Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 26, 2020

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, career destruction, censors, censorship, creator, Darwinists, Douglas Axe, intelligent design, John Stonestreet, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Michael Denton, molecular machines, Ola Hössjer, reputation, Return of the God Hypothesis, specified complexity, Steinar Thorvaldsen, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of the Cell, water, William A. Dembski}

Is Fine-Tuning “More Extreme” in Biology or Cosmology?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 26, 2020

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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As authors Thorvaldsen and Hössjer say, “Biology is inherently more complicated than the large-scale universe and so fine-tuning is even more a feature.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 26, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Aryans, creationists, editors, Evolution News, Free Science, Humanize, intelligent design, Jews, Journal of Theoretical Biology, journals, medical ethics, Nature (journal), Nazi Germany, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), scientific debate, scientific method, soft totalitarianism, Stephen Meyer, The New England Journal of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Wesley Smith, yellow star}

Ethicist Protests Politicized Science — Alas, That Horse Left the Barn Long Ago

_{David Klinghoffer
October 26, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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It is all about the costs of getting on the wrong side of the power structure. To say that this “chills” debate about scientific issues is an understatement. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 26, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Answers in Genesis, Communism, creationism, Darwinism, disclaimer, Discovery Institute, discrimination, Due Process Clause, Elsevier, Fourteenth Amendment, free speech, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Jews, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Martin Gaskell, Medieval Europe, Nature (journal), Nazi Germany, Neo-Darwinism, Norway, peer-reviewed literature, Science (journal), scientific journals, Soviet Union, Stockholm University, Supreme Court, Sweden, University of Kentucky, University of Tromsø, yellow star}

Intelligent Design’s Yellow Star: Journal’s Disclaimer Refutes a Common Criticism of ID

_{Casey Luskin
October 26, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Critics of intelligent design (ID) often lecture ID proponents that they are free to submit their work to any scientific journal. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, classroom, dying, faith, imagination, john lennox, Lennox Q&A, mathematician, Oxford University, science}

Against the Tide: The Classroom Where C. S. Lewis Taught

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2020

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

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"They were the last lectures Lewis ever gave. I’m very pleased to have been at them." Read More ›

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Date
October 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, causation, ID the Future, materialism, Michael Denton, origins science, podcast, Privileged Species, Reductionism}

In Biological Origins, Bottom-Up or Top-Down Causation?

_{Science and Culture
October 24, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Michael Denton says that the evidence has been growing for top-down causation, which poses a challenge to reductionist and materialistic origins science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 23, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, Against the Tide, Alvin Plantinga, atheism, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, Discovery Institute, England, faith, john lennox, Lennox Q&A, naturalism, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, rationality, science, science fiction, Stephen Meyer, That Hideous Strength, Thomas Nagel}

Against the Tide: Oxford’s John Lennox Describes Kinship with C. S. Lewis

_{David Klinghoffer
October 23, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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"I owe him an immense amount because although he wasn’t a scientist, he understood science. He understood the implications and the philosophy of science." Read More ›

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Date
October 23, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, bacterial flagellum, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Dover trial, evolution, humor, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, logic, Michael Behe, molecular machines, mousetrap, New York Times, Science (journal), scientists, straw man, The Edge of Evolution}

November: In a New Book, Michael Behe Springs a Trap for Darwin

_{Science and Culture
October 23, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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How could blind evolution arrange biochemical parts into complex functional wholes one small step at a time, as Darwin and his followers envision? Read More ›

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Date
October 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, bacteria, butterflies, calcium carbonate, cryptochromes, Darwinian evolution, Developmental Dynamics, fruit flies, horizontal gene transfer, Israel, Living Waters, Magnetosome Islands, magnetotactic bacteria, mapping, memory, otoconia, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, prokaryotes, Robert Fitak, Robert Wells, salmon, The Scientist, United Kingdom, University of South Florida}

Magnetic Navigation May Be a Gift from Bacteria

_{Science and Culture
October 23, 2020

Intelligent Design, Technology

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New clues to the prevalence of magnetotactic bacteria suggest that diverse animals may employ microbes for help with long-distance navigation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, biophysicists, Cornelius Hunter, determinism, free will, Jerry Coyne, oracle, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientism}

Science as Oracle — “Where It Gets Weird”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2020

Physical Sciences

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The ancients had their oracles, people claiming to speak in the name of the gods — this, by divination. Read More ›

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Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Darwinism, deception, drugs, Forensics, gravity, humans, Jerry Coyne, lying, Mount Rushmore, Nicholas Caputo, postmodernism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, torture, University of Portsmouth, Why Evolution Is True, William A. Dembski}

Design Filter Is Best Bet for Finding Liars

_{Science and Culture
October 22, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Not all intelligent design is benevolent. Design can deceive. Can ID techniques filter the true from the false? Read More ›