should be encouraged to cure diseases and fix problems. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, CELS 2021, Center for Science and Culture, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, DNA, engineers, evolutionists, feedback loops, Jonathan Bartlett, junk DNA, logic gates, Mind Matters, Systems Biology}

What Biologists Can Learn from Engineers, and Vice Versa

_{David Klinghoffer
June 16, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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If biologists had thought more like engineers, stumbling into the myth of "Junk DNA" might have been avoided. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 16, 2021

Categories
Archaeology
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arson, crime, cryptanalysis, cryptography, inference, insurance, intellectual property, intelligent design, logic, medicine, paleoanthropology, William A. Dembski}

What Got My Attention about Intelligent Design

_{Paul Nelson
June 16, 2021

Archaeology, Biology, Intelligent Design

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Bill Dembski pointed out that design detection, far from being an esoteric inference, lay in fact at the center of many normal human inquiries and activities. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
June 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, Brian Josephson, British Rationalist Association, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, Galápagos Islands, James LeFanu, Neil Thomas, social media, Taking Leave of Darwin, Tree of Life}

You’ll Never Guess What Just Collapsed

_{John G. West
June 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Neil Thomas, a professor and member of the British Rationalist Association, was a committed Darwinist and agnostic. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 16, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, David Berlinski, designer, earth, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, laws of nature, Michael Denton, scientific discovery, scientists, universe}

Intelligent Design and Fine-Tuning for Scientific Discovery

_{Granville Sewell
June 16, 2021

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The reason this evidence of “fine-tuning for discovery” is so satisfying to me is not just because it defeats the anthropic principle. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, coronavirus, COVID-19, Design Inference, intelligent design, policymakers, scientists, viruses, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: If COVID-19 Was Designed in a Lab, Here’s How the Designers Might Cover Their Tracks

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2021

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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William Dembski offers insightful analysis about how we could go about determining whether the virus was designed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, drug companies, intelligent design, New England Journal of Medicine, researchers, Richard Horton, scientists, skepticism, The Lancet}

“Trust the Scientists”? The World Catches Up with Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2021

Intelligent Design

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There is no substitute for independent thinking about science, whether you hold a science PhD or not. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 15, 2021

Categories
Life Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, China, Early Cretaceous, failed predictions, flowering plants, fossil record, gradualism, gymnosperms, Lower Cretaceous, Middle Triassic, Nature (journal), Norway, paleobotanists, Switzerland}

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Mesozoic Cupules Come to the Rescue?

_{Günter Bechly
June 15, 2021

Life Sciences, Paleontology

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Darwin's "abominable mystery" is not only very much alive and kicking, but it also suggests intelligent design. Read More ›