Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 26, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, Colorado, elephants, human being, lawsuits, nature rights, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons}

Elephant Personhood — Nixed Again

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 26, 2025

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The activists had some reason for hope. Two judges in New York’s highest court swallowed the baloney in a 5–2 ruling. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architect, bacteria, chemotaxis, CheY, common descent, design logic, evolution, genes, histidine, intelligent design, kinase, quorum sensing}

Recurring Design Logic in Gene Regulation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 24, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A feature of biology that has struck me over the years is the phenomenon of recurring design logic, across systems that do not appear to be related by descent. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Bible, Boltzmann brain, Donald Trump, dragons, Elie Feder, life, measure problem, molecules, physical constants, physical laws, Physics to God, planets, quantum fluctuations, rivers, Roger Penrose, stars, universe}

The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

_{Brian Miller
January 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 23, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell division, cellular life, Charles Darwin, checkpoints, effectors, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, podcast, self-replication, sensors, spindle assembly checkpoint}

Engineered Elegance: Checkpoint Pathways of the Cell Cycle

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 23, 2025

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One of the most incredible features of cellular life is the capability of self-replication. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
January 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, bacterial flagellum, Charles Darwin, Cicero, constraints, cooption, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Coppedge, exaptation, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lucretius, Michael Behe, Modern Synthesis, natural philosophers, Neo-Darwinism, Occam's Razor, reductio ad absurdum, Stuart Kauffman}

Hello, Stuart Kauffman

_{Daniel Witt
January 23, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Kauffman is one of the more interesting participants in the debates about the nature of life. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Aeon, atheism, chairs, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminative materialism, folk psychology, humans, Jerry Fodor, Monash University, philosophers, What Darwin Got Wrong}

Daniel Dennett: The Final Prophet?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 22, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Dennett’s approach to human consciousness has not only borne no fruit but it is hard to see how it ever could. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 22, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Astronomy
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Planetology
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam, aliens, Apollo 11, Arthur C. Clarke, artifacts, brains, curiosity, Curiosity rover, dirt, Elon Musk, intelligent design, Intelligent Design in Action, Mars, Mars rovers, Saturn, SETI, solar system, Titan, wheels}

Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

_{David Coppedge
January 22, 2025

Archaeology, Astronomy, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Planetology

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A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell cycle, cell division, chromosomes, complexity, eukaryotic cell division, evolution, evolutionary biology, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, mitosis, motor proteins, spindle}

How Motor Proteins Power Eukaryotic Cell Division

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Could the components of the eukaryotic cell division process have arisen through a gradual, unguided process? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell cycle, cells, Charles Darwin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell cycle, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, kinetochores, Latin, microtubules, mitosis, modifications, On the Origin of Species, prokaryotes, unguided evolution}

Intelligent Design in the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

An inspection of the components and processes in eukaryotic cell division demonstrates just one of many such systems that Invalidate Mr. Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 20, 2025

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Ada Lovelace, BIO-Complexity, Charles Babbage, closed system, computer science, Conservation of Information, Edgar Allan Poe, Energy, entropy, information, intellectual history, large language models, Law of Conservation of Information, Leonard Susskind, Peter Medawar, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Robert J. Marks II, search}

Conservation of Information: The History of an Idea

_{William A. Dembski
January 20, 2025

History of Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Conservation of information” is a term that appears in both the physics and the computer science literature. Read More ›