Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, brain, brain chemistry, chewing, consciousness, dualism, epilepsy, father, intellectual seizures, materialism, medical literature, mental function, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, morality, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Sabbath, smell, soul, walking, Wilder Penfield}

If Materialists Are Right About the Brain, Why No “Morality Seizures”?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2020

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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"There are no intellectual seizures, which is odd, given that large regions of the brain are presumed by neuroscientists to serve intellectual thought." Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Life Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, angiosperms, beauty, California, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Europe, evolutionists, false dichotomy, flowering plants, forests, Homo sapiens, homogeneity, humans, intelligent design, logical fallacies, mountains, Nathan Lents, North America, Orange County, physiology, sarcasm, Sudoku, theism, Tom Gilson, Twitter}

On Fall Foliage, Nathan Lents Comes Up Short

_{Tom Gilson
October 29, 2020

Life Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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There is nothing in the word “gift” that entails its having been given identically to all persons at all times. That’s not hard, actually. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Against the Tide, cancel culture, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, Communism, debate, history, intellectuals, Iron Curtain, john lennox, Latin, Marxism, naturalism, Oxford University, pagans, Richard Dawkins, tolerance, universities}

Against the Tide: The Darkening Intellectual Scene

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2020

Bioethics

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"Once you lose the kind of stabilizing influence of rational thought and respect," says John Lennox, "then you can end up with violence, as we have seen." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ACLU, atheism, biological origins, cult, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, David Gelernter, free speech, Granville Sewell, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Michael Denton, narrative, peer-reviewed literature, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Scott Adams, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of the Cell, University of Chicago, Why Evolution Is True}

Inside the Evolution Silo — Darwinism as a Cult

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2020

Evolution, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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A major news story can break outside of the silo but, because it goes against the narrative, those in the silo will never hear about it. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 28, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, A Brief History of Time, Apple iPhones, Big Bang, children, computers, consciousness, designer, earth, Energy, evolution, fire, Fire-Maker, First Cause, intelligent design, materialists, matter, metals, Michael Denton, multiverse, Paul Davies, physical laws, Robin Collins, science fiction, Science Uprising, scientific discovery, self-replicating machine, Stephen Hawking, The Problems of Physics, water, Why Evolution Is Different}

Top Six Evidences for Intelligent Design

_{Granville Sewell
October 28, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Here is a modest attempt to summarize the main scientific evidences for design in our world, for those who have been told that such evidence does not exist. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 28, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atoms, Big Bang, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, creation, Daniel Reeves, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, DNA, elements, Eric Anderson, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, fitness, Harvard University, intelligent design, Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, Michael Denton, Paris, Periodic Table, Privileged Species, Signature in the Cell, textbooks, The Fitness of the Environment, The Miracle of the Cell, webinar, Zoom}

Message in Matter: Intelligent Design in the Atoms

_{David Klinghoffer
October 28, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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What atheists and materialists can’t explain is why this fitness is so special, so unforgivingly precise and intricate, at every stage on the journey to us. Read More ›

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Date
October 28, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, cellular functions, chemical bonds, enzymes, Eric Anderson, Goldilocks Zone, ID the Future, Michael Denton}

Finely Tuned Chemistry and ATP Synthase

_{Science and Culture
October 28, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Cellular life would be impossible if strong bonds weren’t just so for some cellular functions, and if weak bonds weren’t just so for others. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Baden Powell, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, clockmaker, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, creator, David Hume, Erasmus Darwin, evolutionists, Francisco Ayala, Gottfried Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton, John Ray, Joseph Le Conte, Kenneth Miller, mosquitos, religion, Robert Chambers, scientists, Stephen Jay Gould, theology, Thomas Burnet, universe}

When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science

_{Cornelius Hunter
October 27, 2020

Evolution

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Here is a small, representative sampling of such claims over the past three centuries. These claims are not from science, but they drive science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Against the Tide, Albert Einstein, atheism, Cambridge University, Carl Sagan, Cornell University, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, debates, Evolution News, experts, faith, German, Harvard University, john lennox, Martin Rees, mathematician, Oxford University, prestige, Richard Dawkins, science, scientists, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Yale University}

Against the Tide: When Scientists Stray from Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2020

Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Lennox: "Stephen Hawking was a brilliant mathematician and a genius. But he had no idea about philosophy." Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, adaptation, babies, beauty, chlorophyll, colors, evolution, experience, leaves, subjectivity, winter}

The Glorious, Intentional Gift of Autumn Beauty

_{Tom Gilson
October 27, 2020

Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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Is there something adaptive to the enjoyment of colors in such a wild mix; and in our enjoying it at one particular time of the year? Read More ›