Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, chance, Cosmological Natural Selection, design, elimination, intelligent agents, Lee Smolin, multiverse, physical constants, physicists, probabilities, universe, William Lane Craig}

Examining the Fine-Tuning Argument by Elimination

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 19, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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In his article “Has the Multiverse Replaced God?” William Lane Craig presents the fine-tuning argument using the process of elimination. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 18, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Ball State University, bronze, copper, crust, Darwinian processes, Eric Hedin, foresight, gold, human nature, ID the Future, iron, metals, microbes, planning, platinum, podcast, preparation, renewable energy, silver}

The Story of Metals Points to Nature’s Foresight, Planning, Preparation

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 18, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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A confluence of conditions conspired to bring metals to Earth and make them accessible to humans. But can a Darwinian process take the credit? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authoritarianism, climate change, consent, eugenics, freedom, genetic disease, newborns, parental consent, public health}

Genetics Journal Pushes Soft Public-Health Authoritarianism

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 17, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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We must resist. Such a system would mark the end of freedom. And think of the eugenic implications. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, elimination, galaxies, gravitational force, gravity, intelligent cause, intelligent design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, William Lane Craig}

Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 16, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis, auxin, breeders, China, Current Biology, genes, growth hormone, high school, intelligent design, phosphate, rice, roots, soil, wild type}

How Roots Become Jackhammers

_{David Coppedge
August 16, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, body decoration, burial, cave art, compassion, Darwin critics, Darwinian evolution, Down syndrome, fire, gene pool, genetic admixture, glue, Homo sapiens, humankind, jewelry, music, Neanderthals, painkillers, Science (journal), Spain, stone circles}

Fossil Friday: Human Nature of Neanderthals Supported Again

_{Günter Bechly
August 16, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Extended caregiving for a strongly disabled child is a highly non-Darwinian behavior that indeeds suggests compassion on a level only found in humans. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abstractions, carnivores, cats, Dogs, emotions, food, grief, humans, moral responsibility, npr, Oakland University, pets, predators, Psychology Today, safety}

A (Cat’s) Grief Observed: Understanding the Gulf that Separates Us from Our Pets

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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The gap between the human mind and the cat mind doesn’t turn on emotions but on abstractions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, James Shapiro, junk DNA, Michael Behe, National Association of Scholars, Neo-Darwinism, University of Chicago}

James Shapiro: Intelligent Design “Has a Valid Point with Regard to the … Limits of Neo-Darwinism”

_{Casey Luskin
August 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

I’m content to be grateful to Dr. Shapiro as a non-ID scientist who recognizes something ID has gotten right. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, agency, Aristotle, C.S. Lewis, coevolution, evo-devo, evolutionary theorists, hunter-gatherers, materialism, niche construction, Parmenides, Plato, sacred cows, self-organization, symbiogenesis, synergy, Systems Biology, teleonomy}

An Evolutionary Theorist Plays with Words; Let’s See How Far It Gets Him

_{Daniel Witt
August 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Francis Heylighen’s “ontology of relational agency” starts with an interesting observation. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 14, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, capitalism, colonialism, COVID-19, intellectual property, pandemic, public policy, Research, Science (journal), science journals, technocracy, Vaccines, woke ideology}

Top U.S. Science Journal Calls for Dismantling Capitalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 14, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Establishing a quasi-socialistic technocratic approach — focused on equity instead of excellence — would stifle innovation. Read More ›