Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 4, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Biocomplexity and Teleology in Nature, conference, cosmic fine-tuning, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, materialism, nature, neo-Darwinian mechanism, quantum mechanics, Siegfried Scherer, symposium, teleology, Zentrum für BioKomplexität & NaturTeleologie}

Why a New Center on Teleology in Nature?

_{Günter Bechly
June 4, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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Clearly a naturalistic bias is at work here and imposes a limit on the spectrum of alternative explanations that is even considered to be permissible. Read More ›

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Author
Kelley J. Unger

Date
June 3, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Center for Science and Culture, colleges, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, education, educators, English, high school, intelligent design, science, scientists, Seattle, students, Summer Seminars, universities}

What Is a Parent to Do? Here’s What

_{Kelley J. Unger
June 3, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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“Is there any university where my child will be taught a breadth of ideas about the origins of life?” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 3, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Alabama, evolution, free speech, intelligent design, legislation, public education, students, teachers, universities}

Alabama Legislature Passes Bill Supporting University Academic Freedom

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 3, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

2}

Kudos to Alabama for making free speech a priority in public education! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 3, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Austria, Brazil, Brian Miller, causal circularity, Charles Thaxton, China, David Gelernter, Discovery Institute, Europe, fossil record, Germany, Günter Bechly, hominins, intelligent design, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Chaberek, Michael Denton, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, protein folds, São Paulo, Siegfried Scherer, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, United States, University of Stockholm, Walter Bradley, Yale University}

“Teleology in Nature” Gains a Beachhead in Germany

_{David Klinghoffer
June 3, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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As with Discovery Institute, the Zentrum plans to pursue its work not from a faith perspective but from a scientific one. Read More ›

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Date
June 3, 2019

Categories
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

Categories
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

1}

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

Categories
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

2}

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

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __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

4}

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
Tagged
, __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
Tagged
, __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 ›