Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, faith, humanity, intelligent evolution, kin selection, Michelangelo’s David, natural selection, Pirahã people, speech, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Turkey}

Only Wallace’s “Intelligent Evolution” Can Explain the Kingdoms of Speech and Faith

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September 1, 2020

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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In 2016 the late great journalist, novelist, and social commentator Tom Wolfe exposed Darwin’s unsolved riddle, or one of them anyway. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, amino acids, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, bacteria, biofilms, cable bacteria, carbon dioxide, electrical current, electricity, Elizabeth Pennisi, hydrogen, microbes, proteins, sediments, semiconductors, toxic wastes, University of Maryland, University of New South Wales, University of North Carolina}

Design Gets Down and Dirty — Complex Specified Information in Electric Mud

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September 1, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Bacteria that conduct electricity with cables may be involved in everything from cleansing the oceans and enriching the soil to guarding our own teeth. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cryptography, Eric Holloway, information theory, intelligent design, Robert Crowther, specification, William A. Dembski}

Answering Critiques of Specification in William Dembski’s Design Filter

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August 31, 2020

Intelligent Design

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William Dembski accurately formalized a filter we use so often that we’re like fish in the sea. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, anthropology, archeology, BioLogos, Brown University, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, James T. Costa, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Modern Synthesis, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Reductionism, teleology, The Descent of Man, The World of Life}

Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition

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August 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, California condor, cheetahs, force, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, ligands, Live Science, mechanotransduction, miracles, New Scientist, Peru, PNAS, slingshot spider, University of Liverpool}

Research Reveals Biological Design in the Sensing and Manipulation of Force

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August 31, 2020

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of physics constrain what can happen, but not how it happens. Biological designs show expertise in the use of forces for function. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, John West, knowledge, morality, public policy, scientism, scientists, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

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August 30, 2020

Ethics, Faith & Science

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According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, C.S. Lewis, Jay Richards, John West, magic, Michael Aeschliman, science fiction, scientism, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, Victor Reppert}

C. S. Lewis Criticized Scientism, Not Science

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August 29, 2020

Faith & Science

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Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Christianity, first couple, mainstream science, methodological naturalism, Paul Nelson, S. Joshua Swamidass, The Genealogical Adam and Eve}

I Beg Your Pardon? More on “Mainstream Science”

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August 28, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Does philosopher of biology Paul Nelson reject “mainstream science”? Of course he does not. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, apology, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, cover up, Cristián Samper, Darwinian theory, eugenics, evolution, George Floyd, Human Zoos, John West, National Zoo, New York Times, newspapers, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, pseudoscientific racism, Racism, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, stonewalling, The Gathering of Animals, Wildlife Conservation Society, William Bridges, William Hornaday}

Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting

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It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
August 28, 2020

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, altruism, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Darwinists, Granville Sewell, insects, On the Origin of Species, plant galls, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Plant Galls, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

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August 28, 2020

Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Complex structures of thousands of species have been formed for the exclusive good of other species, annihilating Darwin’s theory on his own terms. Read More ›