Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 7, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, demarcation criteria, elementary particles, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, methodological naturalism, nature, science, Science Uprising, Stephen Meyer, truth}

Watch: Stephen Meyer Expertly Punctures the Rule of Methodological Naturalism

_{David Klinghoffer
June 7, 2019

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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The rule, as he explains, is arbitrary. True, the designing agent inferred by ID theory is not directly observable, but neither are the elementary particles. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, British Columbia, dehydration, depression, doctors, euthanasia, homicide, lethal injection, medical treatment, Netherlands, palliative care, Politico, PTSD, self-starvation, Twitter, VSED}

Why VSED Is Indeed Abetted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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On June 4, news outlets around the world reported that Dutch doctors euthanized a 17-year-old rape victim who suffered from severe PTSD, depression, and anorexia. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 6, 2019

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, data, definition, engineers, evidence, evolution, foresight, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, mind, natural world, nature, science}

Eberlin: But Is Intelligent Design “Science”?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 6, 2019

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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“Science,” says chemist Marcos Eberlin, “should appeal only to causes that are supported by data, supported by evidence.” Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Reproductive Science
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, __k-review, bats, birds, chromosomes, clades, climate change, collagen, Current Biology, Darwinism, evolution, Flight, genome, Immune System, intelligence, light, mammals, Michael Gross, migration, phylogeny, PNAS, positive selection, transcriptome}

Birds and Bats: How Bright Is Evolutionary Light?

_{Science & Culture
June 6, 2019

Evolution, Reproductive Science

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The media are generous with claims that new findings “shed light” on evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, humans, hype, intelligent design, materialism, Mind Matters, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Science Uprising, Walter Bradley Center}

Robert Marks: Materialism and the AI Delusion

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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Since humans are only the “result of purposeless, as-yet-unidentified physical phenomena,” machine are not in any way blocked from becoming what we are and much, much more. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abandonment, adulthood, assisted suicide, depression, doctors, euthanasia, lethal injection, medical treatment, Netherlands, parents, rape, The Guardian, Washington Post}

Abandoned: Teen Dies after Requesting Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 5, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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This is where all assisted suicide and euthanasia legalization laws eventually lead. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, books, brain, chemical reactions, chemicals, college, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Jay Richards, materialism, Sam Harris, Science Uprising, self}

Jay Richards: The Many Dilemmas of Materialism

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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When you go off to an elite college today, you’re expected to think about the most important questions as if it were true that only material things exist. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 4, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, brain, Denyse O'Leary, health, illusion, information, Internet, Jay Richards, materialism, medicine, mind, patients, science, Science Uprising, scientism, self, Stanford University, Wall Street Journal}

Health-Tracking Apps Unmask a Materialist Myth

_{David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2019

Medicine

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“To a materialist our subjective thoughts are not real. But our thoughts and beliefs have real consequences.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 4, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Austria, Günter Bechly, sciences, Siegfried Scherer, teleology, telescope}

Austrian Village Meets Biocomplexity and Teleology and Doesn’t Blink

_{Ann Gauger
June 4, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The accompanying photos show our field trip to Altenburg Abbey. The ceiling painting was of the sciences. You can see a telescope and astrolabe in the close up. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 4, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, conference, cosmic fine-tuning, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, materialism, nature, neo-Darwinian mechanism, quantum mechanics, Siegfried Scherer, teleology}

Why a New Center on Teleology in Nature?

_{Günter Bechly
June 4, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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Clearly a naturalistic bias is at work here and imposes a limit on the spectrum of alternative explanations that is even considered to be permissible. Read More ›