Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 22, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, animal rights, Bloomberg, chicken, children, compassion, environmentalists, food animals, global warming, media, radical environmentalists}

Anti-Meat Propaganda Flops as Chicken Consumption Soars

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 22, 2021

Bioethics

3}

Me? I don’t care what people eat. That’s a personal choice — kind of like taking the COVID vaccine should be. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2021

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, genome, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, medicine, Nature (journal), non-coding DNA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}

Noncoding “Junk” DNA Is Important for Limb Formation

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2021

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Some defenders of evolutionary orthodoxy would have us believe that we’ve only found a handful of non-coding DNA sequences that have function. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 21, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", An Introduction to Systems Biology, ARF, bioengineering, biological information, Darwinian processes, diarrhea, Erez Ribak, Erika DeBenedictis, gut bacteria, INK4a, intelligent design, MIT, Müller cells, natural selection, neurons, optic nerve, photoreceptors, physiology, random mutation, Technion, TEDx talk, Uri Alon, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Don’t Have a Good Track Record

_{Emily Reeves
May 21, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

5}

For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 20, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, apologetics, atheism, BreakPoint, Down syndrome, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, John Stonestreet, materialism, mistakes, New Atheists, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, theism, unborn children, utilitarianism, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer: The Evidence “Cries Out” for God, Not the Other Way Around

_{David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I have heard ID dismissed as “apologetics,” with the implication of proponents in search of evidence to support a conclusion to which they're pre-committed. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alister McGrath, Bruce Gordon, Christianity, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, dialogue, Discovery Institute, General Scholium, Houston Baptist University, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Kalam cosmological argument, methodological naturalism, Michael Ruse, Northwestern University, On the Origin of Species, public education, Robert Boyle, theistic evolution, Three Views on Christianity and Science}

New “Three Views” Book Explores the Relationship of Faith and Science

_{Casey Luskin
May 20, 2021

Faith & Science

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Unfortunately, this is not the first time we have seen inaccurate descriptions of intelligent design from Professor McGrath. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 20, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ARF, biological information, cancer, constraints, data compression, DNA, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, genome, INK4a, intelligent design, MIT, mutations, open reading frames, optimality, overlapping genes, tumors}

Is the INK4a/ARF Overlap a Settled Example of Poor Design?

_{Emily Reeves
May 20, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. DeBenedictis’s basic argument is that there is a section of the human genome where two genes overlap, both of which are important for suppressing tumors. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, atheism, COVID-19, Down syndrome, eugenics, genocide, human life, Jim Crow, morality, Richard Dawkins, slavery, suffering, Twitter, utilitarianism}

Dawkins: “Wise and Sensible” to Abort Babies with Down Syndrome

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 19, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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I have rarely seen a more vivid illustration of the lethal consequences of utilitarian thinking. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Charles Krauthammer, Europe, Holland, Scotland, suicide, Switzerland, United Kingdom}

In Scotland, a Deadly Argument

_{Elizabeth Whately
May 19, 2021

Bioethics

5}

On the European continent, the assisted dying debate is a ship that’s long sailed. But in the UK, the debate still runs hot Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", amino acids, biology textbooks, carbon, constraints, development, Drosophila, elements, embryology, Erika DeBenedictis, glycolysis, human engineers, human genome, intelligent design, metabolism, Michael Denton, optimality, Princeton University, TEDx talk, William Bialek}

Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

_{Emily Reeves
May 19, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 18, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", beetles, bioengineering, cancer, ceramics, disease, drones, Erika DeBenedictis, hummingbird, intelligent design, iPhone, MIT, optimality, photosynthesis, solar panels, somatic cells}

How Do We Decide if Something Is Well Designed or Poorly Designed?

_{Emily Reeves
May 18, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Erika DeBenedictis's statement that “organisms are absolutely the most sophisticated machines we know of” is supported by overwhelming evidence. Read More ›