Tag: New York Times | Page 5 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 2, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Christianity, Darwinism, Enlightenment, faith and science, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Jonah Goldberg, Jordan Peterson, Living in Wonder, Matthew Crawford, New York Times, Paul Kingsnorth, podcast, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rod Dreher, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, universe}

Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility

_{Peter Biles
February 2, 2025

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 29, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, adaptations, Armin Moczek, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, cars, convergence, creator, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, evolution, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, improvements, Indiana University, intelligent design, life, magic wand, New York Times, PDE2D, planning, software, testing, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, theology, unintelligent process, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert}

Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

_{Granville Sewell
January 29, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology

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If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, beef, California, corn, environmentalists, Europe, food, global warming, New York Times, pesticides, pollution, United States}

Learning to Love Industrial Farming

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2024

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

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"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, acorn worms, algorithms, anus, bilaterian animals, Early Cambrian, echinoderms, Fossil Friday (series), New York Times, ResearchGate, synapomorphies, synapomorphy, The Guardian, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge}

Fossil Friday: Say Hello to Our Microscopic Granddaddy?

_{Günter Bechly
December 13, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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What we do know is that it is definitely not our earliest ancestor. Another overhyped missing link bites the dust. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, A Biologist’s View, Darwinism, empirical science, evidence, evolution, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, Jean Rostand, Jonathan Wells, materialistic science, New York Times, The Guardian}

The Mystery of Evolution May Be Unsolvable — By Materialist Science

_{Granville Sewell
October 2, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Seventy years later we are still not close to explaining the origin and development of life in terms of entirely natural (unintelligent) causes. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Carl Sagan, Cosmos (series), Darwin Day in America, Ernst Haeckel, Greek, John West, materialists, New York Times, nitrogen, oxygen, Sarco, universe, Wesley J. Smith}

Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

_{Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, Center for Science and Culture, Communism, Darwin's Finches, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), New York Times, peppered moths, Phillip E. Johnson, San Francisco, Science Uprising, science writers, scientists, textbooks, The Myth of Junk DNA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Yale University, Zombie Science (book)}

Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, fish, intelligence, lizards, New York Times, octopuses, reptiles}

There Is No Known Evolutionary Rule for Animal Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 31, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Got a pet lizard? Good news. Scientists say it can be trained to do tasks and tricks. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Sanger, Michael Behe, New York Times, peer review, peer-reviewed literature, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument

_{Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aeon, animal rights, animal welfare, anthropomorphizing, dignity, elitism, intelligence, New York Times, personhood, rights, Western civilization}

“Plant Philosophy” Sounds Like a Joke — It Isn’t

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2024

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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The purpose is to destroy the philosophical basis of Western civilization. Think I’m overreacting? Read More ›