Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
April 15, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological systems, biologists, biology, computer scientists, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, control systems, degradation, engineering, engineers, events, intelligent design, lifecycle processes, living systems, medical practitioners, process designers, resilience, Seattle, Seattle University, systems modelers, theory of stasis, theory of the generative}

You’re Invited: CELS 2025 Applications Are Open!

_{Steve Laufmann
April 15, 2025

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
April 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apoptosis, axial filament, Bacillus subtilis, biological systems, chromosome, cortex, dehydration, desiccation, dormancy, flagellar genes, forespore, gene coding, heat, master-architect, mother cell, peptidoglycan, regulator, Salmonella, signaling protein, Spo0A, SpoIIR, spore, spore coats, sporulation, transcriptional hierarchy, UV radiation}

Sporulation: Another Example of a Transcriptional Hierarchy

_{Jonathan McLatchie
April 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Examples like this suggest the existence of a master-architect behind biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bureaucrats, carbon trading, dams, development, ecosystems, free market, Great Lakes, human flourishing, industry, legislation, life forms, monetization, nature rights, New York State, Ohio, patenting, Toledo, water, watersheds}

New York State: Rights for Lakes, Waterways

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design

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For the future good of human flourishing, we need to take the “nature rights” movement seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, anti-slavery, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinian theory, historical fiction, history of science, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, intelligent design, James Moore, Michael Keas, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, truth}

Darwin’s Sacred Fiction

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 12, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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A book by Adrian Desmond and James Moore holds that Charles Darwin was significantly motivated in his scientific work by abolitionist sentiments. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abortion, animals, Anthropology.net, brain, brain size, cerebral cortex, chimpanzees, conjoined twins, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, genes, German Primate Center, Human, human brain, human mind, intelligence, Kambiz Kamrani, mice, Michael Egnor, neocortex, Research, split brain, The Immortal Mind}

Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 11, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 11, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, dizzy spells, doctors, epilepsy, epiphanies, free will, grand mal seizures, human mind, Joan of Arc, material cause, Michael Egnor, mind, Mother Teresa, neurosurgeons, panic attacks, Psyche (website), Saint Paul, seizures, unconsciousness, Webb Wright}

From Seizures, a Healthy Respect for the Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 11, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Webb Wright’s roundup of historical approaches to epilepsy is not very insightful, unfortunately. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
April 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Alasdair MacIntyre, Collège de France, Discovery Institute Press, England, evolution, faith and science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Raymond J. Nogar, Henri Bergson, hominization, Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Jacques Maritain, Jesuits, Msgr. Bruno de Solages, neologisms, noosphere, Omega point, paleontologists, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Raïssa Maritain, Robert Shedinger, Roman Catholic, suicide, supernatural, The Phenomenon of Man, theology}

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
April 10, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science

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No doubt, Teilhard had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
April 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinists, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, genetic engineering, intelligent design, Internet, Jesuits, noosphere, North American Teilhard Society, paleontology, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Piltdown Man, The Phenomenon of Man, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Nagel, Vatican}

On the 70th Anniversary of His Death, Anything to Salute in the Thought of Teilhard de Chardin?

_{Robert Shedinger
April 10, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The significance of Teilhard's pointing out the incomplete nature of the evolutionary theory of his day should not be underestimated. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, atheism, biosphere, Casey Luskin, evolution, explosions, fossil record, Homo (genus), ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Live Life in Motion, podcast, Sam Kleckley, schools, scientific community, The Daily Wire, unguided evolution}

Casey Luskin on Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Fossil Record

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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In the realm of education, Luskin addresses the controversy surrounding teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, aesthetics, AI slop, algorithms, articles, artificial intelligence, books, business, Center for Science and Culture, creative writing, culture, headlines, human exceptionalism, humans, Javanese, Krakatoa, large language models, life coach, machines, Microsoft, Microsoft Copilot, Mind Matters, nonsense, personal assistant, Peter Biles, photographs, Plato's Revenge, podcasts, Ted Gioia, writers}

A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 9, 2025

Arts, Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday. Read More ›