Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atom, biotechnology, cells, CRISPR, debate, eugenics, gene editing, genome, germ line, life, nature, pathogens, Research, safety, science}

Time for Gene Editing “Global Observatory”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 25, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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We are not having a meaningful discussion about whether and how to regulate what I believe to be the most powerful technology ever invented. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambridge University, Darwinian theory, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, npr, podcast, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It, Robert Crowther, Scopes Monkey Trial, State University of New York, Stephen Meyer, storytelling, worldview}

How Scott Turner Evolved

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Turner is a really interesting case of a scientist who straddles design and evolutionary thinking. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Biola University, common descent, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinian theory, DNA, fossil record, Goldilocks, intelligent design, matter, mind, mutations, natural selection, nature, podcast, proteins, science, Scott B. Rae, Sean McDowell, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, universal common descent}

Design Debate in a Nutshell: Mind Over Matter? Or Matter Over Mind?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 23, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Steve Meyer was in Southern California recently and stopped by the campus of Biola University where he sat down for a podcast conversation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 23, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, A Brief History of Time, Bruce Chapman, Discovery Institute, McCaw Hall, Seattle, Stephen Hawking}

Stephen Hawking in Seattle — A Penchant for Salsa Dancing

_{David Klinghoffer
March 23, 2018

Physical Sciences

2}

In 2001, Hawking gave a talk at the Seattle Opera House and Discovery Institute was among several organizations co-sponsoring the event. Read More ›

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Date
March 23, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, A Brief History of Time, category error, Discovery Institute, Energy, equations, gravity, Hawaiian Islands, latitude, laws of nature, matter, nature, Pacific Ocean, quantum mechanics, Stephen Meyer, The Grand Design, TIME, universe}

“Spontaneous Creation”: Meyer on Stephen Hawking’s Category Error

_{Science and Culture
March 23, 2018

Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

2}

He asked poignantly in A Brief History of Time, “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
March 22, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Apple, cells, chimpanzees, code, computer, DNA, evolution, Facebook, hardware, humans, Instagram, intelligent design, iPhone, Linux, Microsoft, nucleus, operating system, programmer, proteins, Signature in the Cell, smartphone, software, Stephen Meyer}

Computer Software Sheds Light on Human and Chimp DNA Similarity

_{Walter Myers III
March 22, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Recently I had the opportunity to hear Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer provide an update on the progress and current state of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
March 22, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", Ann Gauger, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, Darwin's Doubt, Dennis Venema, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, evolution, genetic code, humans, methodological naturalism, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Richard Dawkins, RNA, RNA world, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology}

Adam and the Genome and Naïve Theology

_{Science and Culture
March 22, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

11}

It’s ironic to find Dietrich Bonhoeffer cited by Dennis Venema. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 22, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, business, clothing, fur, HIV, homeless, lawsuit, medicine, needles, radicalism, restaurants, San Francisco, vermin}

San Francisco Bans Fur Sales

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 22, 2018

Bioethics

2}

What happened to consistency? Why not ban leather too? It is animal hide, after all. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, nature, origins, podcast, Stephen Hawking, University of Helsinki, unreason, worldview}

Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, and the “Line of Despair”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2018

Biochemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Francis Schaeffer described what he called the “line of despair,” an assumption that faith and reason are separated from each other permanently. Read More ›

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Date
March 21, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, cosmos, earth, galactic habitable zone, galaxy, habitability, intelligent design, life, National Geographic, nature, planet, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, trailer}

From National Geographic, New TV Series to Violate Materialist Taboo?

_{Science and Culture
March 21, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

3}

Neither the Earth nor the human race is allowably described as unusual, because that could suggest (shudder) intelligent design. Read More ›