Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __edited, artificial intelligence, Bellevue, Center for Science and Culture, chess, currency, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Facebook, George Gilder, intelligent design, Microsoft, money, Silicon Valley, Steve Forbes, trust, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

COSM Conference: A Bonfire for Tech Vanities

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Peter Thiel assailed the “Atheist Church,” as he calls the universities, calling for outsiders to push for a reformation that the academic priesthood will never undertake on its own. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __edited, bacteria, biological diversity, Christianity, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, evolution, Judaism, Ludwig van Beethoven, natural selection, PragerU, random mutations, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Yankee Stadium}

New PragerU Video on Evolution = Stephen Meyer at Yankee Stadium x 20

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2019

Evolution

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Watched by a million people this week, Meyer in these 5 minutes does a superbly lucid job of explaining why scientists who doubt the standard evolutionary story are “appropriately skeptical.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 24, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, Ann Gauger, Austria, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Douglas Axe, ethology, fossil record, German, Günter Bechly, Homo (genus), Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, intelligent design, Martin Nowak, Michael Chaberek, Michael Denton, neo-Darwinian model, Ola Hössjer, proteins, Siegfried Scherer, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, Stephen Meyer, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, waiting-time problem, Zentrum für BioKomplexität & NaturTeleologie}

Watch: Videos Now Available from the Recent ID Conference In Austria

_{Günter Bechly
October 24, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Several prominent members of the ID movement presented talks at the conference, including Stephen Meyer, Ann Gauger, Michael Denton, and Brian Miller. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 23, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
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, __edited, Amsterdam, civil disobedience, climate change, crime, Extinction Rebellion, fanaticism, global cooling, global warming, heart attack, London, molecular biology, Nature (journal), new york, North Korea, Reuters, scientists, Sydney, Toronto, violence}

Help a Scientist Be a Hero

_{Michael Egnor
October 23, 2019

Bioethics

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Our laws are made through a democratic process. These scientists are upset that democracy doesn’t empower scientists to dictate public policy. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 23, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __edited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, Andreas Wagner, Asli Vahdat, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, chimpanzees, convergent evolution, Dennis Venema, first couple, Francisco Ayala, genes, human genome, human leukocyte antigen, human origins, Immune System, intelligent design, Jan Klein, macaques, Ola Hössjer, Peaceful Science, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science and Human Origins, Steve Schaffner, trans-species polymorphism}

A First Couple? Here’s the Backstory

_{Ann Gauger
October 23, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Could humanity have had its origin in a first pair, or did it have to come from a population of at least several thousand? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 23, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __edited, ATP, Austria, Berlin Wall, causal circularity, cells, churches, citric acid cycle, cofactors, Czech Republic, Darwinism, DNA, East Germany, Eastern Europe, Energy, enzymes, evolution, Google, Krakow, metabolism, Poland, Prague, respiration, ribosomes, Soviet Union, Vienna, Warsaw}

The Darwinian Regime Can’t Hide Emerging Clues to Life’s Design

_{Ann Gauger
October 23, 2019

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When you live with an ideology long enough, it can take root in your mind and have a lasting effect. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 22, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
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, __edited, accident, acorn, Aristotle, atheism, causation, cellular metabolism, chance, complexity, Darwinism, deism, efficient cause, evolution, Fifth Way, final cause, Five Ways, formal cause, intelligent design, material cause, natural science, nature, oak tree, order, patterns, purpose, specification, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, watchmaker}

Aquinas’ Fifth Way: The Proof from Specification

_{Michael Egnor
October 22, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics

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What’s remarkable in nature is not so much that nature follows complex patterns, but that it follows any pattern at all. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 21, 2019

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __edited, 1000 Genomes Project, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, Darwin, human evolution, human origins, Ola Hössjer, population genetics}

New BIO-Complexity Paper: We Could Have Come from Two

_{Ann Gauger
October 21, 2019

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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New research confirms the possibility of a starting point of two humans instead of thousands. Ann Gauger reports. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 21, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __edited, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, PragerU, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, study guide, video}

Stephen Meyer Gets Animated in New PragerU Video

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 21, 2019

Evolution

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In a new video for PragerU, Stephen Meyer recaps two big reasons to doubt the evolutionary account of life's origins. Read More ›

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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 ›