Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 25, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, aliens, Alpha Centauri, black swallowtail, Every Life Is on Fire, Francis Crick, Houdini, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy England, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lego blocks, locomotives, Naturalistic Parabola, nematodes, Niels Bohr, puzzles, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Science (journal), Thanksgiving, William Blake}

Design Triangulation: My Thanksgiving Gift to All

_{Paul Nelson
November 25, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Hey — wanna see a talk that combines the following. Black swallowtail butterflies, William Harvey, snarky robotic aliens from Alpha Centauri, and more. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 25, 2020

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologic institute, chemical elements, compounds, first cell, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, life, materialism, matter, Michael Denton, natural laws, Natural Sciences, paradigm shift, primal blueprint, The Miracle of the Cell}

Bechly on Denton’s Latest: “Seminal,” a “Milestone in this Ongoing Scientific Revolution”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 25, 2020

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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"In this seminal new book, distinguished biologist Michael Denton takes the fine-tuning argument for intelligent design to a whole new level." Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 25, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, beak size, birds, Darwin's Finches, droughts, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, Geospiza fortis, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, Nature (journal), Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sangeet Lamichhaney, seeds, Sisyphean evolution, species, subjunctive}

Galápagos Finches — Some Contradictions Solved

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 25, 2020

Evolution

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The authors offer a selectionist explanation, which is nevertheless uncertain. Note the repeated use of the subjunctive. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 24, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Sociology
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, groupthink, John West, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Science (journal), Star Trek, The Borg}

Behe’s New “Mousetrap” Book — The Fragility of Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Sociology

3}

The idea of the book is not merely to dunk on the critics. Michael Behe, to be frank, doesn’t find of any their criticisms very meaningful. Read More ›

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Date
November 24, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, adaptation, arms, carpal tunnel syndrome, Eric Anderson, evolution, evolutionary change, health, Howard Glicksman, humans, ID the Future, Journal of Anatomy, journalists, median artery, natural selection, physicians}

Listen: Median Artery and Evolution Hype

_{Science and Culture
November 24, 2020

Evolution

1}

It’s far from clear how natural selection could select for this as an “adaptation” when its most obvious effect is to contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 24, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alleles, beak size, Charles Darwin, Christian Science Monitor, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, genera, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University, Sangeet Lamichhaney, Sisyphean evolution, speciation, species, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe}

Galápagos Finches — An “Exceptionally Strong Natural-Selection Event”?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 24, 2020

Evolution

4}

This is by no means an all-or-nothing selection (as the impression is sometimes given). Rather, the alleles are retained. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, books, critics, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian theory, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Larry Moran, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Neo-Darwinism, Richard Lenski, University of Otago, worldview}

Praise for Behe’s Latest: “Facts Before Theory”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Says Michael Denton, "The book represents a devastatingly brilliant unanswerable response to his Darwinian critics and to the whole Darwinian worldview." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, animals, authority, Canada, cats, Charles Darwin, Christmas, COVID-19, Denmark, Dogs, experts, Great Reset, humans, intelligent design, Justin Trudeau, mammals, On the Origin of Species, pandemic, public health, quarantine, technocracy, Thanksgiving, The Descent of Man, Wesley Smith, World Economic Forum, worship}

Thanksgiving in the Light of Darwin’s Vision

_{David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2020

Bioethics

4}

I first heard of what’s being called a Great Reset just a couple of weeks ago. It sounded like a conspiracy theory, but it’s far from that. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Christopher E. Cosans, Civil War, Darwinism, Edward Drinker Cope, Eva Jablonka, evolution, evolutionary anthropology, Henrika Kuklik, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Josiah Clark Nott, Kyla Schuller, Lamarckian theory, Livia Gershon, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rupert Sheldrake, Rutgers University, Samuel George Morton, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham, women’s suffrage, Yoav Soen}

Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand

_{Michael Flannery
November 23, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›

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Date
November 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, Declaration of Independence, human rights, ID the Future, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, podcast, Reductionism, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith}

Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?

_{Science and Culture
November 22, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights. Read More ›