Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, chance, contingency, father, intelligent design, jesus, providence, science, snails, William A. Dembski}

A “Facilitator” of the Intelligent Design Movement — Dembski Pays Tribute to His Father

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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He concludes with a link to the final scene from Babette’s Feast. If you watch it, or already know it, you’ll understand why. Read More ›

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Date
October 21, 2017

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, cells, earth, excerpt, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, Michael Denton, podcast, temperature, The Wonder of Water, water}

Water — A Grand Story of Intelligent Design, Told by Michael Denton

_{Science and Culture
October 21, 2017

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Its unique properties allow it to fill many roles throughout the biological world, from forming the matrix of our cells, to regulating the temperature of our planet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, assisted suicide, bestseller, Bruce Buff, Casey Luskin, Dan Brown, Edmond Kirsch, George Eliot, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Michael Behe, MIT, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Origin, Phillip E. Johnson, Spain, Stephen Meyer, thriller, Wall Street Journal, William Dembksi}

Dan Brown’s New Novel Pushes Atheism and Endorses Intelligent Design. Wait…What?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2017

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences

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"[C]odes do not occur naturally in the world....Codes are the deliberate inventions of intelligent consciousness." Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, cnidarian, comb jelly, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Ctenophora, ctenophores, Darwinism, dynein, evolution, hybridization, kinesin, muscles, Neil deGrasse Tyson, nerves, neurons, phylogeny, placozoans, Vanderbilt University, zebrafish}

Embracing Uncertainty: Evolution’s Latest Dodge

_{Science and Culture
October 20, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences

8}

Faced with conflicting genetic evidence, Darwinians reach for a new “uncertainty principle” borrowed from physics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Baylor University, British Empire, Center for Science and Culture, creationism, editor, Encyclopedia Britannica, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Internet, paleontology, Portugal, Scotland, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

You’ve Been Edited — Another ID Scholar, Walter Bradley, Gets the Wikipedia Treatment

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2017

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

We reported here the other day that distinguished German paleontologist Günter Bechly was erased by Wikipedia. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropomorphism, chimpanzees, dolphins, industry, Jane Goodall, Neanderthals, opposable thumbs, science}

No, Dolphins Could Not Create Our Technology

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Technology

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These days, it is sometimes difficult to discern where “science” ends and ideology begins. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, narrative gloss, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Evolution Institute, University of New South Wales}

Evolution and Education — The Evolution Institute Weighs In

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 19, 2017

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Education

3}

Education functions best when we focus not on soliciting student agreement or buy-in to a rigid creed, but rather on stimulating the critical faculties. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Charles Darwin, conformity, conservative, creativity, evolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, paradigm, reputation, Research, science, scientists, Thomas Kuhn, University of Cambridge}

Science Philosopher: Science World Beset by “Filters,” “Conformity,” “Hidebound” Thinking

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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How often have we heard the stale line about how science adores fresh thinking that topples past idols? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Wegener, Continental Drift, Douglas Axe, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Laurence Moran, mechanism, Michael Denton, Michael Keas, plate tectonics, Robert Crowther, Stephen Meyer, theory, University of Toronto, William A. Dembski}

How to Think About Minority Science Views — The Case of Plate Tectonics

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The idea that continents drift is now taken for granted, but it wasn’t always. Read More ›

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Date
October 18, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Being as Communion, Carl Sagan, DNA, extraterrestrial intelligence, genetic code, H.G. Wells, information, music, pareidolia, Sarah Chaffee, storage, The Time Machine, UNESCO, Voyager Golden Record, William A. Dembski}

If No One Can Play It, Is It Music?

_{Science and Culture
October 18, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Archiving music in DNA for future generations sounds promising, as long as the playback directions are not forgotten. Read More ›