Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Carl Sagan, cosmic fine-tuning, evolution, extraterrestrial life, intelligent design, James Tour, Lawrence Krauss, life, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, morality, multiverse, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Privileged Species, rational powers, reproductive cloning, soul, Stephen Meyer, Yale University}

Three Things Materialists Can’t Do Without

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2019

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

4}

Further requirements could be listed, including some even more horrific than cloning. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 9, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Brights, cosmos, David Klinghoffer, eugenics, Ezekiel, Gaia, hate, human body, human life, human mind, Isaiah, John Milton, mankind, misanthropy, New Atheists, Paradise Lost, pride, Richard Dawkins, Sigmund Freud}

Milton and the Psychology of Materialism

_{Michael Egnor
July 9, 2019

Biochemistry, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

4}

It is basically the denial of human exceptionalism. That is, it is hatred of man, in practically every way imaginable. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, evolution, intelligent design, McCaw Hall, Michael Behe, Science Uprising, Seattle Center}

Celebrate with Us! Watch Michael Behe Livestreaming Wednesday at 7:30 Pacific

_{David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Professor Behe’s book sparked an epic series of disputations with scientists determined to defend traditional Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, computer science, conservatives, culture, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith, female, Florence, genders, Hoover Institution, Italy, male, National Review, nature, Peter Robinson, Razib Khan, science, species, Stanford University, Uncommon Knowledge, Yale University}

My Gift to You: David Berlinski Interviewed by Peter Robinson

_{David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy

4}

Berlinski’s plea is that the grave contradictions between evolution and evidence at least be forthrightly admitted. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, abstract thought, brain, cloning, DNA, embryos, gestation, human cloning, intellect, mammals, matter, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, proteins, scientific evidence, somatic cell nuclear transfer, testability, Wesley J. Smith, will}

Egnor: How to Test Materialist Theories of Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

A premise here is that abstract thought is a unique human endowment, so our colleague Wesley Smith will also find this of interest as a scientific test of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, Georgia Tech, James Tour, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Matthew Herron, mystery, Nature Communications, prebiotic chemistry, Rice University, Science Uprising, scientific theory}

It’s the Severity or the Nature of the Mystery of Life’s Origin that Is Unacknowledged

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

5}

Matthew Herron tweets, “Tell me more about this unacknowledged mystery!” and offers cases where scientists seemingly admitted the mystery of OOL. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, Georgia Tech, James Tour, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Matthew Herron, mystery, Nature Communications, prebiotic chemistry, Rice University, Science Uprising, scientific theory}

It’s the Severity or the Nature of the Mystery of Life’s Origin that Is Unacknowledged

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

5}

Matthew Herron tweets, “Tell me more about this unacknowledged mystery!” and offers cases where scientists seemingly admitted the mystery of OOL. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, bacteria, Caltech, Darwin Devolves, devolution, E. coli, evolution, genes, Hollywood, hype, intelligent design, laymen, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, moviemakers, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, New York Times, Phillip E. Johnson, Science Uprising, scientists, X-Men}

New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution

4}

The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, bacteria, Caltech, Darwin Devolves, devolution, E. coli, evolution, genes, Hollywood, hype, intelligent design, laymen, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, moviemakers, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, New York Times, Phillip E. Johnson, Science Uprising, scientists, X-Men}

New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution

4}

The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, anxiety, Christianity, Denyse O'Leary, illusion, J.P. Moreland, mental disorders, mind, Mind Matters, peace, pills, psychiatry, soul, terror, The Stream}

Moreland, Witt: Not “All Body,” but Not “All Spirit” Either

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2019

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

2}

The materialist idea that you are “all body” — nothing but matter — is hardly more dangerous than the opposite idea, that you are “all spirit.” Read More ›