Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), Darwin Devolves, genes, Liu et al. (2014), methodology, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, proteins, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: Unacknowledged Discrepancies, Inconsistent Standards

_{Casey Luskin
April 9, 2019

Evolution

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The discrepancy in method is crucial to understanding this argument against Behe. Yet curiously, it is omitted from mention by Lents and Hunt. Why? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Physics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", act, adaptation, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, Erwin Schrödinger, form, genotype, Isaac Newton, matter, phenotype, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, theory, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

Aristotle and Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 8, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Linguistics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Physics, Social Sciences

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The greatest engine of atheism in modern times — Darwin’s theory — is nothing more than a bastardization of the strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, advance directive, assisted suicide, Compassion and Choices, dementia, doctors, dying, eating, euthanasia, fluids, food, Hemlock Society, interpretation, nurses, patients, treatment}

“Starve Me” Advance Directive Would Be Immoral

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 8, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Many of these provisions are, to say the least, subject to interpretation. And people with dementia may refuse food one meal, and accept the next. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, degradative mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, proteins, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: The APOB Gene and Damaging Mutations

_{Casey Luskin
April 8, 2019

Evolution

20}

Michael Behe correctly interpreted a paper by Liu et al. and followed its methodology, whereas his critics, Lents and Hunt, did not. Read More ›

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Date
April 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ID the Future, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, natural selection, Paul Nelson, podcast, randomness, Richard Dawkins, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Listen: Paul Nelson and Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig on Randomness in Natural Selection

_{Science & Culture
April 7, 2019

Evolution, Genetics, Life Sciences

1}

As Lönnig points out, Richard Dawkins and others are at great pains to deny the connection. Why would that be? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 6, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, action potentials, alien hand syndrome, appetite, Bradley Center, brain, Eric Metaxas, free will, health, intellect, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, patients, physical processes, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, volition, will}

Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 6, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

3}

A reader asked whether this disproves the unity and freedom of the will. It appears that the patient wills two things simultaneously: getting dressed and getting undressed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __nedited, activists, criminals, development, earth, ecocide, environmentalism, fish, genocide, global warming, grass, insects, Lake Erie, mice, natural resources, natural world, nature, nature rights, people, prison, snakes, The Guardian, The Hague, Toledo, United Nations}

“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 5, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism

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Note that “peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants” is a very broad term that is not limited to human beings. Rather, it includes everything from grass, fish, and insects, to mice, snakes, and people. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), chloroquine resistance, cholesterol, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, Evolution News, genome, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, pigmentation, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Shiping Liu, The Edge of Evolution}

Polar Bear Seminar: Why Behe Is Right

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2019

Evolution

6}

Starting today, you’re invited to sit back and enjoy a five-part series on polar bear genes in light of Behe’s thesis in Darwin Devolves. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, disorder, entropy, evolution, Fifth Way, form, ignorance, information, knowledge, medicine, metaphor, mind, neuroscience, quantum physics, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

On Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 5, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Physics

5}

Universal Darwinism is the belief that Darwin’s theory can be applied fruitfully to many scientific disciplines, not just to biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Christopher Hitchens, Copernican demotion, cosmos, Discovery Institute, earth, Judeo-Christian tradition, mankind, myths, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicolaus Copernicus, Unbelievable}

Science Historian Michael Keas on the Copernican Promotion

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2019

Physical Sciences

2}

Myth-makers like Neil deGrasse Tyson think they have a superior source of human significance to substitute for the outdated, “childish” Judeo-Christian one Read More ›