Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 26, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioCosmos, carbohydrates, cell adhesion, complexity, dGRNs, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, glycans, glycosylation, glycosyltransferases, Golgi apparatus, intelligent causes, intelligent design, kidney cells, nerve cells, probabilistic resources, proteins, signaling, stochastic processes, University of Georgia}

New Paper Examines How the Complexity of Glycan Structures Points to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 26, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"This is, of course, important in order for a kidney cell to be and function as a kidney cell, a nerve cell to function as a nerve cell, and so forth." Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, American Council for Science and Health, artificial intelligence, Belgium, bias, chatbot, climate change, Gary Smith, hallucination, medicine, neuroscience, privacy, psychiatry, safety, Stanford University, suicide}

Replace Psychiatrists with AI?

_{Science and Culture
February 25, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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"A Belgian man, after weeks of dialogues with his chatbot 'confidante,' committed suicide after it encouraged him to sacrifice himself for climate change." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioLogos, Darwinian evolution, elitism, Eric Metaxas, Evangelical Christians, evolution, faith, intelligent design, John West, secularism, Socrates in the City, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity}

Weaponizing Winsomeness: Eric Metaxas and John West on Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{David Klinghoffer
February 25, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

Leaders such as Francis Collins, under the cover of his own performative winsomeness, have prioritized being liked and respected by secular elites. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 25, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, belief, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, carbon dioxide, Christianity, consciousness, disenchantment, freedom, Hamlet, intelligence, intelligent design, multiverse, New York Times, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, telescope, universe, water}

Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

_{Peter Biles
February 25, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Technology

5}

He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Becket Cook, Christianity, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, friendship, Hebrew Bible, interviews, Manhattan, pastors, prestige, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity}

“Friends with Francis”: How Institutions Devolve

_{David Klinghoffer
February 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

Among the temptations we face as humans, friendship — otherwise such a wonderful thing — doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, Boy Scouts, Christianity, conservatives, faith, Francis Collins, genome, National Institutes of Health, secularism, Slate, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians}

A Useful Christian: John West on Francis Collins and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{David Klinghoffer
February 24, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Psychology

3}

There are Stockholm syndrome Jews as well — you’ll see them parading with “anti-Zionist” groups on campus and in the street. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 24, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, alien hand syndrome, awareness, brain damage, brains, consciousness, information theory, materialism, minds, of, split-brain surgery, St. Augustine, volition, Yair Pinto}

“Multiple Minds” in Split-Brain Patients?

_{Michael Egnor
February 24, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The scientific obsession with “split minds” is an artifact of our materialist preconceptions about neuroscience. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 23, 2025

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Genetics
Geology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Eric Anderson, evolutionary paradigm, fossils, Guillermo Gonzalez, human origins, ID the Future, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, podcast, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Stephen Meyer, University of Johannesburg}

A Better Explanation for Human Origins

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 23, 2025

Evolutionary Psychology, Genetics, Geology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

2}

Casey Luskin describes his experiences in South Africa while earning a PhD in Geology from the University of Johannesburg. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, bones, DNA, females, mammoths, Moscow, Russia, skulls, Smithsonian Magazine, Stone Age, Tibi Puiu, ZME Science}

Mammoth Bone Structure of 24,000 Years Ago Illuminates Stone Age

_{Science and Culture
February 22, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

3}

Science journalist Tibi Puiu notes, “It’s one of the most surreal ancient structures ever built — and it’s just one of over 70 found thus far.” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, American Humanist Association, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, debates, Denis Noble, Denyse O'Leary, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Mendelian genetics, Michael Egnor, Miracles (book), MIT, Old Testament, qualia, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Rudder Theatre, Santa Fe, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker, Steven Weinberg, Stuart Kauffman, Texas A&M University, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Blind Watchmaker, Trotter Prize, Tufts University, violence, Zeitgeist}

Dawkins and Picard Win This Year’s Trotter Prize

_{William A. Dembski
February 21, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science

30}

A reflection on the 2025 Trotter Prize Lecture delivered by Oxford's Richard Dawkins and MIT's Rosalind Picard. Read More ›