Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, anti-humanism, Chippewa, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, environmentalism, flora, Frank Bibeau, manoomin, nature, Ojibwe, right to life}

A Right to Life — For Wild Rice

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2019

Bioethics

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I believe that time is growing short to throttle this advocacy thrust. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Brian Miller, conflict myth, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin Devolves, Eric Metaxas, faith, Guillermo Gonzalez, James Tour, Jay Richards, John West, materialism, Michael Behe, Michael Keas, Rice University, science, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, Unbelievable, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

Dallas and Westminster Conferences Tackle Science-Religion “Warfare Myth”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 25, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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As Jay Richards recounts, James Tour was absolutely “on fire” at the Dallas Conference, ferociously critiquing facile materialist origin-of-life theories. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, conservatism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, emotions, homework, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, Michael Behe, National Review, Nature (journal), novelty, PNAS, Science (journal), Scott Minnich, University of Idaho, William F. Buckley Jr.}

Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves — When You’re Ready to Think for Yourself

_{David Klinghoffer
January 25, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The idea that scientists are like tribal elders, to be respected and never questioned, much less smirked at (God forbid), is one possible perspective. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Ajit Varki, Albert Einstein, animals, Anolis lizard, bread, cheese, chimpanzees, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, fire, human origins, humans, intelligence, Internet, iPhone, John West, Neanderthals, Noam Chomsky, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Thomas Nagel, tools, University of Pennsylvania}

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

_{Ann Gauger
January 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 24, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, budding yeast, cells, Creative Evolution, cytoplasm, function, intelligent design, introns, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, mRNA, Nature (journal), Oxford University Press, predictions, proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, splicing, The Myth of Junk DNA, W. Ford Doolittle}

As Predicted by Intelligent Design, “Junk” Introns Are Actually Functional

_{Casey Luskin
January 24, 2019

Intelligent Design

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ID proponents have long predicted that functions would be uncovered for such non-coding DNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 23, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Annie Hall, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, Marshall McLuhan}

Michael Behe’s Marshall McLuhan Moment

_{David Klinghoffer
January 23, 2019

Intelligent Design

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It's like the scene from Annie Hall with Kevin Williamson as the pretentious moviegoer in line with Woody Allen. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 23, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Bill Nye, Christianity, cosmos, faith, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Mike Keas, Moshe Averick, Stephen Hawking, Unbelievable}

In Unbelievable, Science Historian Michael Keas Debunks the Atheist “Big Myth”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 23, 2019

Physical Sciences

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Hawking, Nye and other atheists argue that because the universe is so large, a God interested in a relationship with us seems impossible. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
January 23, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biologists, C.S. Lewis, conservatives, Criticism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, evolution, intelligent design, invisible, James A. Shapiro, Jerry Coyne, John Milton, Kevin Williamson, logic, National Review, poetry, T.S. Eliot}

On Intelligent Design, Do Your Own Homework. Make Up Your Own Mind.

_{Michael Behe
January 23, 2019

Evolution

5}

C.S. Lewis encountered an objection to his literary criticism analogous to Kevin Williamson’s and explored its underlying logic. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", Darwinian theory, David Klinghoffer, debate, Douglas Axe, human life, ideology, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kevin Williamson, lawyers, Michael Behe, natural selection, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Research, science, Stephen Meyer, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Stifling the Intelligent Design Debate Is Bad Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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Kevin Williamson deploys an absurd reductionist construct of the ID field as consisting of ideological assertions by “lawyers” and “amateurs.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 22, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, Cambrian Explosion, complexity, Darwinism, fact-checking, Gerd Müller, incorrigibility, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, National Review, Neo-Darwinism, novelty, peer-reviewed, peer-reviewed literature, University of Vienna}

Self-Induced Blindness: Round 3 with Kevin Williamson

_{David Klinghoffer
January 22, 2019

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Of course, an allergy to conceding error is not unique to ID opponents, but it is typical of them. Read More ›