Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
April 20, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", A. N. Wilson, BioLogos, Brian Josephson, C.S. Lewis, Cambrian News, Charles Townes, Darwin's Doubt, Dennis Venema, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, Greg Cootsona, InterVarsity Press, Irreducible Complexity, Jim Stump, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Morse code, No Free Lunch, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe, William A. Dembski}

InterVarsity Press Stumbles with Sloppy Anti-ID Book by BioLogos Advisor Greg Cootsona

_{Science and Culture
April 20, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Can we be frank? Cootsona’s treatment of ID is pathetic. As “scholarship,” it’s embarrassing. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 20, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and the Genome, amino acids, bacteria, BioLogos, Dennis Venema, DNA, enzyme, frameshift, intelligent design, microevolution, molecular biology, nylonase, plastic waste, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, recycling}

Adaptation in Action Yields a Repurposed Enzyme

_{Ann Gauger
April 20, 2018

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Nylon-eating bacteria? What the heck?” you say. “Why does this matter?” Read More ›

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Date
April 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, critics, Discovery Institute, evolution, How to Build a Worm, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, pseudoscience, Stockholm Syndrome, Wikipedia}

Online Seminar: Paul Nelson Will Discuss Ontogenetic Depth — in Depth!

_{Science and Culture
April 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Paul acknowledges that OD is currently impossible to measure — so why talk about it live, while fielding questions? Tune in and find out. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, alphabet soup, Bill Clinton, bioengineering, cookbook, Discovery Institute, evolution, Gutzon Borglum, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, microorganisms, Mount Rushmore, mutations, The Stream}

Sonny and Cher Meet Witt and Leisola

_{David Klinghoffer
April 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Leisola, of course, is a Finnish bioengineer who realized through his work that life could not have assembled itself through unguided processes. Read More ›

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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

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

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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

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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 ›