Tag: film review

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Aristotle, biotechnology, book reviews, defining terms, evolution, film, film review, Frankenstein, Harold Urey, intellectual history, Mary Shelley, Miller-Urey experiment, movies, panspermia, satire, spontaneous generation, Stanley Miller, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

Frankenstein and His Offspring

_{Neil Thomas
April 13, 2022

Biology, Origin of Life, Technology

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"Abiogenesis" seems to draw its strength from pseudo-scientific folk-beliefs that life could somehow be made to emerge from non-life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 25, 2017

Categories
Applied Sciences
Engineering
Evolution
Tagged
, __nedited, Doug Axe, engineering, evolutionary informatics, film review, historical sciences, medicine, NASA, post-trust, post-truth, Undeniable (book)}

Doug Axe: Hidden Figures and the Engineering Challenge to Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 25, 2017

Applied Sciences, Engineering, Evolution

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Ahead of tomorrow night's Academy Awards ceremonies, Dr. Axe offers some steely and merciless observations. Read More ›

Lips of the dummy. Dummy in purple. Nose and lips.

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
January 23, 2017

Categories
Arts
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, __nedited, evolutionary ethics, film, film review, human dignity, intimacy, meaning, purpose, sex}

Machine Intimacy Would Take the Evolutionary Mindset to Its Logical Outcome

_{Brendan Dixon
January 23, 2017

Arts, Ethics, Technology

5}

There are some inflection points, cultural and life bends, that, when you encounter them, should make you pause and reassess the landscape. Read More ›

Long exposure photography is the name given to the technique in which the camera's shutter is left open during a somewhat lengthy period of time.

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 2, 2016

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, Anthropic Principle, film review, fine-tuning, multiverse, physical constants, science, thought experiment}

Dr. Strange Introduces the Multiverse to the Masses

_{Jonathan Witt
December 2, 2016

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The idea serves as a good plot device, but don't be fooled: fine-tuning points to intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, David Berlinski, film review, homelessness, John West, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Scott Minnich, Seattle}

Revealing Michael Behe, Intelligent Design’s “Revolutionary” Biologist

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2016

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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A lamentable aspect of Seattle street life reminds me a curious feature of the evolution debate. Read More ›

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Date
November 7, 2011

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, Alleged (film), DNA, eugenics, film review, genetic code, H.L. Mencken, history, Inherit the Wind, media bias, misinformation, mythology, revisionist history, Scopes Monkey Trial, video}

A New Film, Alleged, Tells the Real Story of the Scopes Trial

_{Science & Culture
November 7, 2011

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Alleged stays true to the complicated story rather than, in the manner of Inherit the Wind, turning it into a Darwinian propagandist morality cartoon. Read More ›