Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, BBC News, cell lines, computer program, conservatives, enzyme, function, gene, King’s College London, Maryland, monkeys, PETA, rats, spinal cord, stroke, viruses}

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, artificial intelligence, computers, George Montañez, Google, Jay Richards, materialist, Michael Egnor, Museum of Flight, privacy, Robert J. Marks II, robots, smart machines, Stony Brook University, The Human Advantage, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski, William Allen Theater}

Bradley Center to Sort Reality from Rubbish on AI; Join Us July 11 in Seattle for the Big Launch!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

3}

I sometimes wonder if hype about artificial intelligence, the wonderful or terrible things it will do for or to us, functions as a deliberate distraction. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, birth defects, CIA, Daily Wire, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Europe, euthanasia, France, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, human dignity, Iceland, Nazis, Pope Francis, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, sterilization}

Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, american enterprise institute, Arthur C. Brooks, artificial intelligence, economics, employment, Facebook, hysteria, Jay Richards, media, Museum of Flight, population, Seattle, signature, smart machines, steam engine, The Human Advantage, Twitter, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, work}

What to Fear? Jay Richards’s The Human Advantage Is Out!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

4}

The scary thing about AI and related advances in technology is not what it will to do us — like put us all out of work — but what we’ll do with it to ourselves and each other. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, apes, Canis familiaris, cats, communication, Daily Mail, Dogs, Fox News, humans, mammals, New York Post, phylogeny, reporters, science, speech, United Kingdom}

This Is Science — Dog Study Confirms What Everyone Already Knew

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2018

Ethics, Evolution

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In contrast with apes, it’s a tougher sell to say that dogs share an ability to communicate with us because of being close evolutionary cousins. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Psychology
Social Sciences
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, __k-review, behavior, bullying, Charles Darwin, cognition, culture, education, evolutionary theory, humans, motivation, Nautilus, prestige, society, status, University of Texas}

Why Social Science Does Not Need Evolutionary Theory

_{Richard Weikart
June 19, 2018

Evolution, Psychology, Social Sciences

3}

The example that Professor Cristine Legare proffers is schoolyard bullying. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, book, debate, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, earth, Eric Anderson, evolution, humans, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Mike Keas, monolith, Moon, movie, newspaper, podcast, rock, Saturn, snowflakes, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, Toronto}

Is There Information in Saturn’s Rings?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

4}

Or in a rock? Or a snowflake? This is a common contention from ID critics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, female, Francis Crick Institute, genitalia, humans, junk DNA, male, mice, neo-Darwinian theory, non-coding DNA, ovaries, proteins, Research, Richard Dawkins, Science (journal), testes, Y chromosome}

An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", "poor design", bones, cartilage, constraints, Darwinists, Douglas Axe, evolution, global warming, Günter Bechly, human body, Human Errors, intelligent design, ligaments, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, Neo-Darwinism, nuclear war, physiology, Royal Society, Scott Minnich, tendons, Wall Street Journal, War and Peace, wrist}

The “Botched” Human Body, Revisited

_{Steve Laufmann
June 18, 2018

Anatomy, Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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As a systems architect, I’ve spent decades designing and implementing large and complex systems of information systems. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 17, 2018

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Arizona, Arizona Republic, creationism, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, Live Science, reporter, reporting, schools, science, Science Education Policy, science standards}

Stop the Presses! Columnist Reports Accurately on Arizona Science Standards

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 17, 2018

Science Reporting

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It’s always encouraging when this happens. The problem is, it happens all too rarely. Read More ›