Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
January 19, 2019

Categories
History of Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Bill Nye, C.S. Lewis, earth, ID the Future, ISI Books, Judeo-Christian tradition, Michael Keas, Old Testament, podcast, Psalms, rigged game, theists, theology, Unbelievable, universe}

Listen: No, Bill Nye, a Big Cosmos Isn’t a Problem for Religion

_{Science and Culture
January 19, 2019

History of Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Bill Nye recently dusted off this old saw, but the Old Testament itself, in the Psalms, depicts man and the Earth as tiny in compared to a vast universe. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 18, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, Dallas, Darwinian theory, discrimination, gravitation, Herbert Spencer, Hiroshima, Human Zoos, intelligent design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, materialism, Nagasaki, progress, Racism, science, scientific racism, scientism, Strength to Love}

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
January 18, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

4}

Dr. King was sharply critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke forcefully against the idea that humans are the products of a blind material process. Read More ›

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Date
January 18, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, A Meaningful World, Atacama Desert, beauty, Benjamin Wiker, Burgess Shale, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, Chile, China, Crustacea, Darwin's Doubt, DNA, euarthropod, evolution, Ferris Jabr, insects, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, MIT, Ohio State University, Periodic Table, sexual selection, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, water, wildflowers}

Early Cambrian Complexity and Other News

_{Science and Culture
January 18, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Stephen Meyer’s case for intelligent design in Darwin’s Doubt keeps getting vindicated by new fossils. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 17, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Alan Guth, Albert Einstein, Alexander Vilenkin, atheism, Big Bang, Doppler shift, Fred Hoyle, galaxies, General Theory of Relativity, Hubble’s Law, Mount Wilson Observatory, Primeval Atom, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, theism, universe, Vesto Slipher}

Proper Credit — Who Discovered Hubble’s Law?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 17, 2019

Astronomy, Cosmology, Physical Sciences

3}

Many leading scientists of the day realized the implication of the cosmic expansion — there was a beginning! Read More ›

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Date
January 17, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, Brownian motion, carvings, complex specified information, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, George D. Montañez, Giant’s Causeway, Robert J. Marks II, specification, specified complexity, surprise, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Measuring Surprise — A Frontier of Design Theory

_{Science and Culture
January 17, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The carvings look sustained (there are many of them) and deliberate, unlike creases created by splitting and pitting of surfaces over ages. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, choice, crime, evil, free will, genes, good, human dignity, Jerry Coyne, justice, morality, neurotransmitters, punishment, totalitarianism}

Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
January 17, 2019

Bioethics

4}

Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 16, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Commentary, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, deplorables, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Firing Line, Gertrude Himmelfarb, intelligent design, Irving Kristol, James A. Shapiro, Kevin Williamson, National Review, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard John Neuhaus, Royal Society, Signature in the Cell, snobbery, Texas, The Information Enigma, Tom Wolfe, Wesley Smith, Whittaker Chambers, William F. Buckley Jr., Witness}

Kevin Williamson on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 16, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

No intellectually challenging idea has attracted more uninformed criticism than ID. Read More ›

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Date
January 16, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biosignatures, Darwinian evolution, Eiffel Tower, exoplanets, extraterrestrials, Golden Fleece Award, Guillermo Gonzalez, information, intelligent design, Jay Richards, JPL, methodological naturalism, Mount Rushmore, NASA, natural phenomena, SETI, technosignatures, The Privileged Planet, Universe Today, William Proxmire, Wired}

Government Funds…Intelligent Design?

_{Science and Culture
January 16, 2019

Physical Sciences

8}

“Technosignatures” is just abstruse enough to evade most Congressional waste hunters. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's Doubt, Eric Metaxas, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, Jay Richards, radio, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Texas}

Steve Meyer: Dallas, a Hub for ID, Will Host a Major Conference This Weekend; Don’t Miss It!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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There’s still time to join us for the Dallas Conference — you can pre-register through 5 pm CST, today. Or come as a walk-up. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, brains, California, computers, consciousness, Darwinism, Disinherit the Wind, Hollywood, homeostasis, John West, life, Matt Chait, meditation, Purpose and Design, Scott Turner, starfish, University of California, Yiddish}

Darwin Doubting Playwright Matt Chait Returns to the Hollywood Stage

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2019

Scientific Freedom

3}

Chait writes smart, concise dialogue on these subjects, and seems to have learned more than a thing or two from biologist Scott Turner’s recent book, Purpose and Desire. Read More ›