Tag: Francis Collins | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
February 5, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 22, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Faith & Science
History of Science
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, atheism, Bernard Acworth, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christianity, evolution, faith and science, fantasy, four-bar linkage, Francis Collins, hubris, Jesus Christ, junk DNA, knuckle-walkers, Lehigh University, London, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Richard Dawkins, scientific revolution, Stuart Burgess, theistic evolutionists, William Shakespeare}

In the Scientific Enterprise, the Wildness of Aslan Counsels Humility

_{Jonathan Witt
January 22, 2024

Engineering, Faith & Science, History of Science, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Science has made many of its grandest leaps in the face of a mainstream of scientists stubbornly defending a dominant but misguided paradigm. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, COVID-19, disinformation, experts, Francis Collins, gain of function, geneticists, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, Human Genome Project, Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, morality, pathogens, public health, Wuhan}

Francis Collins Disappointed as a Public-Health Leader

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 3, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Many Christians looked to Collins, an Evangelical Christian who was also a brilliant scientist, to bring a greater sense of morality to the research pursuit. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Metascience
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, censorship, COVID-19, embryonic stem cells, evidence-based medicine, Francis Collins, gender-affirming care, Great Barrington Declaration, Harvard University, ideology, medical establishment, medicine, Oxford University, p-hacking, plausibility, Politics, scientism, Stanford University, The Lancet, trust, Vaccines}

Shift from “Evidence-Based” to “Science-Based” Medicine Would Stifle Debate

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Metascience, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Trust must be earned, not imposed. Information gatekeepers can be wrong. The danger of censorship in the name of “science” is growing. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Anthony Fauci, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cancel culture, climate change, Cold War, Francis Collins, gender-affirming care, Great Barrington Declaration, Hiroshima, Ireland, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, movies, Nagasaki, National Institutes of Health, Soviet Union, Sunetra Gupta, United States}

For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023

Bioethics, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom

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Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, BioLogos, chimpanzees, computational biology, Dennis Venema, Endogenous retroviruses, evolutionary creation, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, Francis Collins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, pseudogenes, Queen Mary University London, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, University of Stockholm, Washington University}

Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, CDC, COVID-19, Democrats, Denmark, FDA, Francis Collins, Great Barrington Declaration, hospitalization, Humanize, Jay Bhattacharya, mortality, NIH, pandemic, Politics, public health, Republicans, Sweden, transmission, Vaccines, viruses}

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya’s Next Big Idea

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 28, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Known as the Norfolk Group, Bhattacharya and his co-authors hope to create a national commission to explore the official responses to Covid. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, amniotes, biological novelty, birds, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolution, feathers, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francis Collins, Germany, homology, intelligent design, Karl Giberson, ontogeny, paleontology, scales, Stuttgart Natural History Museum, The Language of Science and Faith, theropod, theropod dinosaurs}

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

_{Günter Bechly
May 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
May 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, academia, African Americans, anti-racism, atheism, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Charles Lyell, evolution, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, history, Human Zoos, John West, Louis Agassiz, Racism, theistic evolution, Victorian England, Yale University}

Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

_{Robert Shedinger
May 12, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, Anthony Fauci, children, COVID-19, epidemiology, Francis Collins, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, lab leak, Martin Kulldorff, Nature Medicine, NIH, Oxford University, pandemic, public health, public policy, schools, Sunetra Gupta, Washington Post, Wired}

Fauci and Collins Owe the Country an Apology

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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The harm done unnecessarily to children — their lost time in school, not to mention missed socialization — is a blow from which many will never recover. Read More ›