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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 8, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Meaningful World, cosmos, Darwinism, elegance, evolution, faith, genius, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, mystery, podcast}

Nature Reveals Not Just Design but Genius

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 8, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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After studying the hallmarks of genius in humans, Witt and Wiker looked for the same characteristics in nature. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, Arthur Holly Compton, Bible, Cambridge University, Catholic clergy, Charles Townes, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Georges Lemaître, Guillermo Gonzalez, humans, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, John Ray, Melissa Cain Travis, Museum of the Bible, Nancy Pearcey, Nobel Prize, Ota Benga, Psalms, Robert Jastrow, Signature in the Cell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Meyer, Thinking God’s Thoughts}

No. 7 Story of 2023: Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

_{John G. West
December 26, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chimpanzees, culture, David Barash, Denyse O'Leary, Disney, fiction, fungi, horror, human beings, humans, humanzee, materialism, movies, Museum of Natural History, mushrooms, music, nihilism, Periodic Table, Pinocchio, Seattle, soul, stars, supernova, University of Washington, Victor Davis Hanson, young people}

Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, David Barash, dehumanization, evolutionary theory, Holy Grail, humans, humanzee, Nautilus, pain, Rob Sheldon, Soviet Union, Templeton Foundation, University of Washington, worms}

Return (Yet Again) of the Humanzee

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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So it comes down to a war on the human soul. Now, here’s the interesting part: Humans are self-evidently unique. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amygdala, birds, brain, brainstem, dopamine, dreaming, Flight, hippocampus, Howard Glicksman, humans, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, mice, neurotransmitters, reptiles, sleep, speed, Steve Laufmann, strength, thalamus, unconsciousness, wakefulness, Your Designed Body}

Sleep — Designed for Our Good

_{Eric Hedin
December 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The evolutionary mindset operates as a major obstacle to the scientific understanding of sleep. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, body plans, cancer, chimpanzees, diseases, DNA, evolution, evolutionary biologists, function, functionality, gene expression, genes, humans, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk RNA, lncRNAs, molecular biologists, mRNAs, mutations, natural selection, protein translation, proteins, proteome, repetitive DNA, ribozymes, species, transcription}

Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 28, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinians, Ernst Haeckel, François Jacob, humans, kidneys, mammals, museum, natural selection, vertebrates, vestigial structures}

Human Vestigial Organs: Some Contradictions in Darwinian Thinking

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 28, 2023

Evolution, Medicine

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Among these organs, the pronephros was taken as an outstanding illustration for the assertion that man is “a veritable walking museum of antiquities.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, bees, behavior, chimpanzees, consciousness, crows, elephants, emotion, human consciousness, humans, insects, joy, Lars Chittka, octopuses, pain, Scientific American, sentience, Thomas Nagel}

What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, freedom, government, humans, ID the Future, intolerance, John West, lockdowns, natural world, physical science, podcast, privacy, scientific progress, scientism, scientists, technocracy}

C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 22, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Conservation of Information, death, Design Inference, education, father, Forensics, freedom, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, investigation, movies, murder, natural causes, pattern, podcast, relationships, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A New Design Inference for a New Generation

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 20, 2023

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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Is there an empirical method to determine whether a system is the product of chance or design? Read More ›