Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 23, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __edited, Africa, Aldous Huxley, atomic energy, bioethicists, biotechnology, Brave New World, China, Congress, Food and Drug Administration, genetic engineering, genome editing, germ line, human experimentation, Journal of the American Medical Association, media, medicine, scientists, social media, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 23, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 22, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, evolution, free speech, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Karl Marx, Peter Robinson, Sigmund Freud, Stanford University, The Claremont Review of Books, The Deniable Darwin, Uncommon Knowledge}

Abandoning Darwinism: Gelernter Talks with Meyer, Berlinski

_{David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Mathematics

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This wonderful conversation gives you a sense of what a really free exchange of views would be like, the beauty and interest of it, were such a thing permitted on university campuses. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 22, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, abstract thought, Benjamin Libet, cerebral cortex, Darwinian evolution, Devil, dualism, magic, materialism, Michael Egnor, Neural Networks, neurons, neuroscience, psychiatry, Roger Sperry, Science Uprising, seizures, Spain, Spanish Inquisition, superstition, University of Toronto, Wikipedia, Wilder Penfield}

Explaining Abstract Thought in Materialist Terms: The Horns of a Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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What an interesting choice of art. What’s up with that? Goya painted other works on the same theme. Read More ›

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Date
July 21, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, chimpanzees, DNA, humans, Sarah Chaffee, Science and Human Origins}

Listen: At the Genetic Level, How Chimps and Humans Differ

_{Science and Culture
July 21, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Do we have 99 percent of our DNA in common with chimps? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, activists, ecosystem, Green New Deal, Lake Erie, legislation, nature rights, Ohio, pollution, prosperity, science journals, Toledo}

Ohio Bans “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 20, 2019

Bioethics

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Be it noted that “nature rights” is not aimed primarily at preventing pollution. Read More ›

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Date
July 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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Edward Feser: To Reconcile Aristotle with Evolution

_{Science and Culture
July 19, 2019

Evolution

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The philosopher argues against naturalistic evolution, while differing from intelligent design theorists in his approach to the question. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
July 18, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Apollo moon landings, earth, Earth’s crust, fossil fuels, galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope, humans, hydrogen, intelligent design, interstellar travel, kerosene, Miami, Milky Way, minerals, Moon, oxygen, perfect solar eclipses, satellite TV, Saturn V, solar system, stars}

Remembering the First Manned Moon Landing at 50; What Does the Future Hold?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
July 18, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

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I remember watching the Apollo moon landings on TV from 1969 to 1972 as a child. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 17, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Science Uprising — Not Confined to a Science Lab

_{David Klinghoffer
July 17, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We may think that we’re untouched by trends in thinking that go on far away. In a science lab or a science classroom, for instance. But that’s wrong. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 17, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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Take Off Your Mask at a Private ID Activist Meeting

_{David Klinghoffer
July 17, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The new Science Uprising series uses the image of a mask: “We are not materialists,” say scientists and other citizens, as they remove their Anonymous-style masks at the end of each episode. Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2019

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, essence, ID the Future, mechanistic view, Michael Egnor, nature, particles, podcast, purpose, science, scientists, teleology}

Edward Feser on Aristotle’s Revenge — Purpose and Essence in Nature

_{Science and Culture
July 17, 2019

Biology, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Scientists can get along without Aristotle’s metaphysics, says Feser, but science can’t. Read More ›