Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Allison C. Daley, Anomalocaris, artifact hypothesis, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, Graham Budd, Hallucigenia, Kimberella, Nick Matzke, Oxford University, paleontology, phyla, PZ Myers, Rusophycus, Spriggina, Stephen Meyer, trilobites}

Alleged Refutation of the Cambrian Explosion Confirms Abruptness, Vindicates Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
May 29, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The top-down pattern of appearance of animal phyla during the Cambrian explosion represents major conflicting evidence for Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, anti-humanism, babies, California, Constitution, forests, fungi, Mother Jones, nature rights, right to life, rivers, unborn, viruses, wolves}

A Right to Life for Fungi — But Not for Unborn Humans

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 29, 2018

Bioethics

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Do not expect logic or consistency from nature-rights activists. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", apes, Darwinian theory, gravity, Human Errors, intelligent design, just-so stories, maxillary sinus, medical students, Nathan Lents, physiology, testicles}

Nathan Lents “Plays Ball” on Biological Design

_{Michael Egnor
May 29, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In all of his “poor” design arguments, Lents inadvertently embraces the design inference. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 28, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Bible, civilization, contagion, Europe, Henry Kissinger, Johannes Gutenberg, machines, metal, paper, Politics, printing press, Reformation, religion, René Girard, silicon, Spain, The Atlantic, thought, Wesley Smith}

Kissinger and Girard on Artificial Intelligence

_{Michael Egnor
May 28, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

Any genuine understanding of the impact AI will have (and is having) on humanity must begin with Girard. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Bloomberg, children, China, Communist Party, environmentalists, global warming, one-child policy, parents, tyranny}

China to End Control on Births?

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 2018

Bioethics

3}

The brutality of what happened to our guide’s family hit all of us like a punch in the gut. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
May 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, artificial intelligence, athens, Big Data, C.S. Lewis, Darwinism, Dataism, democracy, Homo Deus, Israel, Marxism, Politics, privacy, religion, scientism, Socrates, Yuval Noah Harari}

From Darwinism to Dataism: Will We Lose Democracy to Techno-Religion?

_{Bruce Chapman
May 26, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

When tyranny comes it often is introduced as some improvement, or as the correction of some perceived problem. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 25, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, BBC News, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, free speech, freedom, intelligent design, law, materialism, scientists, students, Summer Seminars, tyranny, UK Parliament, United Kingdom}

UK Moves to Strengthen University Free Speech Protections

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 25, 2018

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Stretching back to the Magna Carta, British law is strongly grounded in concepts of freedom protected from abuse by tyranny. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 25, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, animals, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cancer theory, Chandra Wickramasinghe, comets, Darwinists, Denis Noble, evolution, Fred Hoyle, human origins, humans, intelligent design, monomers, nucleotides, octopuses, Oxford University, oxygen theory, panspermia, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, slime theory, squid, viruses}

With New Theory of the Cambrian Explosion, Scientists Reach (Literally) for the Stars

_{Casey Luskin
May 25, 2018

Botany, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Darwinists will respond with the usual mirthless hyena laughter. But this is no joke. Read More ›

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Date
May 25, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", blood vessels, Darwinism, gymnastics, heart, hormones, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, nervous system, physician, podcast}

A Doc Talks Human Blood Flow and Exquisitely Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
May 25, 2018

Intelligent Design, Medicine

1}

Glicksman explains the hugely complex blood flow systems required to keep us clear-headed and alive even while doing everything from gymnastics to simply getting up in the morning. Read More ›

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Date
May 24, 2018

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, astrophysics, biologists, Cambrian Explosion, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, evolutionary theory, Goldilocks Zone, habitability, intelligent design, macroevolution, planetary fine-tuning, PNAS, snowball Earth, University of Washington}

When Evolving Life, Don’t Forget the Astrophysics

_{Science and Culture
May 24, 2018

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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What happens down here depends a lot on what’s going on up there. Read More ›