Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, Darwin’s genie, Darwinism, economics, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Maxwell’s demon, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, PNAS, Richard Lenski, scientism, screwdriver, The Abolition of Man, Thomas Sowell}

Darwin’s Genie: Misapplied Natural Selection Continues

_{Science and Culture
July 6, 2021

Biology, Evolution

9}

“Natural selection” is like a Swiss Army knife that researchers in widely different disciplines use to solve their problems. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
July 5, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, abortion, babies, cleft palate, disability, Down syndrome, England, London, Scotland, Wales}

Heidi’s Story: Down Syndrome Goes to Court

_{Elizabeth Whately
July 5, 2021

Bioethics

6}

She wants to change the law. Specifically, the law that says people like her can be aborted up to birth. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 5, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, biological information, Casey Luskin, development, DNA, embryology, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, information, membrane patterns, ontogenetic information, peer-reviewed literature, podcast, Research}

Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Future of Biology

_{Science and Culture
July 5, 2021

Biology, Evolution

1}

Previously, Dr. Wells showed that embryo development requires information carried by membrane patterns in embryonic cells. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, Nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2021

Intelligent Design

4}

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, bioelectric code, biological information, Casey Luskin, DNA, evolution, ID the Future, information, Jonathan Wells, membrane patterns, ontogenetic information, peer-reviewed literature, podcast}

Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Bioelectric Code

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2021

Biology, Evolution

1}

Jonathan Wells explains how biological information is carried in the form of a bioelectric code, and how it differs from the information in DNA. Read More ›

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Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, biological information, Casey Luskin, DNA, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, peer-reviewed literature, podcast, sugar code}

Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Sugar Code

_{Science and Culture
July 2, 2021

Biology, Evolution

1}

Biologist Jonathan Wells discusses the “sugar code,” a non-DNA form of information that is determined by patterns of sugar molecules on membrane surfaces. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Arjuna, authority, Big Bang, consciousness, David Papineau, Hinduism, King’s College London, magic, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Theology Unleashed, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic dualism, Thomistic philosophy}

Egnor Debates Materialism with Philosopher of Science David Papineau

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

3}

Egnor: “Do you want me to explain Thomistic dualism to you?...David, do you not know how St. Thomas explained intentionality?” Papineau: “Uh, no.” Read More ›

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Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alleles, CELS 2021, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, evolution, Germany, hybridization, mutations, Science Advances, Stephen Jay Gould, U.C. Berkeley}

Recasting Darwin Stories into Engineering Models

_{Science and Culture
July 2, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Darwin gets credit by default for changes in organisms that should be seen instead as engineered products of foresight. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, dice, economics, France, Great Britain, No Free Lunch, nothing, Principle of Insufficient Reason, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Scotland, thermodynamics, Wales, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Bernoulli, Keynes, and the Big Bang

_{Robert J. Marks II
July 1, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

3}

In analysis of fine-tuning, No Free Lunch Theorems, and conservation of information, Bernoulli’s PrOIR is foundational. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Canceled Science, Discovery Institute Press, entropy, Eric Anderson, Eric Hedin, ID the Future, information, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

Information, Entropy, and the First Life

_{Jonathan Witt
July 1, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

1}

Physicist Eric Hedin talks about the challenge the second law of thermodynamics poses for naturalistic scenarios for the origin of the first living organism. Read More ›