Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 22, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Nature, Science}

The Challenge of Adaptational Packages

_{William A. Dembski
June 22, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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To generate an adaptational package requires not piecemeal change but integrated, systematic change. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, alien life, anthropic fine-tuning, civilizations, cosmic fine-tuning, extra-terrestrial intelligence, Fire-Maker, human exceptionalism, human technology, origin of life, planetary fine-tuning, technological advancement}

Past Alien Civilizations Thesis Takes Another Blow

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2016

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

4}

Evolutionists are at pains to convince us that the steps needed to produce something like us from scratch on a lifeless planet are a snap. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 22, 2016

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __tedited, "teach the controversy", academic consensus, beliefs, critical thinking, indoctrination, mainstream science, parental consent, public education, science education, suppressed evidence}

What Is Teaching Evolution All About?

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 22, 2016

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

4}

Adam Laats and Harvey Siegel offer a seemingly humane and generous compromise on teaching evolution in public schools. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, abiogenesis, alien life, civilization, extraterrestrial life, human exceptionalism, origin of life}

Ice-Cold Water on Past Alien Civilizations Thesis

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2016

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

4}

What human beings are -- cosmic flotsam or creatures potentially in a designer's image -- is the background dilemma to all discussions of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, history, News, Politics, world}

Stephen Meyer on a “Special Relationship” at Risk

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

We spend a lot of time here criticizing the legacy of a 19th-century English gentleman scientist and the ideas of his latter-day followers. Read More ›

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Author
Lee M. Spetner

Date
June 21, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __tedited, absence of evidence, common descent, epigenetics, evolutionary mechanisms, gain of function, genetic mutations, heritability, mutation rate, natural selection, scientific theories, speciation, transposable elements}

Common Descent: An Obituary

_{Lee M. Spetner
June 21, 2016

Evolution, Genetics

5}

Common Descent (CD) has been offered as a scientific theory and must therefore be judged as such. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, News, science, world}

Your Mind into a Computer Would Not Be You

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2016

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Technology

1}

The transhumanist fantasy about becoming immortal through uploading your mind to a computer is nonsense -- even if such a thing could be done. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 20, 2016

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, __tedited, aquatic bladderworts, carnivorous plants, common sense, critical thinking, intuitions, Irreducible Complexity, Nature, physical causes, scientific reasoning, simplicity, transitional forms, unguided natural processes}

Carnivorous Plants, and Why 0 Really Is Not Equal to 1

_{Granville Sewell
June 20, 2016

Biology, Botany, Evolution

5}

There is a little mathematics game that people sometimes play. You start with x=0, do some long, complicated algebraic manipulations, and end up with x=1. Read More ›

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Date
June 20, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Flight, Nature, Research, Science}

No Offense! “Bird Brain” Is a Compliment

_{Science and Culture
June 20, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Birds have brains as well equipped and organized as those of primates. Read More ›

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Author
Ralph Dave Westfall

Date
June 19, 2016

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, "Science Says", anti-science, authority, discovery, knowledge}

There’s No Grand Unity Called “Science”

_{Ralph Dave Westfall
June 19, 2016

Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

4}

In truth, there are only individual fields of study, some of which deserve being called sciences, while others arguably do not. Read More ›