Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, adulthood, anti-humanism, C.S. Lewis, George Gilder, James Le Fanu, Michael Aeschliman, responsibility, The Restoration of Man}

Species Dysphoria: Former Archbishop of Canterbury on Aeschliman’s Restoration of Man

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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An observation by Rowan Williams, that many of us “don’t want to be human,” is a profound insight. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, act, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Five Ways, Jerry Coyne, law of non-contradiction, mechanical philosophy, nature, potency, pre-Socratic philosophers, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Thomas Aquinas, Werner Heisenberg}

Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
October 2, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Arizona State University, cetaceans, chloroquine resistance, Darwin Devolves, devolution, DNA, dolphins, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Italy, macroevolution, malaria, microevolution, Paul Davies, Paul Nelson, Richard Lenski, University of Connecticut, University of Glasgow, whales}

Darwin Devolves — Evidence Keeps Rolling In

_{Michael Behe
October 2, 2019

Evolution

4}

The second paper is an in-depth look at genetic changes associated with the evolution of whales and dolphins. They found a lot of devolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, Amazon, Brazil, capitalism, China, Communists, Donald Trump, ecocide, evolution, fish, free market, genocide, grass, human rights, insects, mice, nature rights, New York Times, people, snakes, The Hague}

With Amazon Fires as a Pretext, “Ecocide” Advocacy Goes Mainstream

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 2, 2019

Bioethics

4}

Radical environmentalists intend to thwart human thriving in order to “save the planet.” Read More ›

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post

Date
October 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, ID the Future, intelligent design, larvae, mantis shrimp, podcast}

Intelligent Design: A Gift that Keeps on Giving

_{Science & Culture
October 2, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The humble dandelion’s seeds are so optimized for lift and flight time that scientists wonder about borrowing its design for parachutes. Read More ›

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Date
October 1, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biochemists, bioRxiv, central dogma, ENCODE, functionality, genetic code, histone code, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, polypeptides, superheroes, University of Washington}

Researchers Spot a New Code in Disordered Proteins

_{Science & Culture
October 1, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The scientists call heat shock proteins “nature’s ‘first responders’ to cellular stress.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 30, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Christianity, Daniel Dennett, Darwinists, evolution, inference, Islam, Jerry Coyne, Plato, Richard Dawkins, Saint Augustine, Siberia, Sir David Attenborough, Stephen Hawking, Summa Theologica, theism, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, totalitarianism}

Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne

_{Michael Egnor
September 30, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Scientific Reasoning

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The design we infer in nature is an insight we abstract from our senses, but the inference itself is acquired by our reason. Read More ›

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Date
September 29, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Cambridge, Douglas Axe, England, Eric Metaxas, ID the Future, intelligent design, intuition, podcast, polarization, science, Unbelievable}

Douglas Axe on Polarized Science, the Reliability of the Design Intuition, and More

_{Science & Culture
September 29, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Axe continues his conversation with radio host Eric Metaxas. Read More ›

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Date
September 28, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Cambridge, Douglas Axe, England, Eric Metaxas, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, radio, Undeniable (book)}

Douglas Axe on the Human Element in Science

_{Science & Culture
September 28, 2019

Biology, Evolution

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On the radio with Eric Metaxas, Dr. Axe explains how he lost his research position in Cambridge over the evolution controversy. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
September 27, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, agnosticism, Christians, Darwinian theory, evolution, gerald schroeder, Germany, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Israel, Japan, Jerusalem, Jews, materialism, Michael Behe, Middle East, Paul Nelson, Russia, Siegfried Scherer, Stephen Meyer, teleology, theism}

ID Meeting in Israel — Next Year in Jerusalem?

_{Daniel Reeves
September 27, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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This was a remarkably cross-disciplinary dialogue among physicists, chemists, biologists, neuroscientists, as well as philosophers and historians of science. Read More ›