Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Biology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, “consensus science”, abiogenesis, astrobiology, brain, Breakthrough Listen, carbon, consciousness, Darwinism, Dyson Sphere, earth, extraterrestrial life, faith, Jeffrey Epstein, Macquarie University, Mars, materialism, neuroscience, nitrogen, oxygen, science fiction, SETI, starlight, universe}

The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2020

Astronomy, Biology, Physical Sciences

5}

The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Carl Sagan, coronavirus, Cosmos (series), Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Fox Broadcasting Company, Michael Keas, National Geographic Channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, stock market, The Unofficial Guide to Cosmos, Unbelievable}

Cosmos 3.0 with Neil deGrasse Tyson Arrives Tonight at 8 PM, Somewhat Dented

_{David Klinghoffer
March 9, 2020

Physical Sciences

3}

The second season (2014) spun a misleading narrative celebrating the triumph of rational, secular scientific culture over benighted, supposedly irrational and anti-science religion. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adolescence, aging, birth, bone cells, brain cells, conception, daughter cells, death, Doctor's Diary (series), dying, estrogen, growth hormones, infancy, liver cells, medical school, neurons, platelets, red blood cells, telomeres, testosterone}

Doctor’s Diary: On Designed Obsolescence

_{Geoffrey Simmons
March 9, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

6}

Dying actually begins at conception. From the moment of conception the directions for a person’s demise are passed on to every cell. Read More ›

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Date
March 8, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Brian Miller, Edward Aveling, evolution, ID the Future, Ludwig Büchner, materialism, Michael Flannery, Plinian Society, podcast, University of Edinburgh}

Just the Facts? Michael Flannery on Charles Darwin and Materialism

_{Science and Culture
March 8, 2020

Evolution

1}

Learn more about Darwin’s experiences at the University of Edinburgh with the Plinian Society, and his interaction with prominent atheists near the end of his life. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Animal Welfare Act, animals, anthropocentrism, bioethicists, humans, Jane Goodall, lab rats, medical experiments, mice, misanthropy, monkeys, Nuremberg Code, rats, reduction}

Rats Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 7, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Philosophy

5}

A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›

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Date
March 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin on Trial, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, intelligent design, Phillip E. Johnson, Stephen Meyer}

Moving Tributes to Phillip Johnson from Emily Johnson and Stephen Meyer

_{Science and Culture
March 6, 2020

Evolution

1}

These two eulogies were given at Johnson’s memorial service in November. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
March 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __edited, alt-right, anti-Semitism, Ben Stein, California State University, conspiracy theorists, coronavirus, Darwinism, Expelled (movie), Jews, Kevin MacDonald, pogrom, Poland, selective pressure, struggle for existence, white nationalists}

Darwinism, Jews, and White Nationalists

_{Richard Weikart
March 6, 2020

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

2}

A right-wing Polish member of parliament, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, recently made waves with an astonishing claim. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 6, 2020

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Barbara McClintock, chaos, Discovery Institute, engineers, Eva Jablonka, intelligence, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Shapiro, John Cairns, Maxwell’s demon, molecular machines, motors, nanotechnology, natural genetic engineering, order, origin of information, Paul Davies, rotors, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, The Demon in the Machine}

Hey, Paul Davies — Your ID Is Showing

_{Robert Shedinger
March 6, 2020

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

5}

No better advertisements for intelligent design exist than works written by establishment scientists that unintentionally make design arguments. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 5, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Carnegie Mellon University, coronavirus, Darwinian evolution, epidemic, fake news, infectious disease, information, intelligent design, mathematical models, medical research, medicine, misinformation, National Academy of Sciences, pandemic, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}

Intelligent Design and the Study of Epidemics

_{Michael Egnor
March 5, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

4}

The reality to which these scientists are “one step closer” is the fact that ID research is indispensable to medicine and biology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, biologists, Darwin Devolves, devolution, DNA, E. coli, evolution, hydrogen peroxide, mutations, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Richard Lenski, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, University of Michigan}

Helpful Devolutionary Mutations Are Rapid and Unavoidable: Paper Reinforces Darwin Devolves

_{Michael Behe
March 5, 2020

Evolution, Life Sciences

7}

There is simply no way for any unguided, unintelligent account of the unfolding of life to avoid the bane of helpful degradative mutations. Read More ›