Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, ancient Greeks, Casey Luskin, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Christians, creationism, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Nemesis, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Genesis, intelligent design, John Mark Reynolds, Kansas State Board of Education, materialism, naturalism, Phillip E. Johnson, scholars, Science (journal), scientists, Sunday School, Supreme Court, The Wedge of Truth, UC Berkeley}

Remembering Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019): The Man Who Lit the Match

_{David Klinghoffer
November 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Those of us in the community that seeks to advance the theory of intelligent design live in his presence every day. And we will continue to do so even following his death. Read More ›

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post

Date
November 3, 2019

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, computers, dystopia, George Gilder, human intelligence, ID the Future, Jay Richards, John Searle, machine learning, qualia, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Skynet}

Jay Richards at COSM Talks Ray Kurzweil and Strong AI

_{Science and Culture
November 3, 2019

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

1}

Is the “singularity” coming, as Kurzweil argues there and elsewhere, when machines equal and then quickly surpass human intelligence? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, Auschwitz, Bronx Zoo, elephant, extremists, Happy, ideology, liberty, New York City, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, Thailand, The Guardian, writ of habeas corpus}

Lawsuit to Declare Elephant a “Person”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 2, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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“Animal standing” is really a Trojan horse to allow animal rights extremists to seek court rulings enforcing their own ideology. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 1, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, application, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, housing, intelligent design, materials, meals, origins science, scientists, Seattle, students, Summer Seminars, transportation}

Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design for 2020: Application Process Is Open Now

_{David Klinghoffer
November 1, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design

1}

This year the seminar runs from July 10-18, 2020. Find all relevant information and an easy online application here. Read More ›

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Date
November 1, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, amber, arsenic, Caenorhabditis elegans, California, Current Biology, Darwinists, Dominican Republic, evolution, extremophiles, intelligent design, Live Science, Marcos Eberlin, Mono Lake, nematode, Oregon State University, pharmaceuticals, proteins, roundworm, tardigrades, UC San Diego}

Evolutionary Enigmas, Tiny Tardigrades Strut Their Superpowers

_{Science and Culture
November 1, 2019

Evolution

7}

Darwinists struggle to explain why any creature would evolve protections from environmental conditions it had never experienced. Read More ›

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Date
October 31, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, Ben Stein, Expelled (movie), Frankenstein, Halloween}

Halloween Countdown No. 1: It’s Alive!

_{Science and Culture
October 31, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

1}

For Halloween night, we have an iconic clip about the origin of life from the classic film Expelled featuring Ben Stein. Read More ›

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Date
October 31, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
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An Icon Revisited: Flagellar Hook Shows Further Aspects of Design

_{Science and Culture
October 31, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

If you tried to build a pipe that had to rotate on its long axis while maintaining its angular shape, could you do better than this? Read More ›

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Date
October 31, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Halloween, mask, Science Uprising}

Halloween Countdown No. 2: A Mask Suitable for Trick or Treating

_{Science and Culture
October 31, 2019

Intelligent Design

2}

The Science Uprising series as a whole has now received more than 1 million views on YouTube. Read More ›

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Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, C.S. Lewis, culture, evil, Halloween, scientism, The Magician's Twin, video}

Halloween Countdown No. 3: The Nightmare of Scientism

_{Science and Culture
October 30, 2019

Bioethics

1}

This afternoon’s selection is The Magician’s Twin, which explores C.S. Lewis’s critique of the evils of scientism in our culture. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, A Biologist’s View, Alexander Tsiaras, Artificial Selection, birth, conception, development, duplication errors, evolution, foresight, geneticists, genotype, Giuseppe Sermonti, growth, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, natural selection, Oxford University, phenotype, Yale University}

The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology”

_{Granville Sewell
October 30, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Origin of Life

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We still are not close to designing any self-replicating machine. That is still pure science fiction. Read More ›