Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmopsychism, electrons, evil, existence, general relativity, goodness, gravity, Immanuel Kant, John Leslie, Lee Smolin, mind, nature, Phillip Goff, quarks, soul, strong nuclear force, universe}

The Universe Reflects a Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Philosopher Phillip Goff is, intriguingly, on the right track but he errs in his subsequent inference to cosmopsychism. Read More ›

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Date
February 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Adaptive Radiation, alleles, anole lizard, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Galápagos Islands, genes, HMS Beagle, Jonathan Wells, Mr. Potato Head, mutation/selection mechanism, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Neanderthals, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Research, speciation, University of British Columbia, Zombie Science (book)}

Finch Varieties in New Guinea Undercut Iconic Galápagos Finch Story

_{Science and Culture
February 28, 2018

Biology, Evolution

10}

Finches on another island “would leave even Charles Darwin scratching his head.” But do they “help solve an evolutionary puzzle”? Read More ›

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Date
February 27, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, BioLogos, Darwin-skeptics, Dennis Venema, evolutionists, Fazale Rana, Hugh Ross, mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial Eve, molecular clocks, Reasons to Believe, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, theistic evolution, Y chromosome, Y-chromosome Adam}

Mitochondrial Eve and Y-Chromosome Adam, and Adam and the Genome

_{Science and Culture
February 27, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

Both evolutionists and Darwin-skeptics believe that all living humans trace back to a common female ancestor, and a common male ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Avalon explosion, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, intelligent design, Kimberella quadrata, polyphyly, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Triassic period, universal common descent}

Bechly: The “Explosive” Pattern in the Fossil Record, and What It Means

_{David Klinghoffer
February 27, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Unlike the more traditional evolutionary view, ID hasn’t assumed the shape of a living fossil from an antique age. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Applied Mathematics Letters, Biological Information: New Perspectives, carbon, common sense, computers, Cornell University, Darwinists, earth, entropy, iPhone, Isaac Asimov, libraries, Mathematical Intelligencer, Physics Essays, Richard Dawkins, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Smithsonian, steel, sun, tornadoes, unguided evolution}

The Second Law Argument: A Timeline

_{Granville Sewell
February 26, 2018

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

10}

“Remove the sun,” wrote Isaac Asimov, “and the human brain would not have developed.” Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropology, Arthur Schopenhauer, assumptions, biases, Charles Darwin, Christa Schroeder, cranial capacity, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, human origins, ideology, Konrad Lorenz, Nobel Prize, prejudices, pseudoscience, racial inequality, Racism, religion, scientific racism, scientists, Steven Pinker, The Descent of Man}

On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?

_{Richard Weikart
February 26, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Psychology

5}

Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, administrators, assisted suicide, British Columbia, Canada, death, dignity, euthanasia, hemlock, hospice, killing, London, MAiD, medicine, palliative care, patients}

Canadian Hospice Says No to Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Cecily Saunders, who created the modern hospice movement, stood steadfastly against assisted-suicide legalization. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 24, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, postmodernism, replication crisis, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics}

Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”

_{Richard Weikart
February 24, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

5}

Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Ann Gauger, bacteria, bio-engineering, bioengineering, David Klinghoffer, devolution, enzymes, evolution, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, Michigan State University, microbes, polar bears, Richard Lenski, Science Daily, The Edge of Evolution, tryptophan}

Evolution a Creative Trickster? Heretic Bioengineer Says No

_{Jonathan Witt
February 23, 2018

Evolution, Life Sciences

5}

Many of the oft-cited examples of evolution in action involve devolution. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, eugenics, Francis Galton, Great Minds with Michael Medved, Racism, Richard Lynn, Richard Weikart, United Kingdom, University College London}

Eugenics Isn’t Ancient History

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 23, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

The London Student reports on a disturbing event hosted, since 2014, on the University College London campus. Read More ›