Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, bananas, chimpanzees, Google, Heaven, Hebrew University, Homo Deus, Homo sapiens, Israel, Jerusalem, meditation, Oxford University, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Religion & Liberty, Singularity, smartphone, The Singularity is Near, Toronto, transhumanism, Wesley Smith, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, bureaucracy, Canada, diabetes, euthanasia, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, logic, MAiD, medical aid in dying, Oregon, protective guidelines, Quebec, self-starving}

Euthanasia Is Becoming First Resort in Quebec

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Over time, euthanasia practice becomes a banal bureaucratic matter of checking the right boxes or finding ways to maneuver around the “protective guidelines.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, apologetics, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's Doubt, Eric Metaxas, faith, God Hypothesis, James Tour, Jay Richards, Rice University, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet}

Meyer and Metaxas — Socrates in the City Comes to Dallas; Early Bird Special Ends Friday!

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

3}

The purpose of the conference is to explore the evidence of cosmology and biology, weighing the strength of what Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Being as Communion, blind search, Brian Miller, causation, Claude Shannon, Conservation of Information, David Snoke, David Wolpert, entropy, Eric Anderson, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, Great Barrier Reef, information, information theory, Interface Focus, materialism, Michael Keas, No Free Lunch theorems, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Royal Society, Santa Fe Institute, semantic information, Shannon information, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski, William Macready}

Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

_{Science and Culture
December 10, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›

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Date
December 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin's Doubt, digital information, DNA, Eric Metaxas, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, new york, podcast, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, Union League Club}

Meyer, Metaxas at Socrates in the City: Darwin’s Doubt and the Positive Case for ID

_{Science and Culture
December 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

1}

Hear the second segment of an engaging discussion between acclaimed author Eric Metaxas and philosopher of science Stephen Meyer at Socrates in the City. Read More ›

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Date
December 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin's Doubt, Eric Metaxas, ID the Future, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, new york, podcast, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, Union League Club}

Metaxas, Meyer at Socrates in the City: What Is Intelligent Design?

_{Science and Culture
December 8, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Hear the first segment of an engaging discussion between acclaimed author Eric Metaxas and Darwin’s Doubt author Stephen Meyer. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, courts, environmentalists, equality, farmer, humans, laws, lawsuit, lawyers, nature, Racism, radicalism, social justice, speciesism}

“Social Justice” Inflates to Include Animals

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 7, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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An article published in Biological Conservation illustrates environmentalism’s metastasizing misanthropy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alex Berezow, climate change, CNN, evolution, Fox News, intelligent design, mathematical model, neo-Darwinian theory, polarization, Politics, scientists, strengths and weaknesses, theistic evolution}

Why Scientific Polarization? A Case Study

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

It’s not merely a scientific but a “legal and political battleground.” What is it? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, Bell's theorem, brain, creativity, fair coin, information, math, microtubules, Mind Matters, nature, neurons, novel, probability, quantum mechanics, quantum state, quantum world, randomness, Robert J. Marks II, specified complexity, universe}

Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Only a freely acting, designing agent resolves the mystery. Only such an agent creates, truly, ex nihilo. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, Arizona Republic, consciousness, doctors, euthanasia, family, futile care, Las Vegas, life support, mass shooting, nurse practitioner, organ donation, patients, public policy, quality of life, rehabilitation, viruses}

Why Families Should Decide When to “Pull Plugs”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

When Frank saw signs of life, doctors would dismiss his observation as a “reflex.” How often I have heard that over 25 years of anti-euthanasia advocacy! Read More ›