Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 4, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biological information, creative power, DNA, Dogs, E. coli, evolution, Evolution News, genes, intelligent design, Michael Behe, mutations, polar bears, Richard Lenski, Secrets of the Cell, wolves}

Episode 4 of Secrets of the Cell — Broken Wolves and other Evolutionary Conundrums

_{David Klinghoffer
March 4, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Atheist biologist Richard Dawkins and others have pointed to man’s best friend as confirmation that evolution creatively builds new species. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 4, 2020

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Auguste Comte, biological systems, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Hilary Putnam, history of id, intelligent design, John C. Eccles, logical positivism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, modeling, molecular biology, Neo-Darwinism, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, scientific reductionism, Vienna Circle}

What Precipitated the Intelligent Design Movement?

_{Michael Flannery
March 4, 2020

Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

3}

Here are some thoughts prompted by a rather curious question posed to me in an email, namely, “What were the findings that most helped ID since the turn of the millennium?” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, deadline, Douglas Axe, graduate students, instructors, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson, professors, Richard Sternberg, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduates}

Down to the Wire: Applications Due Today for Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
March 4, 2020

Intelligent Design, Science Education

2}

It’s an entirely free opportunity for undergrad and grad students to study with the stars of the field. We are seeding the future of ID science and scholarship! Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, AIDS, babies, climate change, conception, Darwinists, DDT, eugenics, evolution, fossil fuels, gender, global cooling, global warming, Jeffrey Epstein, life, malaria, materialism, men, Paul Ehrlich, polar bears, schoolchildren, schools, scientists, skeptics, Steven Novella, truck driver, women, Yale University}

Is Joe Blow “Anti-Intellectual”?

_{Michael Egnor
March 3, 2020

Evolution

7}

Joe wonders how a scientist could be so wrong and still keep his job. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, aesthetics, Cambridge University, Duke University, E.O. Wilson, Freeman Dyson, intelligent design, miracles, New York Times, pseudoscience, scientists, Signature in the Cell, telepathy, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist as Rebel, Wendell Berry}

Remembering Freeman Dyson and the Enduring Lesson of “Dyson’s Hypothesis”

_{Michael Flannery
March 3, 2020

Ethics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

6}

Dyson points out that the highly improbable is actually quite probable by invoking “Littlewood’s law of miracles.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, Darwinism, deadline, graduate students, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, podcast, professionals, professors, scholarship, scholarships, science, Seattle, Summer Seminars, teachers, undergraduates}

The End of Isolation — Deadline Tomorrow for Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
March 3, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science Education

2}

If you’re not a student yourself, let a student know today about this fantastic opportunity. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 2, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, analysis, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, elementary school, evolution, Harvard University, Jay Labov, public education, scientific inquiry, students, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Bring “Visible Thinking” to Evolution Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 2, 2020

Science Education

6}

This work reminds me strongly of the Center for Science & Culture’s emphasis on analysis, evaluation, and examining the evidence in public school evolution education. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, A Fortunate Universe, Al Gore, Big Science, bombing, Cambridge University, Christianity, climate change, Frank Tipler, Freeman Dyson, Gifford lectures, Institute for Advanced Study, intelligent design, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jacques Monod, Nobel Prize, pantheism, physicists, Politics, quantum mechanics, religion, Scotland, space travel, string theory, Templeton Prize, theology, Trinity College, universe, war, William Happer, World War II}

Freeman Dyson: The Passing of an Iconoclastic Physicist

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

6}

Dyson was careful to take an open-minded approach: not fully endorsing design, yet not rejecting it either. Read More ›

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Date
March 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, California, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Houston, ID the Future, John Mark Reynolds, materialism, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, podcast, Suzanne Nelson, truth}

No Success Without Successors: John Mark Reynolds on the Legacy of Phillip E. Johnson

_{Science and Culture
March 1, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Reynolds says he saw in Johnson a mind constant and relentless in the pursuit of truth. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, animal personhood, animal rights, animal welfare, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Court of Appeals, elephant, Eugene M. Fahey, habeas corpus, Happy, judge, Nonhuman Rights Project, sentience}

Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 29, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

4}

This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects. Read More ›