Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, monarch butterfly, natural selection, Not by Chance, podcast, population genetics, species, The Evolution Revolution}

Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

_{Science and Culture
August 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATPase, common descent, convergent evolution, DNA, evolution, India, James Shapiro, Lee Spetner, Madagascar, monarch butterfly, natural genetic engineering, neo-Darwinian mechanisms, neo-Darwinian theory, Not by Chance, sound waves, The Evolution Revolution}

Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
August 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", atoms, galaxies, intelligence, intelligent cause, life, molecules, multiverse, mystery, natural constants, physicists, Physics to God, planets, Richard Feynman, scientific knowledge, stars, universe}

Fine-Tuning Is the Solution to the Mystery of the Constants

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 21, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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In his discussion of the constants in 1985, physicist Richard Feynman described the great challenge and mystery the constants pose to a final theory, Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinism, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, Justin Brierley, neo-Darwinian, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific community, Stephen Meyer, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, universe}

Stephen Meyer on the Intellectual Shift Away from Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 20, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Darwinism is in trouble, and intelligent design is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
August 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, biochemists, biological origins, biologists, Charles Darwin, computer science, Darwinism, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, mathematician, Michael Behe, paleontologists, University of Texas El Paso}

On Evolution, Mathematicians Need Not Be Silent

_{Granville Sewell
August 20, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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"I know a good many mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists who, like me, are appalled [by] Darwin's explanation for the development of life." Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 20, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, chance, design hypothesis, evil, intelligent cause, intelligent life, likelihood, natural disasters, physical constants, probabilities, suffering, universe}

Considering the Fine-Tuning Argument from Probabilities

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 20, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Many authors formulate the fine-tuning argument using probabilities and Bayesian analysis (e.g., Swinburne, Collins, Roberts, Barnes). Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain tissue, human mind, human nature, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, physical processes, soul, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind}

Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Aristotle, Australia, Christianity, disabilities, happiness, Hebrews, Hippocratic Oath, human life, infanticide, Jews, Judeo-Christian tradition, Melbourne, physicians, Plato, Plutarch, poison, Pythagoras, Socrates, Stoics, The Republic}

Life Devalued: Suicide and Infanticide in Classical Antiquity

_{Richard Weikart
August 19, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Nick Vujicic’s story would probably have turned out quite differently if he had been born in ancient Greece or Rome. Read More ›

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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 ›