Tag: Carl Sagan | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
January 28, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, atheism, Carl Sagan, Christianity, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, history, ID the Future, ISI Books, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Neil deGrasse Tyson, podcast, religion, science, Unbelievable, Warfare Thesis}

Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth

_{Science & Culture
January 28, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science, History of Science, Physical Sciences

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“Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe.” Read More ›

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
December 14, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, advanced life, aliens, astronomers, atheism, bacteria, Bible, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), cosmic microwave background radiation, creation, deaths, faith, galaxies, Goldilocks, history, human genome, hydrogen, Ivy League, Joseph Stalin, miracles, surface tension, theoretical physics, universe}

A Miraculous Existence

_{Marvin Olasky
December 14, 2022

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ammonia, astrobiology, astrology, Australia, biosignatures, carbon dioxide, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, Douglas Axe, habitability, ID the Future, James Webb Space Telescope, meteorites, methane, Michael Denton, molybdenum, Open University, oxygen, ozone, polypeptides, Privileged Species, protein space, SETI, solar system, The Conversation, The Privileged Planet, UFOs}

Search for Habitable Planets Is a Design Detection Exercise

_{David Coppedge
November 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The extent of habitable space within all space can serve as a determinant of the plausibility of naturalism vs intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
July 12, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, agnosticism, atheism, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), Design Inference, DNA, extra-terrestrial intelligence, Gifford lectures, ID the Future, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, podcast, radio signals, science fiction, theism}

Carl Sagan’s Love/Hate Relationship with Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
July 12, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Philosopher of science Paul Nelson explores an intriguing tension in the thinking of the famous scientist and science popularizer. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), design detection, earth, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, intelligent life, life, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Science, solar system, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theology, William A. Dembski}

Carl Sagan: “An Intelligence That Antedates the Universe”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s the evidence from Sagan’s fiction and other popular writing that is especially provocative. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 13, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiology, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, Common Core, cosmos, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, exoplanets, geologists, Hell, intelligent design, John West, solar system, stars, Uranus}

Casey Luskin: Questions Across the Cosmos

_{David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Following his wonderful talk at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, geologist Casey Luskin took questions from the audience. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
May 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, atmospheric gases, carbon dioxide, Carl Sagan, earth, extraterrestrial life, greenhouse effect, Homo sapiens, infrared radiation, intelligent design, light-eaters, metabolism, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, ozone, photosynthesis, sun, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, Venus}

Earth’s Atmosphere Demonstrates Stunning Biocentric Fine-Tuning

_{Michael Denton
May 17, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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For photosynthesis to proceed on a planet like Earth, sunlight (visual light) must penetrate the atmosphere all the way to the ground. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, complexification, Darwinian theory, evolution, evolutionary biology, Harold Urey, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, materialism, microbes, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, nature, Stanley Miller, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

Existential Implications of the Miller-Urey Experiment

_{Neil Thomas
April 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Words, even meaningless words, have the power to create their own virtual realities in our minds. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Carl Sagan, DNA, double helix, early Earth, Francis Crick, Harold Urey, James Watson, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, Nobel Prize, proteins, Richard Dawkins, Stanley Miller, University of Chicago, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

Imagining “Abiogenesis”: Crick, Watson, and Franklin

_{Neil Thomas
April 12, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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There are some biologists, such as Richard Dawkins, who still pin their faith in ideas which have resulted only in blankly negative experimental results. Read More ›

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Date
March 30, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), electromagnetism, extraterrestrials, Fibonacci sequence, fine structure constant, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, Paul Davies, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, relativity, Richard Feynman, Wolfgang Pauli}

Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe

_{Science & Culture
March 30, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Richard Feynman called 1/137, the fine structure constant, “a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man.” Read More ›