Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 4, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, C-SPAN, Claude Shannon, creativity, Discovery Institute, economics, eschaton, George Gilder, Google, information theory, Karl Marx, knowledge, machines, money, polymath, Silicon Valley, Wall Street Journal, William Blake}

Life After Google — Gilder’s Vision

_{David Klinghoffer
September 4, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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It’s the quality of vision that’s most painfully lacking in our intellectual and moral leaders, not merely diverse or polymathic knowledge Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 4, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, media, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, podcast}

Darwin, Wallace, Lyell — A Dispute at the Origins of Evolutionary Theory

_{David Klinghoffer
September 4, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Contrary to popular and media myths, Darwin’s view of evolution faced from its beginning opposition and criticism from scientists that have never gone away. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 3, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Brian Miller, cheetahs, Darwinism, gazelles, intelligent design, Jonathan M., Labor Day, Royal Society, South Africa, University of St. Andrews}

Brian Miller Pets a Cheetah, an Icon of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
September 3, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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For your Labor Day enjoyment, Brian submits this photo of himself with Annabelle. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, Adolf Hitler, Bertrand Russell, C-SPAN, Enlightenment, history, Hitler’s Religion, Richard Weikart, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson}

Weikart on C-SPAN: Jefferson, Russell, Hitler, Pianka, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2018

Bioethics

1}

Kudos to interviewer Peter Slen who is utterly unreadable as to his own attitudes on any on this. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, consciousness, ID the Future, machines, robots, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

Bill Dembski on the AI Boogeyman, and the Real AI Danger

_{Science and Culture
September 1, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

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“The real worry,” Dembski says, “isn’t that we’ll raise machines to our level, but that we’ll lower humanity to the level of machines.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 31, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Biola University, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Christians, Discovery Institute, faith, history, Insiders Briefing, March for Science, Mike Keas, Politics, Rob Crowther, science, Tacoma, Unbelievable}

Unbelievable: Debunking Science and Faith Myths with Historian Mike Keas

_{David Klinghoffer
August 31, 2018

Faith & Science

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Praising science as way to implicitly, or explicitly, club religion over the head is a familiar feature of our culture. It’s not new, either. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 31, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, chimpanzees, chloroquine, DNA, education, evolution, Evolution News, Human Origins Program, humans, Israel, Michael Behe, Mike Keas, parents, RNA world, skin color, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, universal common descent}

Smithsonian Misrepresents Evolution to AP Biology Students

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 31, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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Basically, it’s a how-to guide for sugarcoating evolutionary dogma in the science classroom. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, alien life, Charles Darwin, evolutionary theory, Karl Popper, movies, Neo-Darwinism, Paul Nelson, romanticism, science fiction, theistic evolution, Wayne Rossiter}

From Darwin’s Rhapsody, to The Blob

_{David Klinghoffer
August 30, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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A friend recommends this passage from biologist Wayne Rossiter’s book Shadow of Oz for its delightful analogy. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, harmony, hypothesis, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, science, Silurian Period, Thomas Henry Huxley, vision}

Darwin’s Rhapsody

_{Paul Nelson
August 30, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics

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“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, C. elegans, calcium, cells, concentration gradient, Disney World, Douglas Axe, genetic code, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, intelligent design, ions, manganese, membrane channels, metabolism, mitochondrial membranes, molecular machines, Nature Communications, Parkinson’s disease, PNAS, selectivity filters, Undeniable (book), University of Massachusetts at Amherst}

Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

_{Science and Culture
August 30, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›