Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 3, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, 'Oumuamua, alien life, carbon-based life, CNN, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, Harvard University, image, intelligent ETs, McGill University, Michael Egnor, Neil deGrasse Tyson, planetary fine-tuning, prestige, Science Uprising, scientists, solar system, Toronto, UFOs, Undark}

‘Oumuamua Revisited: Prospect of Intelligent Aliens Puts Materialists in a Pickle

_{David Klinghoffer
July 3, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

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A mysterious oblong object, ‘Oumuamua, was observed a couple of years ago, transiting across the Solar System. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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Consultation: University of Toronto Psychiatrist Takes on Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Dr. Egnor gently points out that Dr. Ali has stumbled in understanding both what abstract thought means and what happens in certain rare cases of seizure. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __edited, abortion, Big Bang, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, culture, Darwinists, euthanasia, Frank Tipler, government funding, history, human life, infanticide, materialism, Richard Weikart, Singularity, The Death of Humanity}

An “Impersonal Universe” and Its Consequences

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Physicist Frank Tipler, as I noted earlier today, provocatively personalizes the Singularity, the beginning point or moment from which the universe burst forth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, Frank Tipler, intelligent design, physical reality, prejudice, Singularity, supernatural, Tulane University, universe}

What — Or Who? — Is the Singularity?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2019

Physical Sciences, Physics

2}

I had thought of the Singularity as an event, to which the universe — physical reality — traces back at the moment of the Big Bang. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, Blaise Pascal, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, heavens, humans, intelligent design, John Donne, Milky Way, Moon, planets, religion, Science Uprising, stars, Wall Street Journal}

The Empty Heavens — Two Ways to Look at It

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2019

Astronomy, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Adam Kirsch over the weekend had a thoughtful essay in the Wall Street Journal, meditating on the coming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __edited, academic freedom, Australia, culture, Darwinian evolution, evolutionary theory, faculty, free speech, Peter Ridd, Student Academic Freedom in Science resolution, students, The Conversation, United States, universities, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney}

More Victories for Academic Freedom…Down Under

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 1, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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It seems that a movement of support for academic freedom is rising in Australia. I hope it makes its way to the United States. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __edited, cells, Craig Venter, DNA, Douglas Axe, human soul, information, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, materialists, molecules, narrator, protocells, researchers, Science Uprising, scientists, Stephen Meyer, synthetic organic chemistry}

On the Origin of Life, Science Uprising Helps Break a Poisonous Spell

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2019

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Professor Tour is a personality to be reckoned with, pouring steely scorn on his colleagues who study, and mislead, about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, cells, Craig Venter, DNA, Douglas Axe, human soul, information, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, materialists, molecules, narrator, protocells, researchers, Science Uprising, scientists, Stephen Meyer, synthetic organic chemistry}

On the Origin of Life, Science Uprising Helps Break a Poisonous Spell

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2019

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

3}

Professor Tour is a personality to be reckoned with, pouring steely scorn on his colleagues who study, and mislead, about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 30, 2019

Categories
Geology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, archaea, astrobiology, Australia, bacteria, carbon monoxide, creation myth, cyanide, DNA, enzymes, genetic code, Hollywood, information, intelligence, iron, materialism, meteorites}

Astrobiology: Searching for the Origin of Life, In All the Wrong Places

_{Michael Egnor
June 30, 2019

Geology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Astrobiologists think they may have found where life came from — cyanide in meteorites! Read More ›

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Date
June 30, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __edited, brain, brain imaging, Discovery Institute, eliminative materialism, human mind, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, neurosurgeon, podcast, science, Science Uprising, surgery, video, Walter Bradley Center}

Egnor Uprising: A Neurosurgon Takes on Materialism

_{Science and Culture
June 30, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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One currently common view, eliminative materialism, says there is nothing to the mind except what goes on in the brain. Read More ›