Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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January 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, ants, Biomimetics, biomimicry, complexity, creativity, Darwinism, Francis Bacon, geckos, intelligent design, natural design, nature, peer review, PLOS ONE, Research, scientific revolutions}

Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?

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January 8, 2019

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, academic freedom, Arabic, Darwinian evolution, Dean Kenyon, Eric Hedin, free speech, Galileo Galilei, Germany, Giordano Bruno, Granville Sewell, Greek, Günter Bechly, Latin, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic, Rome, Scott Minnich, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Unbelievable}

In Unbelievable, Mike Keas Highlights Myths and Realities of Anti-Science Persecution

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 7, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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The point of Dr. Keas’s book is historical but also very timely: Scientists who challenge materialism today face discrimination as heretics that squelches their research and teaching. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, BioLogos, Chris Mooney, Clergy Letter Project, dialogue, Dover trial, evolution, evolutionary creationism, faith, Francis Collins, scientists}

From American Association for the Advancement of Science, Condescension Disguised as “Dialogue”

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 7, 2019

Faith & Science, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Honestly, the scientific establishment would do better by sticking to science. Read More ›

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Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
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, __k-review, ATP, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, chirality, Clemens Richert, Darwinism, DNA, early Earth, enzymes, Georgia Tech, Joseph Hooker, Leslie Orgel, Nature Communications, Nicholas Hud, nucleotides, plausibility, polymers, RNA, Steven Benner, Susan Mazur, The Origin of Life Circus, University of Florida}

Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

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January 7, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 6, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, breast cancer, death certificate, death cult, euthanasia, HIV, legalization, lethal prescription, malpractice, medical conscience, New Mexico, nurse, patients, physician assistant, physicians, telemedicine, terminal illness}

New Mexico’s Radical Assisted Suicide Legislation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 6, 2019

Medicine

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The assisted suicide movement is akin to a death cult. The ultimate ideological point isn’t to provide a last resort escape for the imminently dying. Read More ›

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Date
January 5, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, Harvard University, ID the Future, intelligent design, paradigm shift, podcast, post-docs, underground}

Listen: Brian Miller on the Intelligent Design Underground

_{Science and Culture
January 5, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Compared to other major paradigm shifts in science history, ID is right on track. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
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, __k-review, Brooklyn, Buddhism, Buddhist monks, China, climate change, earth, Martin Luther King, mental illness, misanthropy, obituary, suicide, Tibet, World Health Organization}

Romanticizing a Suicide “for the Earth”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2019

Bioethics

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The harsh fact is that Buckel’s suicide was futile. It won’t make a whit of difference toward improving the environment. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, common ancestor, DNA, dolphins, education, fruit flies, humans, mice, molecular sequences, mutations, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian theory, orphan genes, phylogeny, primates, Tree of Life, University of Utah, video, water fleas, whales, yeast}

Evolution Miseducation at the University of Utah

_{Jonathan Wells
January 4, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

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If you want your sons and daughters to be well educated about evolution, then hope their biology teachers don’t rely on materials from the Genetic Science Learning Center. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, E.O. Wilson, eugenics, Francis Collins, human experimentation, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, morality, Owen Gingerich, Racism, Scientific American, scientific revolution, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson, warfare}

Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2019

Ethics, Faith & Science

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Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›

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Date
January 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, biologists, Charles Darwin, common descent, complexity, computer scientists, Darwinian evolution, dependency graph, engines, evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming, human intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Behe, natural selection, neuroevolution, simulations, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, Winston Ewert}

Why We Don’t Evolve Software: A Computer Scientist Considers Darwinian Theory

_{Science and Culture
January 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Software engineers are trained in design principles, and also have real experience of how complex functional systems appear and change constructively. Read More ›