Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Bible, Casey Luskin, censorship, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Dayton, Democrats, Edward Larson, freedom, fundamentalists, Haeckel’s embryos, history, Holocaust, Human Zoos, Icons of Evolution, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Wells, Phillip E. Johnson, Scopes trial, Social Darwinism, Summer for the Gods, Supreme Court, The Daily Wire, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan, Zombie Science}

Inhibit the Mind? Scopes Revisionism Can End

_{David Coppedge
July 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The centennial of the Scopes Trial is a good time to set the record straight. Here’s a way to turn the tables on the stereotype. Read More ›

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Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After (book), aneurysm, brain, Bruce Greyson, hypoxia, medical literature, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Pam Reynolds, Phoenix, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Steve Taylor, suicide, surgery, The Immortal Mind, Tulane University, University of Virginia, veridical}

To Skeptics, Four Challenges on Near-Death Experiences

_{Science & Culture
July 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary devote Chapter 6 to addressing various efforts to debunk near-death experiences. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Arts
Cultural Anthropology
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, autism, brain, brain activity, dancing, forethought, Health & Wellness, human uniqueness, humans, materialism, music, natural selection, Parkinson’s disease, piano, Reductionism, Stuart Burgess, synchrony, The Miracle of Man, Your Designed Body}

Designed to Dance? Here’s What Science Says

_{Tova Levengood
July 14, 2025

Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Dancing is not a mere add-on feature that came a couple of mutations after mankind figured out how to shamble. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Amazon, astronomer, beavers, biochemists, biology, chance, elements, evolution, gods, helium, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, life, necessity, New York City, Occam’s razor, On the Origin of Species, parsimony, skyscraper, smartphones, special creation, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Stonehenge, will}

How Did the Designer Do It?

_{Daniel Witt
July 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

11}

It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 13, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, artificial intelligence, Gary Smith, Grok, hallucination, Henry Kissinger, Jeffrey Epstein, Jews, large language models, Mind Matters, Skynet, X (platform)}

Grok as Hitler 2.0 Reveals Hard Limits to AI

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 13, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

We mustn’t attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, incompetence, corruption, or blind ambition. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, code, creative power, Darwin’s Doubt, evolution, evolutionary processes, ID the Future, intelligent design, Joe Rogan, mutation/selection mechanism, nano-machines, neo-Darwinian theory, podcast, Stephen Meyer, transcriptional hierarchies, variations}

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Question for Stephen Meyer

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That’s a good question that could start a very productive conversation about the origin and development of life on Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 11, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biological systems, biology, bioluminescence, chemotaxis, complexity, Darwin’s Black Box, E. coli, genes, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, musicians, proteins, Salmonella, signal transduction, sporulation, toxins}

Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 11, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain, dementia, dying, immaterial powers, justice, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, moral choice, music, paradoxical lucidity, perception, reason, Stony Brook University, Supreme Court, The Immortal Mind, veterans}

Dementia Hints That the Brain Is Not All There Is to the Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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People with dementia have severe memory issues, along with motor, perception, and emotional disabilities, and that curtails their powers of reason. Read More ›

Brain think phychology mind and maze concept idea, conceptual art, surreal 3d illustration, creative painting, graphic design

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 11, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neurons, Reuters, Science Alert, Science Daily, skull, The Immortal Mind, The Lancet, Thomas Kuhn}

Life — A Normal Life, Mind You — Without a Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 11, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

It’s hard to discuss these issues honestly because anomalies like the story of this French man tend to get buried or explained away. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Bible, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Dayton, Field Museum of Natural History, Inherit the Wind, mental illness, On the Origin of Species, Proverbs, Robert E. Lee, Spencer Tracy, Tennessee, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes and History: A Personal Reminiscence

_{Bruce Chapman
July 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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In 1956 my father, a devout Darwinian who had failed to persuade me by taking me to the esteemed Field Museum in Chicago, treated me to a theater offering. Read More ›