Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ann Gauger, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, David Premack, fossil record, intelligent evolution, J. Scott Turner, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Neo-Darwinism, Purpose and Desire, Quarterly Review of Biology, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, spandrels, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Human Instinct, Thomas Nagel, Wendell Berry}

Kudzu Science: Ken Miller’s The Human Instinct

_{Michael Flannery
May 4, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Miller is one of those “settled science” bullies. Here he sets his sights on essayist Marilynne Robinson. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, "chilling effect", argument, censorship, Charles Darwin, debate, Free Science, free speech, Human Zoos, King’s College London, Large Hadron Collider, Mendelian genetics, Neo-Darwinism, neurobiology, Quillette, Richard Weikart, science, Trofim Lysenko}

“Risky” Business — College Shuts Down Professor over Speech on Science, Free Expression

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 4, 2018

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Adam Perkins, King’s College London lecturer in Neurobiology of Personality, was scheduled to deliver a talk at his institution. Read More ›

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Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, central dogma, DNA, epigenetics, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, Max Planck Institute, New England Journal of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, University of Michigan, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

Genetics Leaves Central Dogma and Junk DNA in the Rear-View Mirror

_{Science and Culture
May 4, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Genetics is now a subset of epigenetics, in which multiple dynamic molecules play key roles in homeostasis. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-human, Colorado River, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, conservation, environmentalism, lawsuits, litigation, nature rights, Sir David Attenborough}

Colorado Is Ground Zero for “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 3, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

3}

Environmentalism isn’t about conservation or protecting endangered species anymore. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Abrahamic faiths, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, computational biology, Darwinian evolution, Dennis Venema, Evangelical Christians, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Templeton Foundation, Monty Python, Nature Ecology & Evolution, population genetics, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Schaffner, Washington University}

Discussion Over: On Adam and the Genome, Former BioLogos Fellow Backs Down

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2018

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Dennis Venema sought to persuade his fellow Christians that genetic science had disproven the traditional idea of a “bottleneck” of two human ancestors. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Communism, economics, evolution, Friedrich Engels, Gori, Hannah Arendt, history, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, John the Baptist, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Kremlin, Malcolm Muggeridge, natural selection, Niall Ferguson, On the Origin of Species, Soviet Union, The Descent of Man, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Trofim Lysenko, Ukraine, V.I. Lenin}

Karl Marx at 200 — Darwinism & Communism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2018

Evolution

11}

The men who translated Marxism into practical political terms in the form of Soviet terror were evolutionary thinkers. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alvin Plantinga, calculations, cellular metabolism, coincidence, Darwinian theory, DNA, enzymes, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, hummingbird, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, organisms, probability, reaction networks, Undeniable (book), Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences

_{Douglas Axe
May 2, 2018

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence. Read More ›

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Author
Rachel Adams

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, Avengers: Infinity War, bacteria, box office, C.S. Lewis, earth, Ebola, euthanasia, Forbes, Forrest Mims III, genocide, human population, Jonathan Witt, life, Marvel Cinematic Universe, National Review, Paul Ehrlich, technocracy, Thanos, The Abolition of Man, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith}

Avengers: Infinity War — The Culture of Death Goes Galactic

_{Rachel Adams
May 2, 2018

Bioethics

8}

The archvillain's motivations are crystal clear, and very familiar if you know about the views on human population associated with Paul Ehrlich or, even more so, Eric Pianka. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-intellectualism, antibiotic resistance, Brigham Young University, Darwinism, Epicureanism, Evangelical Christians, evolution, evolutionists, Inherit the Wind, Jamie Jensen, Judge John E. Jones, Life Sciences, Rachel Gross, religion, science, Scopes Monkey Trial, vaccination, Warfare Thesis}

Look What They’re Teaching at Brigham Young University

_{Cornelius Hunter
May 2, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

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In biology class, associate professor Jamie Jensen seeks to inculcate her students with Epicureanism. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, camera eye, Commentary, computer model, Dan-Eric Nilsson, David Berlinski, England, epithelial tissue, evolution, eyes, natural selection, nature, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Scientific Reports, Suzanne Pelger, Sweden, Zombie Science (book)}

Eyes in a Twinkling?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 1, 2018

Evolution

10}

In 1991, Richard Dawkins gave a lecture arguing that natural selection can produce complex and seemingly improbable features by an accumulation of small, incremental steps. Read More ›