Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, assisted suicide, authoritarianism, Daily Mail, futile care theory, medicine, Michigan, parental rights, parents, police, Rome, Terri Shiavo, United Kingdom}

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Expelled (movie), Facebook, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Witt, Louis Pasteur, March for Science, Matti Leisola, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, social media, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Twitter, Washington DC}

Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 13, 2018

Scientific Freedom

4}

Jonathan Witt: “In the M4S subculture, dissent is a thought crime.” Read More ›

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Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, Darwin's House of Cards, Douglas Axe, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Jonathan Witt, Karl Popper, Matti Leisola, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Norman Macbeth, phlogiston, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Tom Bethell, Undeniable (book), W. Ford Doolittle, Zombie Science (book)}

Four Darwin Heretics: A Reader’s Roundup

_{Science and Culture
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

When you read Matti Leispola’s account of his adventures with a persecuted enclave of Darwin skeptics, you’ll understand why he has a smile on his face. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 12, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, ADP, Arthur Hunt, ATP, citrate, Dennis Venema, Douglas Axe, enzyme, Journal of Molecular Biology, Keith Fox, protein fold, proteins, Sapientia, tRNA, Undeniable (book), yeast}

Protein Folding and the Four Horsemen of the Axocalypse

_{Brian Miller
April 12, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics

12}

A recent series of critiques, published by the online journal Sapientia, was aimed at Doug Axe’s book, Undeniable. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, beauty, Big Bang, Darwinian, Darwinists, evidence, evolution, flowers, fossil record, Geological Society of America, gravity, Joseph Le Conte, natural history, sexual selection, species, truth, University of California}

Why Evolution Is More Certain than Gravity

_{Granville Sewell
April 12, 2018

Evolution, Geology

3}

Joseph Le Conte stated what will become clear to anyone who tries to present evidence to Darwinists. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Alex Berezow, Anika Smith, Great Minds with Michael Medved, Jay Richards, Left, March for Science, media, Michael Medved, podcast, policy, Politics, science, Uncommon Descent, virtue-signaling, Washington DC}

March for Science Is Back — Time to Talk About the Much Abused Idea of Scientific “Consensus”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 12, 2018

Evolution, Science Reporting

2}

Nothing could be timelier than a conversation between Jay Richards and Michael Medved about when it’s permissible to doubt a scientific “consensus.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmopsychism, Hungary, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Egnor, multiverse, neuroscience, Philip Goff, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, theism, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Egnor: Two Weaknesses of Agentive Cosmopsychism

_{David Klinghoffer
April 11, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

2}

There are a limited number of explanations available for how cosmic fine-tuning came to be. Actually, there are three. Read More ›

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Date
April 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, C. elegans, comedy, complexity, eukaryotes, evolution, evolutionary theory, How to Build a Worm, jokes, Paul Nelson, property, PZ Myers}

Ontogenetic Depth — A Problem for Evolution That’s Not Going Away

_{Science and Culture
April 11, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Being unable to measure ontogenetic depth is not good news for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, astrophysics, ATP, Drake equation, earth, Ethan Siegel, evolution, extraterrestrial intelligence, Forbes, galaxy, meteorites, Milky Way, molecule, National Academy of Sciences, optimism, phosphorous, planets, replicator, rocks, science, SETI, supernova}

Updating the Drake Equation

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 11, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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The Drake equation is simply the product of a set of factors, estimating the number of active, technologically advanced, communicating civilizations in our galaxy. Read More ›