Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 9, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
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, __k-review, cancer, cell metabolism, common descent, disease, DNA, evolutionary theory, medical degree, medical school, Mel Greaves, Moshe Oren, mutations, nature, Neo-Darwinism, p53 protein, patients, physicians, Randolph Nesse, Ras family, The Myth of Darwinian Medicine (series), Theodosius Dobzhansky, tissue, TP53 gene, tumor, tumor suppressor, Varda Rotter, Zombie Science (book)}

Evolutionary Theory Might Explain…a Deadly Disease

_{Jonathan Wells
April 9, 2020

Biology, Medicine

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Psychiatrist Randolph Nesse, a leader in this movement for “Darwinian medicine,” would require “questions about evolution in medical licensing examinations.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 8, 2020

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Adolf Grünbaum, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Christianity, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Eric Metaxas, Evolution News, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Paul Nelson, professors, publishing, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, scientific atheism, Stephen Meyer, United States}

Watch: Preview Stephen Meyer’s New Book — The Return of the God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
April 8, 2020

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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A young woman wept at realizing that there was a rational, objective, scientific response to the scientific atheism she had been fed by her professors in college. Read More ›

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Date
April 8, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, australopithecine, Australopithecus africanus, Darwinian evolution, fossils, gradualism, Günter Bechly, hominid, ID the Future, intelligent design, paleontology, podcast}

Günter Bechly Says Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

_{Science and Culture
April 8, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The evidence poses a significant problem for the Darwinian mechanistic paradigm, but can be readily explained with an intelligent design approach. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Psychology
Sociology
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, __k-review, borders, calculus, Congress, coronavirus, COVID-19, economics, elderly, epidemiology, euthanasia, experts, health, neurosurgeon, Politics, President, probabilities, public policy, scientists, social distancing, Thomas Aquinas, triage}

Balancing Lives, Economics, and Public Policy in This Plague

_{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Psychology, Sociology

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Our political policy makers (the President, Congress and the Senate, governors, etc.) should make their calculus transparent. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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, __k-review, accidents, animal breeding, Aristotle, bats, bootstraps, chaos, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinism, entropy, evolution, farmer, functional complexity, humans, intelligent design, microbes, natural selection, pandemic, PZ Myers, random variation, teleology}

Evolution Presupposes Intelligent Design: Case of the Coronavirus

_{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Undirected natural selection can’t lift itself by its own bootstraps — accidents can’t happen in nature except in a sea of design. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 6, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Science Education
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, __k-review, Adolf Grünbaum, Arthur Schopenhauer, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Carnegie Mellon University, Cologne, depression, German, Germany, intelligent design, Jews, Joseph Stalin, Kristallnacht, National Academy of Sciences, Nazis, Protestants, Richard Feynman, Roman Catholic, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Kuhn, U.S. Army, University of Pittsburgh, Vishnu, Wesleyan University, Yale University}

Opposition Is True Friendship: A Remembrance of Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)

_{Paul Nelson
April 6, 2020

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Science Education

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How an atheist philosopher of science mentored an intelligent design theorist. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 6, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Ethics
Science Education
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, __k-review, books, children, college students, culture, curriculum, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Discovering Intelligent Design, Discovery Institute, DVD, education, evolution, Explore Evolution, Flight, high school, history, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Living Waters, Melissa Cain Travis, Metamorphosis, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Science Uprising, Shrek, students, The Design of Life, The Privileged Planet, video, William Steig}

Here’s How to Use Precious Family Time, Wisely

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 6, 2020

Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Ethics, Science Education

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Despite their sometimes-nonchalant attitudes as they try to act cool, children do care what their parents think. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
April 6, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __k-review, Black Hills, Charles Thaxton, DNA, Francis Crick, intelligent design, James Watson, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Massachusetts, molecular biology, Mount Rushmore, murder, NASA, nucleic acids, philosophers, proteins, SETI, Sherlock Holmes, South Dakota, specified complexity, suicide, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

“Nothing More Deceptive than an Obvious Fact”

_{Charles Thaxton
April 6, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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We are not saying DNA is like a message. Rather, DNA is a message. Read More ›

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Date
April 5, 2020

Categories
Science Education
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, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ann Reid, climate change, Discovery Institute, education, equity, Evolution News, Jay Labov, Joseph Levine, K-12 education, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), rigor, science, Science Education Policy, Seattle, STEM education, students}

Where’s the Rigor? A Report from the Seattle AAAS Meeting

_{Science and Culture
April 5, 2020

Science Education

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Ultimately, Discovery Institute’s Science Education Policy is about sharpening students’ ability to interact critically with ideas in science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 5, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotics, creation myth, creationists, doctors, evolution, Evolution News, fairy tales, medical research, medical researchers, narrative gloss, Philip Skell, PZ Myers, The Myth of Darwinian Medicine (series), thought police}

Darwinian Biologist Notices that Evolution Is Irrelevant to Medical Research

_{Michael Egnor
April 5, 2020

Medicine

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Fairy tales about survival of survivors contribute nothing to medical research, or to any other research. Read More ›