Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, combustion, fire, Fire-Maker series, Goldilocks, gravitational field, gravity, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, nitrogen, oxygen, planetary design, respiration}

For Fire, Our Planet Is Just the Right Size

_{Michael Denton
July 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Self-evidently, the gravity on the surface of a planet limits the maximum size of large terrestrial organisms. Read More ›

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Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, artificial intelligence, consciousness, economy, future, ID the Future, john lennox, mathematician, medicine, Oxford University, podcast, programmers, Robert J. Marks II}

John Lennox: What (Not) to Expect of Artificial Intelligence in 2084

_{Science and Culture
July 27, 2020

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A key question as we move toward this future, says Lennox, is what does it mean to be human? Read More ›

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Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, animals, Astrobiology Magazine, birds, Breitbart, Current Biology, Eric Anderson, evolutionists, geomagnetic field, GPS, Illustra Media, insects, intelligent design, Living Waters, lobsters, mammals, navigation, random mutation, reptiles, sea turtles, Somalia, Swansea University, Temple University, University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania}

Many “Miracles”: Navigation Arose Independently Across Diverse Animal Species

_{Science and Culture
July 27, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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From sea turtles to the family dog, animals travel unerringly over long distances using geophysical cues. And it all evolved, independently, by chance! Believe that? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ambient temperatures, anaerobic bacteria, Arthur C. Clarke, atmosphere, Carboniferous Period, combustion, earth, enzymes, extremophiles, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, hemoglobin, oxygen, rivers, spontaneous combustion, swamps, water}

Why Do We Not Spontaneously Combust?

_{Michael Denton
July 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

6}

James Lovelock has pointed out that atmospheric levels of oxygen much above about 25 percent, let alone 30 percent, would cause raging conflagrations today. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, atheism, BBC News, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, college students, conscience, curriculum, evolution, evolutionary ethics, Frans de Waal, God’s Not Dead, indoctrination, materialism, Michael Egnor, moral relativism, morality, murder, Nicholas Wade, primates, The Descent of Man, Victor Stenger}

A College Student Gets Educated on Darwinian “Morality”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

5}

The student, who attends a public university, is worried about how this kind of indoctrination bodes for the future. I am too. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 25, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, atmosphere, civilization, combustion, earth, fire, Fire-Maker series, gases, gravity, mankind, metabolism, metals, Mount Everest, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, respiration, Stone Age}

By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

_{Michael Denton
July 25, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Read More ›

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Date
July 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, Eric Anderson, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, intelligent design, Michael Keas, physical objects, podcast}

DNA as a Clue: How Intelligence Detects Information, and Creates It

_{Science and Culture
July 24, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Eric Anderson recommends an answer we can give to those who “dig their heels in” and disagree on what information is about. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, ceramics, charcoal, civilization, computers, earth, fire, Fire-Maker, humans, kilns, lightning, metallurgy, volcanoes}

The Path to Technology Was Built into Nature

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2020

Intelligent Design

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All these elements of fitness in nature for the development of technology, crucial to mankind’s rise to civilization, long preceded man’s arrival on Earth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, American Scientist, anti-evolution, anti-science, China, COVID-19, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, mutations, pandemic, public education, Science Education Policy, scientific evidence}

Darwinist: ID Could Have Redeemed Itself by Leaping to Prejudged Conclusion on COVID-19

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

4}

Weighing the validity of ID, not by distorting its conclusions or imputing false intentions to it, is what evolutionary biology has largely refused to do. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, evolution, Friedrich Engels, Gori, Hannah Arendt, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Michael Egnor, movement, Nazis, Russia, The Origins of Totalitarianism, totalitarianism}

How Darwin Shaped the Young Joseph Stalin

_{David Klinghoffer
July 23, 2020

Evolution

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Jonathan Wells notes that a figure in the totalitarian tradition was influenced by evolution from a very early age. Read More ›