Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
June 7, 2021

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Canada, Great Lakes, India, intelligent design, Moon, solar eclipse, The Privileged Planet, total solar eclipse, William Steig, Yellow & Pink}

Eclipse Miracle — An ID Book for Children

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
June 7, 2021

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

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It is encouraging to me that someone else came to the same basic conclusion as I did following my observation of a total solar eclipse in India in 1995. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 6, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Andrew Newberg, anthropology, brain, brain imaging, compassion, fMRI, materialism, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, neurotheology, prayer}

The Brain Prosperity Gospel: Can “Neurotheology” Be Real Science?

_{Michael Egnor
June 6, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

3}

Neurotheology is likely to become just another materialist fad in which the human rational and spiritual soul is reduced to evolved meat. Read More ›

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Date
June 5, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptability, beauty, Casey Luskin, Dominic Halsmer, durability, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent design, International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, modularity, Oral Roberts University, peer-reviewed literature, Science}

Dominic Halsmer: Aesthetic Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
June 5, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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How do modularity, specificity, adaptability, durability, and other aspects of engineering systems argue for design in nature? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 4, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Cell (journal), Darrel Falk, evo-devo, Evolution News, homology, intelligent design, mutations, radius, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tetrapod limbs, ulna}

“Fin-To-Limb” Paper Shows Destructive Nature of “Evo-Devo” Mutations

_{Casey Luskin
June 4, 2021

Biology, Evolution

3}

Because of the “dysmorphic” phenotype from a homozygous genotype, these mutant genes would be highly unlikely to become fixed in a population. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 4, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute Press, Final Solution, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Jacques Barzun, James LeFanu, Karl Marx, Michael Flannery, Nazi Germany, New York Times, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Hofstadter, Richard Wagner, Richard Weikart, Signature in the Cell, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, The Descent of Man, The Restoration of Man}

Recognizing the “Transformative” Impact of Barzun’s Darwin, Marx, Wagner, Eighty Years Later

_{David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2021

Bioethics

4}

Literary critic M. D. Aeschliman sketches the intellectual evolution that connects Barzun with later Darwin critics. The latest is Stephen Meyer. Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2021

Categories
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, adaptation, Crete, Darwinian evolution, Dead Sea, DNA, entropy, intelligent design, Jerusalem, Judea, Masada, North Africa, Phoenix dactylifera, Qumran, Science Advances, seeds}

Resurrection Genomics: Millennia-Old Palm Trees Live Again

_{Science and Culture
June 4, 2021

Genetics, Life Sciences

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Seeds of date palms from the Judean desert, over 2,000 years old, have sprouted and grown into healthy trees. What can we learn from their genes? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioLogos, bones, Brian Miller, Cell (journal), common design, Darrel Falk, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, front-loaded design, Gerd Müller, homologous features, homology, intelligent design, mutations, Neil Shubin, Neo-Darwinism, novelty, phenotype, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stuart A. Newman, tetrapod, tetrapod limbs, zebrafish}

Revealing Darrel Falk’s Overstatements about Limb Bones in Fish Fins

_{Casey Luskin
June 3, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

17}

The interpretation of the results as showing “latent” genetic capabilities has teleological overtones that are compatible with intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
June 2, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, argument from ignorance, brains, Center for Science and Culture, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, events, ID the Future, intelligent design, minds, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, universe, Zoom}

ID as an “Argument from Ignorance”? And Other Questions for Stephen Meyer

_{Science and Culture
June 2, 2021

Intelligent Design

1}

He also answers another objection, namely that our uniform experience with designing minds is that minds are embodied in material brains. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 2, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, creationism, Darrel Falk, Michael Shermer, podcast, Retraction Crisis, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sam Harris, scientific investigation, Stephen Meyer, theism}

“This Is Not Your Father’s Creationism”: Atheist Michael Shermer Meets Stephen Meyer

_{David Klinghoffer
June 2, 2021

Cosmology, Physical Sciences

3}

Every cosmology either has theistic implications, or ends up wrecking the basis for rational scientific investigation of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
June 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, atomism, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Craig Keener, Darrel Falk, Dogs, Epicureanism, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, fossil record, Francisco Ayala, genes, genetic variations, Gerd Müller, Hugo de Vries, intelligent design, materialists, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Paul, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Stoics, The Blind Watchmaker}

Darrel Falk Downplays the Ramifications of the 2016 Royal Society Meeting

_{Brian Miller
June 2, 2021

Evolution

7}

The meeting exposed the reality, hidden from the public, that leading evolutionary theorists recognize that natural selection has no real creative power. Read More ›