Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Brave New World, China, Falun Gong, gene editing, genetic engineering, Harvard Medical School, He Jiankui, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Rod Dreher, Science (journal), scientists}

China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, computers, creativity, Great Minds with Michael Medved, HAL 9000, imitation, innovation, machines, Michael Medved, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Turing Machine, Walter Bradley Center}

Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation

_{David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors. Read More ›

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Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, Boltzmann brains, Charles Darwin, Cleanthes, clockmaker, cosmic fine-tuning, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Edinburgh, Flying Spaghetti Monster, instinct, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life, natural theology, Philo, physicists, rationality, Richard Dawkins, software, universe, vitalism, watchmaker}

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

_{Science and Culture
November 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›

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Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, discount, educators, Eric Metaxas, events, faith, God Hypothesis, James Tour, Jay Richards, parents, science, Stephen Meyer, students}

Is Christianity Anti-Science? Find Out at Our Dallas Conference — Discount Ends December 14

_{Science and Culture
November 28, 2018

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science

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It’s evident that religious and other leaders have done a poor job of addressing what Stephen Meyer calls the “God hypothesis.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, China, Darwinian theory, East Africa, East Asia, Ethiopia, Europeans, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human origins, India, Israel, Ledi-Geraru, Middle Palaeolithic, Middle Pleistocene, Misliya cave, modern humans, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, New Scientist, Racism, rewriting}

Rewriting Human Origins, Ongoing in East Asia

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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The reason all these new discoveries are so noteworthy is not because they represent the usual progress of science. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Engineering
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, babies, CRISPR, embryo, FDA, gene editing, genes, genetic engineering, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, human life, illness, MIT Technology Review, protocols, sperm, United States, uterus}

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Born: Life as Potter’s Clay

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 27, 2018

Bioethics, Engineering, Medicine

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The birth of gene-edited children — which I discussed here just yesterday — has been confirmed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bill Nye, celebrities, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Christian University, Colorado State University, creationism, Darwinists, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, history, Insiders Briefing, ISI Books, materialists, media, Michael Keas, myths, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicolaus Copernicus, podcast, religion, Rob Crowther, science, scientists, Unbelievable}

Pre-order Unbelievable Now at a 50 Percent Discount! See Michael Keas in Colorado This Week

_{David Klinghoffer
November 27, 2018

Faith & Science

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Behind all the myths skewered in Dr. Keas’s book lies the idea of religion cast falsely as a retarding force on science. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
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, __k-review, Benjamin Wiker, Big Bang, celebrities, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, DNA, education, evolution, Explore Evolution, history, human evolution, Jerry Coyne, undergraduates, Why Evolution Is True}

To Bolster Belief in Evolution, Study Recommends Celebrity Endorsements

_{Casey Luskin
November 27, 2018

Cosmology, Evolution

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The study’s design revealed much about the motives of the investigators. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, Christians, culture, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, Michael Keas, podcast, Scientism and Secularism (book), scientists}

J.P. Moreland: How Vapid Scientism Exacts Its Toll

_{David Klinghoffer
November 26, 2018

Faith & Science, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Science Education

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“Science cannot function without the history and philosophy of science,” yet “scientists are not educated today to know that.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, China, CRISPR, DNA, egg, embryo, embryos, eugenics, gene editing, genetic disease, Hong Kong, in vitro fertilization, MIT Technology Review, Nobel Prize, science}

Eugenics Revisited: Scientists on the Verge of Genetically Engineering Babies

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 26, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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CRISPR is the most powerful technology invented since the splitting of the atom. Read More ›