Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Children of Light, conservatism, Darwinian evolution, David Berlinski, Hoover Institution, ID the Future, intellectuals, Michael Denton, Peter Robinson, podcast, rationality, Richard Dawkins, social status, The Deniable Darwin}

Listen: Berlinski on the Limits of Rational Discourse

_{David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2018

Evolution

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I asked David Berlinski and Michael Denton what they thought was the nub of intellectual difference between a thoughtful Darwkin skeptic and a thoughtful Darwin loyalist. Read More ›

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Date
November 2, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, Cataglyphis fortis, Current Biology, Darwin's tree, dependency graph, desert ant, fruit flies, GPS, ID the Future, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, limpets, Max Planck Institute, memory, muscle, Nature (journal), New Zealand, penguins, PLOS ONE, PNAS, University of Otago, wildebeest, Winston Ewert}

Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs

_{Science and Culture
November 2, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 1, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", academics, Adam and Eve, Bible, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Christians, creationism, debate, Dennis Prager, evidence, evolution, evolutionary creationism, intelligent design, materialism, reality, science, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology}

No Escape from Theistic Evolution?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 1, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science, Sociology

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“TE thus represents a very deep sink or depression in the landscape of theological and scientific opinion.” Read More ›

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post

Date
November 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Dennis Prager, Dennis Prager Show, Discovery Institute, evolution, ID the Future, interview, radio, religion, science, Stephen Meyer}

Listen: How Stephen Meyer Changed Dennis Prager’s Mind

_{Science and Culture
November 1, 2018

Evolution

1}

It wasn’t any religious concerns, Prager explains. It was the science. Read More ›

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post

Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, Discovery Institute, genetic code, Jonathan Wells, LUCA, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, theistic evolution, universal common descent, Zombie Science (book)}

Intelligent Design and Common Descent

_{Ann Gauger
November 1, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A reader asks, “I was just wondering why some fellows at Discovery believe in ID but still hold to common descent.“ Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 31, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, At the Mountains of Madness, atheism, Darwinism, Democritus, dinosaur, Epicurus, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fiction, H.P. Lovecraft, Halloween, horror, Kenneth Miller, mollusk, octopuses, Simon Conway Morris, Ten Commandments, theistic evolution}

Halloween Offering: H.P. Lovecraft Versus Theistic Evolutionists

_{David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2018

Faith & Science

6}

Play the videotape of evolutionary history back again and Ken Miller imagines you get a charming brainy creature for God to play with — something lovable and admirable. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 31, 2018

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, communication, Critical Analysis, debate, education, evolution, high school, ID the Future, podcast, Rob Crowther, Sarah Chaffee, strengths and weaknesses, students, teacher, Western civilization}

Great Idea: Let Students Debate Evolution!

_{David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2018

Biology, Science Education

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If standard Darwinian theory is really as ironclad as we are commanded to assume, then the exercise should reinforce belief in evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithmic specified complexity, algorithms, amphibians, body plans, computers, Declaration of Independence, DNA, evolution, evolutionary fitness landscape, fish, fitness function, Francis Crick, genetic code, genetic information, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, James Watson, Michael Polanyi, Morse code, No Free Lunch theorems, Randy Isaac, Robert J. Marks II, telegraph, theistic evolution, trilobites, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Examining Randy Isaac’s Critique of Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The standard evolutionary model is incapable of driving major transformations such as a fish evolving into an amphibian. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Anil Seth, blind chance, brain, consciousness, evolution, life, machine, Michael Egnor, natural selection, neuroscience, Nobel Prize, Physics and Philosophy, Werner Heisenberg}

Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, American Founding, Bruce Chapman, Christians, Discovery Insiders Tour, Discovery Institute, Galilee, George Gilder, Greeks, Hebrews, human beings, Israel, Jericho, Jerusalem, Jews, Masada, matter, Michael Medved, mind, Pittsburgh, Qumran, Shabbat, Stephen Meyer, synagogue, Titus Kennedy}

Join the Discovery Insiders Tour to Israel and Explore a Very Timely and Precious Vision

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2018

Faith & Science

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This is something seemingly new under the sun — Jews and Christians united because of their faiths, not despite them. Read More ›