Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

Photo: A leafy sea dragon, by Sylke Rohrlach from Sydney [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2019

Categories
Arts
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __nedited, active information, algorithms, artificial intelligence, California, computer simulations, computers, creativity, curator, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, entrepreneurship, evolution, George Gilder, human creativity, inspiration, intelligent design, Michael Behe, programmer, Robert J. Marks II, science, Steve Forbes, William A. Dembski}

Robert Marks on Evolution and Creativity

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2019

Arts, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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In our culture, crossing a range of thought disciplines, one views says that AI, entrepreneurship, and evolution can dispense with creativity. The algorithm is all! Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
May 23, 2019

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __nedited, Alfred Wegener, Aristotle, biodiversity, Continental Drift, Copernicus, Darwinists, desert, Donald Brownlee, earth, exoplanets, heliocentrism, James Kasting, lithosphere, magnetic field, Mars, Milky Way, Peter Ward, plate tectonics, subduction, sun, Venus, volcanism}

Plate Tectonics: Why Life Is Served on Plates

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
May 23, 2019

Environment & Climate, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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The ground under your feet is literally moving. The continents are drifting apart near an average rate of one inch per year. Read More ›

Crop close up of unhappy young couple sit separate have problems in relationship think of breakup or divorce. Upset man and woman family lovers avoid talking suffer from cheating in relation troubles.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 22, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, dating, evolution, evolutionists, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, ID the Future, Neo-Darwinism, Paul Nelson, podcast}

An Unhappy Couple: Paul Nelson Reports on the Cambridge “Evolution Evolving” Meeting

_{David Klinghoffer
May 22, 2019

Evolution

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Nelson offers a comparison from the world of dating. We’ve all seen it: the supposedly content pair where one partner is in fact clearly “looking around.” Read More ›

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Author
Marcos Eberlin

Date
May 22, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Doubt, devolution, epigenetic inheritance, evolution, fitness, foresight, fossil record, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, molecular machines, mutations, natural genetic engineering, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, punctuated equilibrium, Royal Society, self-organization, Stephen Meyer, University of Cambridge}

Game of Thrones: As Darwinism Dissolves, Top Evolutionists Scramble for a Successor

_{Marcos Eberlin
May 22, 2019

Evolution

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A meeting at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, sought to encourage novel thinking about evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 22, 2019

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, biological information, Brazil, cosmos, Darwinian evolution, foresight, intelligent design, life, Marcos Eberlin, mind, mindless processes, Nobel Prize, planning, problems, purpose, Seattle, solutions, specified complexity}

Marcos Eberlin: How Foresight Builds on Past Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
May 22, 2019

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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Life and the cosmos were evidently designed by a mind with the ability to look forward, toward the future, and anticipate problems which could then be addressed before they come up. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
May 22, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Apple iPhones, atoms, cars, civilization, compensation argument, computers, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian processes, earth, entropy, intelligence, intelligent design, libraries, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, mutations, natural selection, nuclear power plants, Physics Essays, Second Law of Thermodynamics, tornado, unintelligent forces, Universal Darwinism}

Two Schemes to Defeat the Second Law

_{Granville Sewell
May 22, 2019

Physical Sciences, Physics

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I also have a scheme that I believe can defeat the generalized second law. My scheme is called “intelligence.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 21, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Canada, common law, contraception, Court of Appeals, doctors, euthanasia, First Amendment, freedom of religion, health care, Hippocratic Oath, lethal injection, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medical conscience, Ontario, patients, religious beliefs, Roman Catholic, socialized medicine}

Canada Court: Doctors Must Euthanize, Abort, or Refer

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 21, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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The culture of death brooks no dissent. In Canada, doctors have been ordered to bend the knee. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 21, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, common descent, creationism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, divine image, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, intelligent design, John Derbyshire, materialism, Neanderthals, Race Realism, Racism, savages, soul, subhumans, The Descent of Man, Walter Bradley Center}

Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 21, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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You think if Darwinian theory had emerged not in the dark age of the 19th century but in our own woke era, it would be different? No, it wouldn’t. Read More ›

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Date
May 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, adenosine triphosphate, amino-acid sequences, ATP synthase, Douglas Axe, eukaryotic cells, hydrolysis, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, Irreducible Complexity, John E. Walker, mitochondria, molecular motor, Nobel Prize, PNAS, polypeptides, proteins, rotary engine, sequence hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Undeniable (book)}

Orderly Disorder: A Molecular Motor Regulated by IDP

_{Science and Culture
May 21, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are common in cells. Can a disordered protein regulate a molecular motor? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, anti-Semitism, conservatives, evolution, From Darwin to Hitler, guilt by association, hypocrisy, John Derbyshire, Michael Behe, National Review, Nazi Party, Race Realism, Racism, Razib Khan, Richard Weikart, The Unz Review, VDare}

The Return of John Derbyshire

_{David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Genetics

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The thread of what the alt-right calls “Race Realism” has never been completely absent from Darwinian theorizing. Read More ›