Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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June 3, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, biological origins, free will, illusion, Instagram, Jay Richards, Kool-Aid, love, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, morality, myths, Neil deGrasse Tyson, reality, Richard Dawkins, Science Uprising, scientists, soul}

First Episode of Science Uprising Is Out: Fake Science and Toxic Materialism

_{Science and Culture
June 3, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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What if the way the culture directs us to think about our own biological origins is based on a vast, highly influential myth? Read More ›

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Date
June 2, 2019

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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, cosmic fine-tuning, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Eric Metaxas, ID the Future}

Listen: Eric Metaxas on the Miracle of a Fine-Tuned Universe

_{Science and Culture
June 2, 2019

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Metaxas also discusses another thing he finds amazing: that so many people think the progress of science means the retreat of religion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2019

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Arts
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __nedited, artificial intelligence, Charles Darwin, CNN, computer, creativity, extrapolation, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, machines, Mind Matters, MIT, Neural Networks, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II, rules}

Robert Marks: Why “Edmond de Belamy” Is Bunk

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2019

Arts, Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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It has to do with the difference between interpolation and extrapolation. Read More ›

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Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Science Education
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, __k-review, Cambridge University, classroom, critical thinking, debate, denialism, education, evolution, extraterrestrials, Forbes, ID the Future, neo-Darwinian theory, Paul Nelson, scholars, scientific literature, scientists}

Indoctrination or Debate? How to Teach Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 31, 2019

Science Education

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A course in “Science and Nonsense” is intended to persuade, to herd students toward approved opinions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Technology
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, __k-review, BBC, bees, blindness, developing world, fungus, GMO, Golden Rice, insects, malaria, mosquito, Science (journal), unintended consequences}

GMO Fungus Mass Kills Malaria Mosquitoes

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2019

Life Sciences, Technology

3}

Anti-humanists would rather that children die of malaria than allow a fungus to be modified genetically. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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, __k-review, abstract thought, abstractions, animals, challenge, Darwinian theory, dictionary, humans, Jeffrey Shallit, mathematician, mercy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, Oxford English Dictionary}

More on Animals and Their “Reasoning”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 31, 2019

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Whether your dog can philosophize is not a puzzle you need to look to the Oxford English Dictionary to resolve. Read More ›

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Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, actin filaments, antibiotic resistance, ATP synthase, bacterial flagella, cells, clathrin, coat proteins, cytoskeleton, electricity, extracellular matrix, intelligent design, membrane channels, microtubules, Nature Scientific Reports, receptors, voltage}

Welcome to the Electric Cell

_{Science and Culture
May 31, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Chemical signaling in the cell is fairly well known, but what about electrical signaling? Is a cell wired like an electrical network? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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, __k-review, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, Center for Bioethics and Culture, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Jennifer Lahl, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, Asa Gray, bacteria, cancer, cells, chance, Charles Darwin, evolution, genes, Harvard University, infectious disease, Michael Denton, microbes, Modern Synthesis, mutagenesis, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, organisms, PLoS Genetics, wind}

PLOS Genetics Asks: “What Is a Mutation?”

_{Paul Nelson
May 30, 2019

Evolution

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What if there is genuine directionality in mutation? An important paper addresses the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Botany
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
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, __k-review, animals, bacteria, biologist, birds, bugs, chemicals, evolution, evolutionary biologists, foresight, genetic code, Howard Glicksman, human life, intelligent design, mass spectrometry, migration, molecules}

How Life Looks and How It Works: Thoughts on Eberlin’s Foresight

_{Howard Glicksman
May 30, 2019

Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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He concludes that “evolutionary ‘just so’ stories” are examples of “wishful thinking starved of molecular details.” Read More ›