Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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June 10, 2018

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Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, humans, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, robots, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage}

Jay Richards: Press Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

_{Science and Culture
June 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Henry Kissinger has sounded an alarm over AI, and raises questions about machine ethics and the possibility that humans may learn we’re not so special after all. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
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, __k-review, Aeon, African Americans, Australia, California, Canada, Darwinism, eugenics, Human Zoos, humanity, humans, India, indigenous people, La Trobe University, sterilization, United Nations, USAID, women}

Eugenic Sterilization Is STILL Going On

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 9, 2018

Bioethics

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Robert Wilson’s work brought him into contact with survivors of Canada’s eugenics regime, eventually drawing him into research and advocacy. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, animals, bottleneck, earth, generations, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, humans, inference, intelligent design, most recent common ancestor, mutation rate, neutral evolution, nucleotide diversity, population, Rockefeller University, species, University of Basel}

New Paper in Evolution Journal: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

_{Science and Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, abrupt appearance, academic freedom, Amazon, BioLogos, critics, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, fossil record, gradualism, Greg Cootsona, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, Neo-Darwinism, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, reviews, scientists, stasis, Stockholm University}

Heretic Is for the ID Critic, or the Curious Reader, in Your Life

_{Science and Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Yesterday on Twitter we had the opportunity to recommend it to an ID critic who wrote a book chapter on intelligent design without first doing his homework. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", American Scientific Affiliation, ASA, Big Bang, Charles Townes, concordism, deism, history, intelligent design, Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, Louis Pasteur, Nobel Prize, science, scientism, theistic evolution}

In Defense of Theistic Evolution, Denis Lamoureux Rewrites History

_{Jonathan Witt
June 8, 2018

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

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Scientism’s grand progress narrative holds that as we learn more and more about the world, purely natural or material explanations inevitably will arise and grow stronger. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, biologist, Claude Bernard, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, homeostasis, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, Purpose and Desire, radio, State University of New York, Stephen Meyer}

Listen: Turner, Meyer, and Bernard’s Dangerous Idea

_{David Klinghoffer
June 7, 2018

Intelligent Design

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“There is intelligence that underlies the evolutionary process. You cannot explain it without that.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Geology
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, amino acids, building blocks, carbon, Curiosity rover, earth, life, Mars, NASA, nucleotides, Science (journal), USA Today, Wikipedia}

Much Ado About Martian Organics

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2018

Biology, Geology, Physical Sciences

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The news from NASA today, undeniably of some mild interest, is being overblown. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, academic freedom, algae, astronaut, Australia, Canada, climate change, Darwin Day in America, evolution, free speech, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Human Zoos, Julie Payette, Peter Ridd, Research, scientists, The New Atlantis}

Which Scientists Get to Have Free Speech?

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 7, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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Does the “scientific consensus” mean that only scientists who follow the majority are entitled to have their say? Read More ›

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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
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, __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 ›