Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
August 30, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
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, 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
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, 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

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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 ›

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Date
August 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, allostery, bioRxiv, cells, cichlid fish, cilium, eukaryotic cells, foresight, glaucoma, intelligent design, Kyoto University, mechanotransduction, Nature (journal), Nature News and Views, phenotypic plasticity, Rube Goldberg, University of Montreal}

Cells Reach Out and Touch, Providing Evidence of Foresight and Design

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August 28, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Cells are equipped with sensors that recognize touch and respond accordingly. They can even reach out to other cells with nanoscopic tunnels and share parts. Read More ›

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, baseball, Christianity, chromosomes, common ancestry, Daniel Dennett, diploid cells, faith, first couple, mainstream science, methodological naturalism, Paul Nelson, reality, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sapientia, science, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, theology, Venn diagram}

Adam and Eve and “Mainstream Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 27, 2020

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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“The category ‘mainstream science’ sounds plausibly neutral, capturing the sort of objective knowledge to which any well-educated adult should assent.” Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, apes, atheism, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, creativity, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), ductus arteriosus, earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, heteropalindromes, human evolution, humans, intelligent design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, parable, Periodic Table, phenotypes, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 27, 2020

Anatomy, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, amino-acid sequences, atheism, ATP synthase, Australia, biological systems, Cambrian Explosion, coffee, DNA, explanatory filter, fossil record, improbability, information, intelligent design, Internet, Mount Rushmore, mutations, natural processes, presidents, proteins, rock, William A. Dembski, young people}

Here Is How to Teach Intelligent Design to Young People

_{Brian Miller
August 27, 2020

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The first principle is helping participants discover the evidence for design themselves. Read More ›

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Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AAA proteins, allostery, amino acids, assembly, coevolution, cytoplasm, dynein, molecular machines, nucleolus, PNAS, polymerization, proteins, quantum mechanics, Ribosome, RNA, Rockefeller University}

Allostery: How Cells Do Remote Control

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August 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Cells have perfected action at a distance: not by magic, but by control of distant sites through carefully arranged functional intermediates. Read More ›