Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computer science, contagion, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, Günter Bechly, Internet, John West, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, Museum of Flight, René Girard, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Seattle, smart machines, Steve Buri, unemployment, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

New Bradley Center Launches; Will Consider Promise and Threat of Artificial Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
July 17, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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The theme of the evening was framed by a question: “Will the Machines Take Over? Human Uniqueness in the Age of Smart Machines.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Center for Science and Culture, cosmos, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, lecture, natural world, photo, protein evolution, science, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, students, Summer Seminars, women}

The 12th Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design — I Will Remember the Faces

_{Ann Gauger
July 17, 2018

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Unfortunately, the pictures we have of the Seminar need to be severely cropped, so as to protect the students’ identities. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, spandrel, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, automobiles, Berra's Blunder, carbon dioxide, cars, climate change, Corvette, Darwinians, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, Ludwig Beethoven, Phillip E. Johnson, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, Supreme Court, thermodynamics, Tim Berra}

A Classic Evolutionist’s Error, Berra’s Blunder Revs Up Again

_{Science and Culture
July 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Two evolutionists publish a paper in a scientific journal comparing car evolution with biological evolution. Are they serious? Read More ›

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Date
July 15, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
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, __k-review, Bible, evidence, faith, Genesis, ID the Future, john lennox, podcast, science, scientific evidence, Scripture, The Human Advantage, University of Oxford}

John Lennox, Jay Richards on Seven Days that Divide the World

_{Science and Culture
July 15, 2018

Faith & Science

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Lennox, the Oxford mathematician, answers common questions regarding apparent tensions between Scripture and scientific evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 14, 2018

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, apes, Biola University, charity, chimpanzees, common ancestor, humans, humor, Sports, theistic evolution}

Gauger: Rebel Science Versus Theistic Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2018

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Philosophy

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Is it really plausible to say that humans and chimps share an evolutionarily recent common ancestor, some 6 million years ago? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, California, Canada, doctor, doctors, euthanasia, hospice, intervention, Jack Kevorkian, morphine, Netherlands, Oregon, palliative care, patients, poison, Quebec, Rhode Island}

How Euthanasia Hurts Palliative Care

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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One doctor infamously said he didn’t need palliative care when he had euthanasia. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Biola University, BioLogos, creativity, evolution, Los Angeles, mechanism, neo-Darwinian theory, publishing, science, Stephen Meyer, theism, theistic evolution}

Meyer: An “Epistemic Obligation” to Embrace Darwinism?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2018

Evolution, Philosophy

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The issue comes down to the creative power of the unguided evolutionary mechanism, or the lack of it. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Archean Eon, atmosphere, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, genetic information, oxygen, oxygen theory, paleontology, Precambrian strata, sedimentary rock, Stephen Meyer, trilobites, University of Alberta}

Newly Identified Banded Iron Formation Puts Origins Theories on Horns of a Dilemma

_{Casey Luskin
July 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Many claim the Cambrian explosion was triggered by a sudden global increase in oxygen levels. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", arXiv, evolution, human eye, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, light, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nathan Lents, observer, photon, quantum mechanics, Research, Richard Dawkins, vision, Zombie Science (book), zombies}

Human Eye, that “Clunky Design,” to be Used to Confirm, or Disconfirm, Quantum Mechanics

_{David Klinghoffer
July 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It can detect a single photon. It can test the foundations of our understanding of nature. And it is also a piece of “botched” work by evolution? Read More ›