Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, air, atmosphere, atmospheric gases, carbon dioxide, cellular life, David Coppedge, earth, food, habitability, magnetic field, Mars, oxygen, Saturn, solar radiation, solar system, sun, terraforming, Titan, water}

Challenges to Terraforming Mars Highlight the Intelligent Design of Earth

_{Eric Hedin
July 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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A short list of habitability requirements for humans includes the basics of air, water, and food. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, benzene, biosphere, California, carbon, Cassini mission, continents, Europa, European Space Agency, Ganymede, habitability, Huygens probe, hydrocarbons, hydrogen, lakes, magnetic field, methane, Michael Denton, NASA, nitrogen, organic molecules, sand dunes, Saturn, temperature, The Privileged Planet, Titan, water, weather}

Saturn’s Moon Titan as a Habitability Test

_{David Coppedge
July 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s called one of the most earthlike environments in the solar system with an atmosphere and organic molecules. How does it measure up compared to Earth? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, “consensus science”, academia, colleges, education, evolution, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Missouri, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, universities}

Stephen Meyer and Justin Brierley on the Mainstreaming of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
July 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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Justin Brierley asked whether the “stigma” attached to ID had faded. Meyer smiled and answered very much in the affirmative. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abduction, biological information, biophysicists, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, inference to the best explanation, inferential science, Kirk Durston, observation, philosophers, science}

Three Types of Science: Inferential Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Kirk Durston explains how such reasoning can be used effectively as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assemblages, Assembly Theory, complex systems, complexity, designers, engineers, Harvard Business School, innovation, Lee Cronin, MIT Press, modularity}

Responding to Lee Cronin: A Modular Theory of Assembly

_{William A. Dembski
July 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite its fatal defects, Assembly Theory does raise the prospect of what a successful theory of assembly might look like. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biophysicists, experimental science, fantasy science, ID the Future, inferential science, Kirk Durston, philosophers, podcast, reproducibility crisis, science, science fiction, scientific culture}

Three Types of Science: Experimental Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 26, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Kirk Durston says he has yet to find a true conflict between experimental, reproducible scientific observations and his religious faith. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, assemblages, assembly, atoms, BIO-Complexity, biosignatures, blueprint, CAD/CAM, cell death, complexity, crystals, fingers, Lee Cronin, Lego, Leslie Orgel, molecules, Nature (journal), peptide bond, Professor Dave, Santa Fe Institute, Sara Walker, The Origins of Life, theoretical biology}

Disassembling Lee Cronin’s Assembly Theory

_{William A. Dembski
July 26, 2024

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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When I read the Assembly Theory literature and studied the details of the theory, I was frankly shocked to see how devoid it is of substance and insight. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, atmosphere, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Ediacaran, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Hallucigenia, Nature Geoscience, Neoproterozoic Era, oxygen, oxygenation}

Fossil Friday: Cambrian Explosion Bingo Continues

_{Günter Bechly
July 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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What if scientists were to discover next month that there was no oxygenation in the Cambrian but the exact opposite? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 25, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain cells, cardiac arrest, consciousness, dogmatism, Johns Hopkins University, Lucid Dying, mind, near-death experiences, neurology, New York University, psychiatry, resuscitation, Sam Parnia, Sean Carroll}

Heart Attack Doctor: Science Shows Death Is Not the End

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 25, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sam Parnia began by wondering how brain cells can give rise to thoughts. He came to see that the message “from science” was not what he had been led to expect. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, developmental gene regulatory networks, dialogue, epigenetic information, Eric Davidson, evo-devo, evolution, Evolution News, genes, intelligent design, phenotype, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, transmutation}

On Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks, the Scientific Literature Supports Stephen Meyer

_{Casey Luskin
July 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Mutations in genes that affect body plan characteristics don’t lead to new body plans — they lead to dead embryos. Read More ›