Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 30, 2019

Categories
Geology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __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

3}

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
Tagged
, __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

1}

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

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 29, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, "rational suicide", AIDS, assisted suicide, Associated Press, culture, elder suicide, elderly, euthanasia, Kaiser Health News, leukemia, New Jersey, New York Times, palliative care, Philadelphia, suicide, taboos, University of Rochester, Washington Post}

Washington Post Boosts Elderly “Rational Suicide”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2019

Bioethics, Science Reporting

5}

The story ends with the phone number of a suicide prevention hotline. That’s just a sop after potentially putting lethal ideas into readers’ heads. Read More ›

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Date
June 28, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Denmark, DNA, environmental DNA, intelligent design, Nature (journal), Norwich, soil, University of East Anglia}

Environmental DNA: Information Covers the Globe

_{Science and Culture
June 28, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

If these codes were written large on paper, it would be like walking on piles of blueprints and dictionaries at every step. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 28, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, Albert Einstein, Australia, Charles Darwin, climate change, evolutionary theory, Great Barrier Reef, James Cook University, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, Peter Ridd, Science Uprising, scientists, United States}

Judge Calls for Academic Freedom…in Australia

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 28, 2019

Scientific Freedom

3}

Wow! That is some stirring prose. The reference to Darwin is ironic, though. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 28, 2019

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, apes, Ball State University, Bijan Nemati, Darwinian theory, David Lloyd, evolution, fear, Frank Tipler, freedom from religion foundation, Guy Fawkes, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Lawrence Krauss, mask, materialism, Michael Egnor, robots, Sam Harris, Science Uprising, scientists, self, Stony Brook University, University of Chicago, V for Vendetta}

What’s Up with the Science Uprising Mask?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 28, 2019

Physics, Scientific Freedom

4}

Scanning down through the comments section under his post, I noticed a puzzled remark from one reader. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, abstract thought, atheism, brain, debate, epilepsy, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Neural Networks, neuroscience, psychiatry, Science Uprising, Stony Brook University, Wikipedia, Wilder Penfield}

Materialism Totters — Neural Network Theory to the Rescue?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

3}

From Dr. Faizal Ali, it looks like another case of Materialism-of-the-Gaps reasoning. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 27, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Brave New World, cannabis, CRISPR, genetic engineering, government funding, human embryos, marijuana, National Academy of Sciences, Nature (journal), petri dish, Royal Society, scientists}

A Push for Licenses to Genetically Engineer Human Beings

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 27, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

We can’t trust “the scientists” to do the right thing because over the years too many have proven unworthy. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
June 27, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, anus, axon, brain, Darwinists, Doctor's Diary (series), embryo, eye, heart, intelligent design, lips, locomotion, nerve cells, nervous system, neurons, optic nerves, pain, pressure, sexual organs, spine, stomach, temperature, vibration}

Doctor’s Diary: The Design of the Human Nervous System

_{Geoffrey Simmons
June 27, 2019

Intelligent Design, Medicine

5}

Our skin and our insides are laced with an invisible, highly sophisticated, selective, neurological netting. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
June 26, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, dimensions, geometry, imagination, immaterial, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, supernatural, theism}

Stranger on a Plane: Lessons from Flatland

_{Walter Myers III
June 26, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

6}

In 1884, English clergyman Edwin A. Abbott published a work of scientific and mathematical fantasy. Read More ›