Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, adoption, animal personhood, Argentina, BioEdge, doctor, habeas corpus, Hippocratic Oath, human life, medical conscience, orangutan, pregnancy, rape, Sweden, zoo}

In Argentina, Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Refusing to Terminate Pregnancy

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 22, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine

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I can write those words. I understand their meaning. But I can’t comprehend such an utter rejection of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Date
March 21, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, atheism, biophysics, evidence, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, inferential science, Kirk Durston, materialism, multiverse, podcast, proteins, testing}

Listen: Kirk Durston on Fantasy Science and Scientism

_{Science and Culture
March 21, 2020

Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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One example of fantasy science, according to Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
March 20, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, aliens, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, Bible, Christiaan Huygens, Christianity, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Evolution News, extraterrestrial life, Galileo Galilei, geometry, Giordano Bruno, Herwart von Hohenburg, Johannes Kepler, Judaism, National Geographic Channel, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, planetary motion, Plato, René Descartes, Saint Augustine, Two Books, Unbelievable}

The Biggest Myth So Far in Cosmos 3.0 — Baruch Spinoza as Science Hero

_{Mike Keas
March 20, 2020

Physical Sciences

9}

Scholarship on Spinoza in the last decade has increasingly recognized that he opposed the observational (empirical) and mathematical analyses of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Camosy, coronavirus, disabled, discrimination, Down syndrome, elderly people, epidemic, Europe, healthcare, hospitals, Italians, New York Post, New York State, patients, physicians, quality of life, rationing, smoking, triage, utilitarianism}

No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 20, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, “Learning in War-Time”, Adolf Hitler, Anglo-Irish writers, anxiety, Belfast, bleach, Boxen, C.S. Lewis, Castlereagh Hills, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cherry blossoms, churches, coronavirus, Europe, fear, grocery stores, gyms, hand sanitizer, isolation, Letters of C.S. Lewis, Marion Wade Center, movie theaters, Nazis, Northern Ireland, pandemic, restaurants, rubbing alcohol, Seattle, The Weight of Glory, toilet paper, tuberculosis, University of Washington, W.H. Lewis, war, Wheaton College, World War I, World War II, worry}

Living Amid a Pandemic: Wisdom from C.S. Lewis

_{John G. West
March 20, 2020

Bioethics

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Remember the admonition of C.S. Lewis: “If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 19, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China, coronavirus, DDT, deplorables, eugenics, evolution, feces, globalism, gun control, Holocaust, homelessness, Los Angeles, malaria, medicines, Michael Egnor, overpopulation, pandemic, pharmaceutical industry, plague, quarantine, San Francisco, Seattle, Steven Novella, supermarket, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, Yale University}

Science Expert Slaps the “Anti-Intellectuals,” Again

_{Michael Egnor
March 19, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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I stopped by Joe the truck driver’s house to talk. Joe read Yale neurologist Steven Novella’s essay, and he didn’t think much of it. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 19, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s disease, Charles Thaxton, Dallas, Discovery Institute Dallas, Discovery Institute Press, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Linda Buell, Of Pandas and People, Pam Bailey, Phillip E. Johnson, Roger Olsen, The Design of Life, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

The Passing of Jon Buell

_{William A. Dembski
March 19, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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That Jon was able to get The Mystery of Life’s Origin to see the light of day was a miracle. Read More ›

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Author
Steven J. Buri

Date
March 19, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, 9/11 attack, C.S. Lewis, contagion, coronavirus, creativity, crisis, death, Discovery Institute, faith, history, hope, human beings, human life, innovation, purpose, Seattle, social distancing}

Purpose and Hope in a Time of Turmoil

_{Steven J. Buri
March 19, 2020

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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During a recent staff meeting, two Discovery Institute staff members referenced essays by C.S. Lewis, including “On Living in the Atomic Age.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, 9/11 attack, Alexander Flemming, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, atheism, biological information, Charles Darwin, Christianity, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Edward Jenner, emergency room, epidemiology, evolution, fireman, Girolamo Fracastoro, Harvard University, hazmat suit, housekeepers, ICU, Ignaz Semmelweis, John Snow, Jonas Salk, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, narrative gloss, natural selection, neurosurgery, nurses, pagans, pandemic, Paul Ehrlich, plague, Purell, Robert Koch, Rodney Stark, Shop Rite, Spencer Wells, stock boys, Thomas Sydenham, unintelligent processes}

Upstairs into the Plague

_{Michael Egnor
March 18, 2020

Evolution, Medicine

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Every stock boy or housekeeper or nurse is doing more to fight this pandemic than all the politicians and talking-head science grifters and tenure-track professors. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 18, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Thaxton, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, intelligent design, John West, Jon Buell, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Shapiro, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Unguided Origin of Life: “Completely Impossible but Must Have Happened”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 18, 2020

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Today, Discovery Institute begins launching videos of the presentations from a hugely successful event. Read More ›