Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ben Stein, Censor of the Year, Discovery Institute, disruption, Expelled (movie), free speech, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jo-Jo Eumerus, PJ Media, Stephen Meyer, Switzerland, Tyler O’Neil, vandalism, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia Shreds the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
February 13, 2018

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Sociology

3}

The less anyone cares, the more you can trust this ubiquitous information source. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, Dan Tawfik, Darwinian evolution, directed evolution, DNA, E. coli, enzymes, frameshift, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, mutations, nylon, nylonase, protein folding, rational design, regulatory elements, Richard Lenski, Weizmann Institute}

Why Darwinism Can’t Accomplish Innovation or Explain Origins

_{Ann Gauger
February 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

When one wants to modify an enzyme for a new function, as Matti Leisola explains in his new book, there are two ways to go about it. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Ed Feser, existence, First Cause, Five Ways, multiverse, New Atheism, nihilism, quantum fluctuation, Sean Carroll, skepticism, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe

_{Michael Egnor
February 13, 2018

Physical Sciences, Physics

13}

The material universe must be caused, and it cannot be the cause of its own existence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 12, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Anthropic Principle, Aristotle, atheism, augustine, christian, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmopsychism, Immanuel Kant, Moral Law, multiverse theory, Phillip Goff, predictions, suffering, theism, Thomas Aquinas}

Cosmic Fine-Tuning and the Problem of Evil

_{Michael Egnor
February 12, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physics

6}

"Cosmopsychism might seem crazy," says philosopher Phillip Goff, "but it provides a robust explanatory model for how the universe became fine-tuned for life." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Alex Berezow, Alexa, Amazon, Censor of the Year, censorship, Facebook, fake news, free speech, Günter Bechly, Haaretz, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger, methodological naturalism, Neo-Darwinism, Panda's Thumb, Real Clear Science, Thomas Nagel, Twitter, Walter Bradley}

Happy Darwin Day! Our 2018 Censor of the Year Is Wikipedia

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

5}

As Darwin himself said, in a scientific context, “A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 11, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, chimpanzees, Dogs, evolution, Illustra Media, intelligence, intelligent design, monkey, pets, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Chaffee, Tim Standish}

Monkeys Versus Dogs — More on Animal Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
February 11, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

A biologist and lifelong pet owner recounts personal experiences with a long-tailed macaque. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, CNN, dignity, hospice, illness, old age, suffering, suicide}

Defining Dignity Up

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

6}

When you look at the studies of why people decide to commit assisted suicide or be euthanized, a consistent pattern emerges. Read More ›

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Date
February 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, Darwinism, evolution, Finland, Heretic, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, Zombie Science (book)}

Heretic Is Amazon’s #1 New Book on Evolution; Distinguished Scientists Endorse

_{Science and Culture
February 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What happens when an up-and-coming European bioscientist flips from Darwin disciple to Darwin defector, builds a highly successful scientific career, and then writes a book about it? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 9, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, animals, chimpanzees, counting, frogs, goats, intelligence, Kyoto University, Natalie Angier, New York Times, numbers, Royal Society, spiders}

Sure, Animals Count; But Can They Count?

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 9, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

5}

What is the nature, and extent, of animal intelligence? Read More ›

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post

Date
February 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, BIO-Complexity, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, Dennis Venema, evolution, Francisco Ayala, genetic diversity, HLA-DRB1, Ola Hössjer, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Richard Buggs, Science and Human Origins, theistic evolution, University of Stockholm}

Adam and the Genome and “Predetermined Conclusions”

_{Science and Culture
February 9, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Buggs isn’t the only qualified biologist who has looked at arguments from MHC genes against Adam and Eve and found them lacking. Read More ›