Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 14, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Dan Graur, Darwinian scientists, ENCODE, ERVs, evolution, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Long Story Short, non-coding DNA, onions, predictions, pseudogenes, science stopper, The Codes of Life, University of Houston}

New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 14, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, analogy, animal behavior, ants, beetles, behavior, brains, electronic circuits, entomology, hummingbirds, microinsects, miniaturization, Neural Networks, neurons, nucleus, semiconductors, synapses, wasps}

By Design: Brain Miniaturization in Some Very Small Insects

_{Eric Cassell
January 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

10}

Does reduced brain size affect the behavior of animals? The answer appears to be that there is no effect. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", animals, bears, books, Casey Luskin, chihuahua, DNA, evolution, fiction, Foresight (book), foxes, genes, How Life Works, intelligent design, machines, Marcos Eberlin, meaning, Oskar Schindler, otters, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, Science and Faith in Dialogue, self-sacrifice, work, writing}

The End of the Machine Metaphor?

_{Emily Reeves
January 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

11}

Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, algae, aliens, astrobiologists, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, chance, Christianity, European Space Agency, extraterrestrial life, Guillermo Gonzalez, Holy Grail, intelligent design, Jay Richards, materialists, methodological materialism, Milky Way, NASA, natural laws, natural selection, space exploration, The Privileged Planet}

God and the Odds of ET

_{Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2025

Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

9}

There is a rational and intellectually defensible strategy for maintaining a measure of optimism about the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, cosmic rays, cosmos, dark matter, Energy, foresight, galaxies, Geraint Lewis, intelligent design, junk DNA, Luke Barnes, Michael Guillen, Milky Way, particles, photons, planets, predictions, proton, purpose, radiation, science fiction, spaceships, stars, universe}

Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

_{Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

7}

Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 12, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, culture, film, futurists, ID the Future, John West, morals, podcast, science, theme parks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney and Live Action, worldview}

Walt Disney’s Views on Science and Its Dangers

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 12, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

2}

Disney’s worldview was an interesting blend of 19th-century morals with a 21st-century vision for science and technology. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animatronics, animism, dinosaurs, evolution, evolutionary history, Fantasia, ID the Future, John West, materialism, podcast, rationalism, The Rite of Spring, theme parks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney and Live Action}

Walt Disney’s Views on Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

2}

On the Magic Skyway, animatronics were used to tell stories of ages past, from the age of the dinosaurs to the arrival of man. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, Design Inference, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary computing, fitness, intelligent design, mount improbable, Nature (journal), Peter Robinson, Richard Dawkins, shell game, simulation, Tesla, The Blind Watchmaker, Thomas Ray, Thomas Schneider, William Shakespeare}

The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

_{William A. Dembski
January 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

14}

In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authority, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge, COVID-19, culture, denial, England, John West, lockdowns, pandemic, scientism, United States, worship}

John West: How C. S. Lewis Anticipated Our Experience of Scientism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

I was shocked during Covid by the way healthy respect for science shaded rapidly into cowering submission and unquestioning scientistic worship of authority. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alister McGrath, Annabel Lustig, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Darwinism, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Douglas Axe, evolution, Flower Power, Great Britain, Honest to God, John Robinson, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Michael Behe, mount improbable, natural selection, Richard Dawkins, Rudolf Bultmann, The Selfish Gene}

How Darwinism Dodges the Iceberg

_{Neil Thomas
January 10, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

17}

When I viewed the stranded vessel in 1992 it looked remarkably well preserved, but of course functionally it was a mere “zombie” craft. Read More ›