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Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, algorithms, avida, bacteria, bones, bugs, citrate, compatibilism, computer, creativity, determinism, evolution, free will, intelligent design, libertarian free will, Michael Behe, muscles, Richard Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, simulation, software, The Matrix, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Digital Evolution and Bohemian Bugs

_{April 26, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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All software engineers have been burnt by those sneaky “bugs” that manage to get past the defenses. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 24, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __nedited, "chilling effect", academic freedom, Darwinian theory, democracy, education, Free Science, free speech, intimidation, origins, protest, scholars, scientists, UK Parliament, United Kingdom, universities}

UK: Students Should Be Allowed to “Develop Own Opinions” Even if “Unpopular, Controversial”

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 24, 2018

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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A “chilling effect.” Yes, that’s a result of persecuting people with unpopular opinions. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, arthropods, circadian rhythms, cladistics, common descent, crustaceans, Current Biology, Devonian Period, evolutionists, frogs, George McGhee, homology, homoplasy, lampreys, lizards, Paleozoic, pseudogenes, Simon Conway Morris, sleep, Stephen Jay Gould, tetrapods, University of Tübingen, vertebrates, Willi Hennig}

Extinct Four-Eyed Monitor Lizard Busts Myth of a Congruent Nested Hierarchy

_{Günter Bechly
April 23, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology, Zoology

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Obviously, evolutionary “laws” are quite malleable and have to give way when they become too cumbersome. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, "created equal", African Americans, algorithms, artificial intelligence, behavior, Civil War, consciousness, emotivism, empathy, endowed by their creator, feelings, human beings, human rights, programming, Psychology Today, Racism, rights, robots, slavery, stories, Thomas Jefferson}

Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2018

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __nedited, abortion, biotechnology, chromosomes, cloning, fetus, Frankenstein, genetic material, gestation, human cloning, human life, IVF, mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA, UK Parliament, United Kingdom, zygote}

First State-Sanctioned Three-Parent Babies to be Born

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 4, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

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The children could have serious health consequences — either early or later in life — having been generated, after all, from two broken eggs. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
December 30, 2017

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __nedited, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, coincidence, conspiracy, earth, eclipse, General Theory of Relativity, Goldilocks Zone, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Mars, Moon, sun, The Privileged Planet}

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Perfect Eclipse, Coincidence or Conspiracy?

_{Jay W. Richards
December 30, 2017

Astronomy, Planetology, Rare Earth

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On August 21, we Americans got to see a total solar eclipse. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 18, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, calculator, coincidences, counterflow, Del Ratzsch, design intuition, dragonfly, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, hummingbird, intelligent design, Mars rover, monkey, natural processes, Neo-Darwinism, Peter Van Inwagen, probabilities, probability, Star Trek, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

The Calculation-Free Design Intuition and the Calculations That Validate It

_{Douglas Axe
December 18, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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From childhood, we all naturally ascribe things like spiders and hummingbirds to a “God-like designer.” But are we right to do this? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 16, 2017

Categories
Metascience
Philosophy
Tagged
, __nedited, chronological snobbery, Günter Bechly, intelligence, intelligent design, interpretation, knowledge, multidisciplinary, obtuseness, paleontology, progress, Science Literacy, scientists, specialization, Wikipedia, wisdom}

Are Scientists Smarter Now, or Dumber?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 16, 2017

Metascience, Philosophy

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On the gathering specifically of scientific knowledge, our paleontologist colleague Günter Bechly nails it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2017

Categories
Biology
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, __nedited, 'Oumuamua, aliens, asteroid, Avi Loeb, Discovery Institute, earth, evolution, humans, intelligent design, Jupiter, life, Mars, Michael Denton, Neptune, orbit, Pegasus, Privileged Species, science, SETI, solar system, Washington Post, Wikipedia}

‘Oumuamua, Space Visitor, Shows Intelligent Design at Work

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2017

Biology, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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The discovery of ETs would not undermine the case for the design of terrestrial life one bit. The situation for Darwinists is very different. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 14, 2017

Categories
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, amino acids, ammonia, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, early Earth, enantiomers, homochirality, hydrogen, Jack Szostak, lipids, methane, nucleotides, phosphate, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Royal Society, skepticism, Stanley Miller, thermodynamics, V.J. Torley, volcanos}

The Origin of Life: Dangers of Taking Research Claims at Face Value

_{Brian Miller
December 14, 2017

Geophysics, Origin of Life, Scientific Trustworthiness

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All simulations that purport to be breakthroughs in origins problems follow the same pattern. Read More ›