Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 10, 2017

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, abstraction, brain, Cartesian dualism, craniopagus twins, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, images, knowledge, Krista Hogan, learning, materialism, memory, mind, perception, square root, Tatiana Hogan, thomas, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic dualism, V.J. Torley}

The Craniopagus Twins and Thomistic Dualism

_{Michael Egnor
December 10, 2017

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Krista and Tatiana Hogan provide a remarkable opportunity to deepen our understanding of the human mind. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 9, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, Colorado River, courts, frivolous lawsuit, law, lawsuit, nature rights, radicals, river rights}

Colorado River Gives Up on Lawsuit

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 9, 2017

Bioethics

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Stop coddling the radicals who are abusing our courts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, belief, bias, Brian Miller, DNA, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, materialism, monomers, Nature Chemistry, peptides, proteins, Retraction Crisis, Retraction Watch, RNA, RNA self-replication, Scientific American, Signature in the Cell, skepticism, Stephen Meyer}

Prominent Retraction Vindicates Stephen Meyer and Signature in the Cell

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Criticism suggested that Nobel laureate Jack Szostak and others were fast closing in on a solution to the origin-of-life problem with the “principle of RNA self-replication." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, China, eugenics, history, ID the Future, Nazi Germany, podcast, Research, Todd Butterfield, Wesley Smith}

China Shows Eugenics Is Not a Thing of the Past

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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As a tyranny, China is a Wild West of sorts for unethical science, with the government and its researchers answering to no one. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 8, 2017

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, antibodies, antigens, bias, cryptography, Durrett and Schmidt, evolution, faith, Forensics, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Immune System, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, materialism, metanarrative, mutations, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientists, SETI}

The Materialist Narrative and the Power of Bias

_{Brian Miller
December 8, 2017

Archaeology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Scientists in Western cultures have been trained to see the world through a materialist metanarrative where the only acting players are matter and energy. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 7, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto, Brazil, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Discovery-Mackenzie Center, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, Paul Nelson, Ricardo Marques, Richard Lewontin, University of Campinas, Wikipedia, Zombie Science (book)}

Intelligent Design Is Flourishing in Brazil

_{Jonathan Wells
December 7, 2017

Intelligent Design

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My wife Lucy and I just returned from Brazil, the world’s fifth largest and sixth most populous country. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Barnes & Noble, bookstore, Douglas Axe, faith, photo, reader, science, scientist, shopping, South Africa, Travel, Undeniable (book)}

Intelligent Design as Self-Help?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design

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A reader in South Africa passing through the Johannesburg Airport's International Terminal sends this along. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 7, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, beliefs, bias, blind, Harvard University, humans, Jack Szostak, Nature Chemistry, Nobel laureate, postdoc, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Retraction Crisis, Retraction Watch, RNA, scientists}

Retractions Show Scientists “Blinded” by Belief

_{Ann Gauger
December 7, 2017

Evolution

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Nobel laureate Jack Szostak has recently retracted a paper. This is a big deal because of who he is and because of where it was published. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 6, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, evolution, Facebook Live, intelligent design, Reductionism, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, theoretical biology}

Chatting with Biologist Richard Sternberg About a Formative Intellectual Experience

_{David Klinghoffer
December 6, 2017

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Sternberg described an encounter with theoretical biologist Robert Rosen and his work. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 6, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, cancer, evolution, first life, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, laboratory, molecules, nanotechnology, podcast, Rice University, Sarah Chaffee, synthetic chemistry, theistic evolution}

James Tour and the Challenge to Theistic Evolution from Synthetic Chemistry

_{David Klinghoffer
December 6, 2017

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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A chemist like Tour, a very distinguished one, knows from a career’s worth of lab work how painstakingly difficult it is to synthesize molecules you want. Read More ›