Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

4}

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 ›

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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

4}

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 ›