Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
May 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, earth, evolution, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, Not by Chance, podcast, population genetics, species, The Evolution Revolution}

Listen: Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

_{Science and Culture
May 23, 2020

Evolution

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ID the Future explores key arguments from Dr. Spetner’s books Not by Chance and The Evolution Revolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African cichlids, ATP synthase, chemoreceptor, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dollo’s Law, Evolution (journal), evolutionary biologists, gene duplication, Harvard University, hemoglobin, humans, Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, molecular genetics, mutations, Plasmodium vivax, Pseudomonas fluorescens, red blood cells, Science (journal), Skeptic Magazine, Washington Post}

Harvard Molecular Geneticist Vindicates Michael Behe’s Main Argument in Darwin Devolves

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Mainstream evolutionary biologists are independently arriving at very similar conclusions to Behe’s central thesis. Read More ›

Portrait of Galileo Galilei and his telescope

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Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Alison Abbott, Andrew Dickson White, Christianity, climate change, conflict myth, creationism, Discovery Institute, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, geocentrism, heliocentrism, heresy, Inquisition, John William Draper, Jonathan Wells, Michael Keas, Nature (journal), Nicolaus Copernicus, public education, religion, Roman Catholic, science and religion, science denialism, The Milky Way, Unbelievable, Warfare Thesis, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie History — Using Galileo to Whack Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
May 22, 2020

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Science Reporting

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As a top science journal tells the story, the Galileo myth is relevant only to attack those who challenge the establishment consensus. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, Armed Forces, Big Tech, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin-skeptics, David Gelernter, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Evolution News, Facebook, Google, Günter Bechly, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Internet, John West, Lehigh University, Memorial Day, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Peter Robinson, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, Stony Brook University}

Thanks to the Sacrifices of Many, There’s Talk of Censoring Us

_{David Klinghoffer
May 21, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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While heroes of the U.S. Armed Forces have given their lives, the scholars who critique scientific atheism and advance the theory of ID offer of themselves in different ways. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, Biological Theory, demiurge, English, evo psych, evolution, Hell, inteligent design, intelligence, Italians, Jonathan Wells, materialists, mechanism, Michael Behe, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, Subrena E. Smith, teleology, William A. Dembski}

On Intelligent Design, an Italian Philosophy Journal Takes a Step in the Right Direction

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Philosophy

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Earlier today we saw that philosopher Subrena E. Smith levied a harsh critique of evolutionary psychology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Arts
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, behavior, bias, Biological Theory, circular reasoning, college students, environment of evolutionary adaptedness, evo psych, evolution, Gizmodo, hominids, human mind, human origins, ideology, music, Pleistocene, PZ Myers, Subrena E. Smith, The Evolution Institute, University of New Hampshire}

Biology Journal: Evolutionary Psychology Is “Impossible”

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2020

Arts, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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Did evolutionary scientists not understand these things already? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 20, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, borders, China, COVID-19, elderly people, Europe, experts, healthcare, Iran, Italy, Manhattan, mass transit, mortality, New York City, nursing homes, officials, pandemic, patients, Queens, socialism, United States, Venezuela, Wuhan}

The COVID Crisis and Our Healthcare System

_{Michael Egnor
May 20, 2020

Medicine

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To my knowledge, not a single person in the U.S. has died of COVID due to lack of capacity of the healthcare system. Read More ›

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Date
May 20, 2020

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Amazon, biologists, Cambrian fossils, Chengjiang, China, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwin's Doubt, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kindle, marine biologists, paperback, Paul Chien, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, Thomas Y. Lo, University of San Francisco}

A Hot Seller from Discovery Institute Press, New Book Offers Intelligent Design “In a Nutshell”

_{Science and Culture
May 20, 2020

Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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The genesis of the slim and accessible Nutshell book was at a Discovery Institute Summer Seminar. Read More ›

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Date
May 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, cells, Darwinians, Darwinism, evolutionists, fitness, mutations, neo-functionalization, organisms, PNAS, protein evolution, proteins, pseudogenes, selection}

Collateral Damage: Mutations Decrease Fitness in More Ways than One

_{Science and Culture
May 20, 2020

Evolution

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If mutations are the raw material for evolution, they are like explosives with unpredictable effects. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
May 19, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, abiogenesis, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, early Earth, factories, Gerald F. Joyce, Harvard University, Holy Grail, Jack Szostak, Joseph Hooker, metabolic pathways, molecules, National Public Radio, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, protoplasm, random mutations, Richard Dawkins, self-replication, The Selfish Gene}

Book Excerpt: A Factory That Builds Factories That Build Factories That…

_{Eric H. Anderson
May 19, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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“How close are we to understanding the origin of life?” a radio moderator asked atheist biologist Richard Dawkins. Read More ›