Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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 ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, brains, Corinthians, David Hume, determinism, evolution, free will, humans, illusion, intellectual necessity argument, knowledge, laws of nature, miracles, particles, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Sabine Hossenfelder, St. Paul, theoretical physics, truth}

Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

_{Cornelius Hunter
October 22, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Fine-tuning
History of Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, civility, disagreement, evolution, ID the Future, ideology, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, Michael Keas, natural selection}

Disagreeing Agreeably — A Timely Lesson from Darwin and Wallace

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution, Fine-tuning, History of Science, Human Exceptionalism

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Adults across the board engage in public fights where the personal destruction of ideological enemies is always a ready weapon. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abstract thought, BackReaction, brain states, Brian Miller, determinism, differential equations, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, free will, intellectual seizures, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Theoretical Biology, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, Sabine Hossenfelder, Stephen Meyer, thought, Wilder Penfield, will}

Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020

Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience? Read More ›