Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, The Biology of the Baroque, video}

Human Speech as a Stumbling Block for Darwinism — Distilled to Five Minutes

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2016

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

1}

As biologist Michael Denton explains, evolutionary theory chokes on what is non-adaptive or "beyond-adaptive." Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Research, science}

Scientists: Oxygen “Fueled” Evolution of Complex Life

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Researchers seeking to explain away the Cambrian evolution without intelligent design are left with a tough choice. Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, assisted suicide, Compassion and Choices, euthanasia, Hemlock Society}

No Abuses in Assisted Suicide? What a Crock

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

The suicide pushers can say accurately, as in the old Outer Limits TV show, "We are controlling transmission." Read More ›

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post

Author
Lee M. Spetner

Date
September 26, 2016

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __tedited, Lamarckian theory, Lee Spetner, macroevolution, mechanisms of evolution, microevolution, misrepresentation, Modern Synthesis, mutations, observations, probabilities, Response to Criticism, scientific method}

Gloves Off — Responding to David Levin on the Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

_{Lee M. Spetner
September 26, 2016

Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Trustworthiness

15}

A scientific theory cannot be established as valid unless the consequences that follow from it correspond to reality. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 26, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Research, science}

Trace Fossil Experiments Put Pressure on Cambrian Explosion

_{Science and Culture
September 26, 2016

Evolution

1}

Squiggles once attributed to emerging complex animals could have been made by microbes instead. Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 25, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, abortion, bioethics, coercion, conscience rights, euthanasia, freedom of religion, Hippocratic Oath, Julian Savulescu}

The Ethical Menace of “Bioethics” Grows

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 25, 2016

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine

4}

Two internationally influential bioethicists join forces to advocate that society legally coerce doctors to kill. Read More ›

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post

Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 24, 2016

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, evolutionary assumptions, falsifiability, inductive reasoning, scientific method, settled science}

The Devil May Not Be in the Details — But the Truth Is

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 24, 2016

Scientific Reasoning

3}

It's common to hear evolution presented as a nearly impregnable theory. Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Health & Wellness, Nation, News}

In Oregon, a Push to Starve Dementia Patients

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 23, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

People have the right to refuse medical treatment, including in an advance directive. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 23, 2016

Categories
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __tedited, alien life, extra-terrestrial intelligence, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Stephen Hawking}

Dr. Hawking’s First World Problem: What If Aliens Call!?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 23, 2016

Rare Earth

4}

Someone should would warn Stephen Hawking that his brand is being perilously overextended. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
September 23, 2016

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, evolutionary informatics, hallucinations, Hamlet, information theory, Richard Dawkins, simulations, The Blind Watchmaker, theater play, thought experiment, Weasel program, William Shakespeare}

Richard Dawkins’s Weasel Program Is Bad in Ways You Never Dreamed

_{Jonathan Witt
September 23, 2016

Arts, Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Evolution

9}

His reductive approach causes him to miss a delicious irony. Read More ›