Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
April 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, exaptation, flippers, Georgia Tech, jellyfish, Living Waters, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Nicaragua, sea turtles, Swansea University, swimming, University of Barcelona, University of Massachusetts at Amherst}

Sea Turtles Swim Against the Darwin Current

_{Science and Culture
April 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Was there ever a more incongruous animal to imagine being a swimming champion? Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 18, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Argentina, Brazil, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, creativity, dice, dinosaurs, ecosystems, evolution, fossil record, paleontology, skeletons, spaceship, University of Bristol}

The Dinosaur “Explosion”

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 18, 2018

Evolution

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"First there were no dinosaur tracks, and then there were many," says the lead author of a new study out this week. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
April 18, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, adaptability, aesthetics, bad design, blood pressure, brain, disease, evolution, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk, logical fallacy, Matti Leisola, Nathan Lents, Neo-Darwinism, redundancy, Richard Dawkins, robustness}

Your “Botched Body”: Bad Design or Bad Logic?

_{Steve Laufmann
April 18, 2018

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

5}

Whenever a complex system of systems works at all, it seems counterproductive to attempt a “bad design” argument. Read More ›

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post

Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 18, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Andreas Wagner, biological design, chimpanzees, DNA, evolution, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, gene regulation, genes, humans, protein expression, protein-coding genes, proteins, serendipity, species, transcription factor}

Andreas Wagner: Genetic Regulation Drives Evolutionary Change

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 18, 2018

Evolution

5}

In a seemingly infinite hall of mirrors, monumental assertions are casually made and immediately followed by citations that simply do the same thing. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 17, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, archaic humans, Ars Technica, burial, Dinaledi Chamber, femur, fibula, fossils, hominins, Homo naledi, intelligent design, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, radius, Rising Star Cave, Spain, tibia, ulna}

Studying Homo naledi Fossils, Paleoanthropologists Apply ID Principles

_{Casey Luskin
April 17, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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This fascinating study also counters arguments that Homo naledi was beginning to develop a human-like intellect. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", bias, cells, co-option, critics, distortion, Douglas Axe, Dover trial, evolution, fear, feedback control, information processing, intelligent design, nanotechnology, objectivity, protein evolution, science, scientists, self-repliation, Tree of Life, type III secretion system, Undeniable (book)}

Cognitive Conditioning and the Distortion of Reality

_{Brian Miller
April 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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After following the discussion about evolution versus design for the past few decades, I have noticed a common trend. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, chemicals, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Dawkins, Sean Carroll, serendipity}

Pre-Adaptation: In Evolutionary Explanations, Too Much Serendipity

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"The bombardier beetle’s ancestors simply pressed into different service chemicals that already happened to be lying around. That’s often how evolution works." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-humanism, autotrophs, book reviews, ecocide, environmentalism, fruit, genocide, Natalie Angier, New York Times, novel, peas, rationality, science, sexual reproduction, Swiss Constitution, Switzerland, The Hague, trees, wildflowers}

No, Trees Are Not People Too

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 16, 2018

Bioethics, Botany

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Novelist Barbara Kingsolver seriously asserts, in her review of a novel in which trees are characters, that they are people too. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, conservatism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, evolution, Firing Line, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Irving Kristol, John West, Jonah Goldberg, Michael Behe, National Review, Phillip E. Johnson, Politics, Richard John Neuhaus}

Jonah Goldberg, William F. Buckley Jr., and Evolution

_{Science and Culture
April 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Conceding deep philosophical and scientific premises is one common reason that conservatives lose important arguments. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, Ghana, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, strong AI, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame}

Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

_{Jay W. Richards
April 16, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›