Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
October 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, biomineralization, biominerals, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, David Raup, genetic code, Golden Ratio, hammer, intelligent design, mollusks, morphospace, Nature Communications, Newton, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phys.org, Qesem Cave, scallops, snails, teeth, University of Wisconsin-Madison}

Teeth, Mollusks: Design in Biominerals

_{Science and Culture
October 21, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The subject of biomineralization also allows comparing the explanatory power of design over Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physics
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, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, Blaise Pascal, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, Jonathan Swift, Michael Aeschliman, podcast, scientific reductionism, scientism, Stanley L. Jaki, The Restoration of Man, theology}

Listen: Aeschliman on Three Great Authors Critiquing Scientism

_{Science and Culture
October 20, 2019

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics

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Andrew McDiarmid concludes his two-part conversation with Michael Aeschliman. Read More ›

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Date
October 19, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, Michael Aeschliman, natural law, podcast, scientism, Space Trilogy, That Hideous Strength, The Restoration of Man}

Listen: Aeschliman Talks C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man, and That Hideous Strength

_{Science and Culture
October 19, 2019

Faith & Science

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Michael Aeschliman says that Lewis used classic arguments not always popular in today’s intellectual climate, yet never refuted. Read More ›

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Date
October 18, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, behavior, brain, Darwinism, decisions, dualism, information, intelligent design, intuition, just-so stories, memory, mind, planning, Scientific Reports, self, Star Trek, stimuli, thoughts}

Remember This: Memory Requires Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
October 18, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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The brain assists the organization and recall of thoughts by segmenting them and associating them with stimuli. But who is doing the thinking? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 17, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Ben Shapiro, biological origins, Center for Science and Culture, computer scientists, cosmic origins, culture, Darwinian evolution, David Gelernter, Discovery Institute, Facebook, intelligent design, Internet, iPhones, mask, materialism, multiverse, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe, Yale University}

Get Involved: Help Harness Science Uprising

_{David Klinghoffer
October 17, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You have probably watched friends or family members give themselves up to materialism. It’s heartbreaking, and to see it happen can leave us feeling powerless. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 17, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, act, Aristotle, clouds, contingency, Five Ways, goodness, grass, images, light, mirror, nobility, ontology, Plato, potency, sky, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, trees, truth}

Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror

_{Michael Egnor
October 17, 2019

Faith & Science

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It’s helpful, as with his Third Way, to begin with a metaphor, in order to get an intuitive feel for the proof. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 17, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, Albert Einstein, astronomers, Big Bang, cepheid variable stars, CMBR, cosmological constant, cosmologists, dark energy, dark matter, Doppler effect, Gaia spacecraft, general relativity, Hubble Space Telescope, Nobel Prize, universe}

A Crisis in Cosmology?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 17, 2019

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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It’s too bad biologists are not as open about crises in their theories. It’s the sign of a healthy science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 16, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, Etienne Gilson, Five Ways, Jacques Maritain, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic philosophy}

Reading Suggestions for Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 16, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Our perspective is supported by a rigorous and elegant metaphysical framework, which began with Plato and particularly Aristotle. Read More ›

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Date
October 15, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, Darwin's Black Box, Facebook, intelligent design, Michael Behe}

Ever Wonder What the Most Asked Questions About Intelligent Design Are?

_{Science and Culture
October 15, 2019

Intelligent Design

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In a Five-Day ID Challenge, Michael Behe will field the most asked questions, from general to philosophical and critical. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 15, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Big Bang, Big Crunch, causation, change, cosmological arguments, existence, First Way, Five Ways, law of non-contradiction, logic, lunar phases, Moon, moonlight, Necessary Existence, potency, reflection, sun, Third Way, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas’ Third Way: An Analogy to Moonlight

_{Michael Egnor
October 15, 2019

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Imagine that you are an astronomer on a world with one moon. It is always night on your world, and the moon is the only body in the sky. Read More ›