Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
June 8, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brownian motion, entropy, flagellum, intelligent design, microtubules, PNAS, Science (journal), Simon Fraser University}

Life Fights Entropy with Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
June 8, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Consider: the best minds in science and engineering are trying to approach the capabilities of bacteria. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 7, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, BioLogos, Brian Keating, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darrel Falk, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, evolutionary creation, intelligent design, Jim Stump, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Shermer, neo-Darwinian theory, Retraction Crisis, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Concluding Thoughts on “Gracious Dialogue” with BioLogos

_{David Klinghoffer
June 7, 2021

Faith & Science

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What a peculiar thing to do. You invite someone for a “dialogue” and then, only once he’s left the building, do you start debating with him. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 7, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biomimicry, Casey Luskin, Dominic Halsmer, earth, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design}

Listen: Intelligent Design, Biomimicry, and Hacking the Cosmos

_{Jonathan Witt
June 7, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Dominic Halsmer draws on the engineering concept of affordances to explore how Earth shows evidence of having been intelligently engineered for life. Read More ›

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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

2}

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
, anthropology, brain, brain imaging, compassion, fMRI, materialism, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, prayer}

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

_{Michael Egnor
June 6, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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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, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent design, modularity, peer-reviewed literature, Science}

Dominic Halsmer: Aesthetic Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
June 5, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design

1}

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, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

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

_{Casey Luskin
June 4, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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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, Karl Marx, Michael Flannery, Nazi Germany, New York Times, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, 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

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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, DNA, entropy, intelligent design, Jerusalem, Masada, North Africa, Qumran, Science Advances, seeds}

Resurrection Genomics: Millennia-Old Palm Trees Live Again

_{Science & 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, zebrafish}

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

_{Casey Luskin
June 3, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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