Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Afrotheria, bats, BIO-Complexity, cladogram, common ancestry, convergent evolution, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, intelligent design, lateral gene transfer, most recent common ancestor, Tree of Life, Winston Ewert}

BIO-Complexity Presents Better Model than Common Ancestry for Explaining Pattern of Nature

_{Brian Miller
July 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One of the central pillars of the standard evolutionary model is the belief that all living species evolved from a common ancestor through a gradually unfolding tree of life. Read More ›

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Date
July 18, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, random, Sarah Chaffee, theistic evolution, theology}

Listen: Gauger Responds to a Confused and Contradictory Review of Theistic Evolution

_{Science & Culture
July 18, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science

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Denis Lamoureux uses classic design language while denying design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, education, entrepreneurship, humans, intelligence, machines, Mind Matters, René Descartes, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: Descartes Understood the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

2}

The new Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence is deeply informed by the work of William Dembski. Read More ›

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Date
July 18, 2018

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __nedited, adaptability, adaptation, angiosperms, Austria, causal circularity, Charles Darwin, Douglas Axe, flowering plants, gametes, Genetics (journal), inbreeding, intelligent design, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pollen, theistic evolution, toxins, Undeniable (book)}

Three Ways that Plants Defy Darwin’s Mechanism

_{Science & Culture
July 18, 2018

Botany, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Plants have no brains and limited mobility, yet they have mechanisms to thrive in place. One mechanism involves the prevention of inbreeding. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computation, consciousness, meaning, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, neurosurgery, spirituality, thought}

Egnor: Why Machines Will Never Think

_{David Klinghoffer
July 17, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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This doesn’t mean that people will not abuse the power of AI to hurt each other, and hurt themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, bears, blowhole, body temperature, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, evolution, Indohyus, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, milk, nitrogen, sea lion, testes, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
July 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions of his book, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computer science, contagion, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, Günter Bechly, Internet, John West, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, Museum of Flight, René Girard, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Seattle, smart machines, Steve Buri, unemployment, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

New Bradley Center Launches; Will Consider Promise and Threat of Artificial Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
July 17, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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The theme of the evening was framed by a question: “Will the Machines Take Over? Human Uniqueness in the Age of Smart Machines.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Center for Science and Culture, cosmos, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, natural world, protein evolution, science, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, students, Summer Seminars, women}

The 12th Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design — I Will Remember the Faces

_{Ann Gauger
July 17, 2018

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Unfortunately, the pictures we have of the Seminar need to be severely cropped, so as to protect the students’ identities. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

2}

Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, automobiles, Berra's Blunder, carbon dioxide, cars, climate change, Corvette, Darwinians, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, Phillip E. Johnson, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, Supreme Court, thermodynamics, Tim Berra}

A Classic Evolutionist’s Error, Berra’s Blunder Revs Up Again

_{Science & Culture
July 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Two evolutionists publish a paper in a scientific journal comparing car evolution with biological evolution. Are they serious? Read More ›