Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 26, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Aristotle, Brian Keating, dysteleology, earth, Fox News, Guillermo Gonzalez, high school, humanity, Jay Richards, Luke Barnes, Nicolaus Copernicus, promotion, The Privileged Planet, Uncommon Knowledge, universe}

Jay Richards: Toppling a Myth of Human Insignificance

_{David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2024

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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It was 19th-century materialism that needed the so-called Copernican demotion, for ideological reasons, and the historians of the time obediently invented it. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, agnostics, atheism, disabilities, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, euthanasia, evolution, Francis Galton, Germany, Ian Dowbiggin, illnesses, Judeo-Christian tradition, punishment, World War I}

Darwinian Death: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics

_{Richard Weikart
August 26, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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One powerful influence on the early euthanasia movement was eugenics ideology, which emerged first in the 1860s under the leadership of Francis Galton. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cellular basis of consciousness, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian theory, evolution, genomes, James Shapiro, living cells, meaning, natural selection, panpsychism, Philip Ball, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purpose, random mutation, tautology}

Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›

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Date
August 24, 2024

Categories
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, epilepsy, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, music, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, promissory materialism, seizures, Stony Brook University, Wilder Penfield}

What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

_{Science and Culture
August 24, 2024

Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Read More ›

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Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theism, Darwinism, Edinburgh University, freethinkers, ID the Future, intelligent evolution, materialism, medicine, Plinian Society, podcast, Scotland, theistic evolution, worldview}

On the Origin of Darwin’s Worldview

_{Science and Culture
August 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Michael Flannery tells of Darwin’s involvement in the Plinian Society, a “freethinkers” group at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, autopoiesis, bacteria, biologists, Charles Darwin, diversification, emergence, Forensics, Gandalf, Harry Potter, intelligence, intelligent design, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mendelian genetics, Michael Behe, microscopes, molecular structures, Mount Doom, Neo-Darwinism, panpsychism, random variation, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, self-organization, Stephen Meyer, teleonomy, universe}

Will Evolution’s New Synthesis Be Hard or Soft Magic?

_{Daniel Witt
August 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Let's try holding some new scientific theories to the standards of the fantasy genre. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, astrology, birds, Charles Darwin, cladistic analysis, dinosaurs, Fossil Friday (series), homeopathy, hybridization, Jerry Coyne, pseudoscience, Richard Dawkins}

Fossil Friday: The Mystery of the Frankenstein Dinosaur

_{Günter Bechly
August 23, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

12}

Different studies based on different data do not converge on one true tree of life. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, digital information, evolution, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific community, Stephen Meyer, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God}

Stephen Meyer on the Digital Information that Drives Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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There’s a significant shift underway, says Dr. Meyer. Darwinism is in trouble, and ID is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 22, 2024

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, american association of university professors, Chronicle of Higher Education, conflict, free speech, Hamas, ideas, intellectual freedom, Israel, petition, scholars, tenure, The College Fix, universities}

Scholars Association Embraces Academic Boycotts: Intellectual Freedom Will Be the Victim

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 22, 2024

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The intellectual boycott is an academic system’s usual defense against any ideas it can’t handle. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 22, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Brian Keating, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmologists, God Hypothesis, Jay Richards, Luke Barnes, materialism, materialists, multiverse, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, Uncommon Knowledge, universe}

Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

_{David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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Yes, ideas of a multiverse are taken “extremely seriously.” And those are obviously intended to counter the theistic implications of the familiar cosmology. Read More ›