Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bilateria, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, Eumetazoa, gene regulatory networks, genes, genetic information, genome, Günter Bechly, homology groups, Metazoa, morphogenesis, multicellularity, natural selection, paleontology, Planulozoa, protein folds, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, UC Berkeley}

Groundbreaking Paper Shows Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, smart machines, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage, work}

Jay Richards: Kissinger on the New World of Artificial Intelligence

_{Science and Culture
June 6, 2018

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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AI is about statistical processing, not budding consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), cells, intelligent design, machines, molecular biology, National Academy of Sciences, organisms, protein folding, protein machines, proteins, Stony Brook University}

Biophysicist Ken Dill: Protein Machines Are “Real Machines. That’s Not a Metaphor”

_{Casey Luskin
June 6, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The implication of design, while no doubt unintended, is so powerful it almost doesn’t need to be spelled out. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, beauty, Cicero, David Hume, Denis Dutton, evolution, Gerard Manley Hopkins, horse, Johann Sebastian Bach, monet, music, natural selection, neuroscience, New York Times, Paul Davies, Peter S. Williams, Pleistocene, sea urchins, sexual dimorphism, symmetry}

Beauty Leads Us Home

_{Ann Gauger
June 6, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Why is the world a beautiful place and why does it touch me? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bernard Acworth, BioLogos, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Christians, Darwinism, evolution, Fuller Theological Seminary, Greg Cootsona, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Witt, Marvin Olasky, Matti Leisola, Mere Christianity, miracles, The Magician's Twin, World Magazine}

Mere Manipulation — Using C.S. Lewis to Pitch Evolution to Christians

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Faith & Science

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Marvin Olasky, editor of World Magazine, wryly observes that Lewis “should have trademarked ‘mere.’” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, artificial intelligence, autonomy, Baylor University, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, machines, media, Michael Egnor, Microsoft, Museum of Flight, privacy, Research, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen Hawking, Stony Brook University, Texas A&M, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski, William Allen Theater}

New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds. Read More ›

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Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, cells, Douglas Axe, evolution, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, intelligent design, Lego, molecular machines, natural selection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, protein folds, proteins, quality control, Research, Richard Dawkins}

Protein Folds Violate Evolutionary Expectations

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June 5, 2018

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Protein folds show more flexibility than previously thought, but the flexibility appears designed. If it’s hard to get one fold to work, how about two in the same protein? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Argentina, chimpanzees, Eugene M. Fahey, glaciers, nature rights, New York Court of Appeals, North Carolina State University, orangutan, personhood, Peter Singer, philosopher, rivers, writ of habeas corpus}

New York Judge Supports “Personhood” for Chimpanzees

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Why the alarm? Remember, it only takes one judge. Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, aliens, ants, Chandra Wickramasinghe, Charles Darwin, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Giraffe, hammer, intelligent design, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, mantis shrimp, Nature (journal), octopuses, On the Origin of Species, panspermia, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, University of Bristol, University of Würzburg, vision}

These Creatures Would Give Darwin Shivers

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June 4, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin thought everything evolved from a simple cell by mindless chance processes. The animals don’t know that. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, confession, Dublin, Europe, health, hospital, Ireland, lifestyle, Margaret Sanger, medicine, modernism, mother, Oliver Cromwell, paganism, parenthood, pregnancy, pyramids, Roman Catholic, Stonehenge}

Ireland Goes Back to Its Roots

_{Michael Egnor
June 3, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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It is a matter of fact — a straightforward scientific fact known since the basics of human reproduction were first understood — that human life begins at fertilization of the egg by the sperm. Read More ›