Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 4, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Brian Miller, building blocks, Discovery Institute, entropy, ice, James Tour, Rice University, thermodynamics}

Preview: James Tour Asks Brian Miller About Ice, Entropy, and the Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
December 4, 2020

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Tour wants to know: "This is the origin of life. How did that first living system form?" Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 3, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological machines, Biomimetics, Charles Darwin, Christianity, compartmentalization, computational biology, evolution, evolutionary biologists, faith, human body, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Justin Brierley, medicine, moral argument, physicians, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Unbelievable}

A Physician Describes How Behe, and Intelligent Design, Changed His Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2020

Biochemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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There’s no better tribute to the power of ideas than a changed mind. Erik Strandness is a physician in Spokane, WA, practicing neonatal medicine. Read More ›

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Date
December 3, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, bacterial flagellum, cells, Eric Anderson, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, podcast, population genetics, predictions, unintelligent processes}

Behe: The Case for Intelligent Design Grows with Science

_{Science & Culture
December 3, 2020

Anatomy, Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

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Evolution’s proper place of study has moved from gross anatomy and population genetics to biochemistry. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 3, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemical systems, biochemists, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, Michael Behe, natural selection, Oxford University, religion, summer, Trends in Ecology and Evolution}

Excerpt: Darwinism and Design

_{Michael Behe
December 3, 2020

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Much of the difficulty here arises in the differing standards that different disciplines have for what constitutes an “explanation.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, biological information, Brian Miller, cells, DNA, doctors, engineers, evolutionary biologists, expertise, experts, function, James Tour, redundancy, Rice University, synthetic organic chemistry, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics}

Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA

_{David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2020

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, annus horribilis, Brian Miller, cells, Charles Thaxton, Colorado School of Mines, Darwinism, Dean Kenyon, experts, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Marvin Olasky, metabolism, Privileged Species, Psalms, Rice University, Roger Olsen, scientists, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, Texas A&M, textbooks, The Miracle of the Cell, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, virtue-signaling, Walter Bradley, World Magazine}

Life’s Origin — A “Mystery” Made Accessible

_{David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If you “listen to the experts,” or anyway some of the experts, cells are “little bags of garbage” and Miller-Urey is a “true simulation of prebiotic chemistry.” Read More ›

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Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amino acids, Charles Thaxton, code, codons, Darwinian evolution, DNA, double helix, Escherichia coli, genetic code, information, intelligent design, materialists, mind, natural selection, PNAS, probability, proteins, Roger Olsen, Rutgers University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, Walter Bradley}

Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)

_{Science & Culture
December 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes. Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Aristotle, computational biology, Cornelius Hunter, determinism, evidence, free choice, future, ID the Future, illusion, laws of nature, Michael Keas, physicists, Pierre-Simon Laplace, podcast, Sabine Hossenfelder, theoretical physics}

Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”

_{Science & Culture
December 1, 2020

Evolution

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German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
December 1, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, cells, Center for Science and Culture, Christmas gifts, Discovery Institute, DNA, elements, intelligent design, mugs, natural world, nebulae, Periodic Table, scientists, water, Zazzle}

Intelligent Design Mugs? We’ve Got Them

_{Amanda Witt
December 1, 2020

Astronomy, Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

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For our biochemistry geeks, one mug contains both the periodic table of elements and a DNA-amino acids codon wheel. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
December 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Tagged
, anti-science, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Michigan State University, paleontology, rocks}

Ixnay on the Ambriancay Plosionexhay

_{Paul Nelson
December 1, 2020

Evolution, Geology

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Shhh — don’t say it. The geological event, well, not “event,” as in something that happened about 541 million years ago...we don’t talk that way anymore. Read More ›