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Date
July 13, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", Angus Menuge, C.S. Lewis, Discovery Institute, dysteleology, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, natural law, Oxford University, problem of pain, Victor Reppert}

Why C. S. Lewis Rejected the “Argument from Undesign”

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July 13, 2020

Intelligent Design

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One contribution Lewis made to the intelligent design project wasn’t a specific argument but the example he set. Read More ›

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Date
July 1, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 1984 (novel), artificial intelligence, C.S. Lewis, cats, China, Christians, consciousness, George Orwell, humans, john lennox, kittens, Mind Matters, Oxford University, science fiction, Yale University}

Interview: John Lennox Answers Questions about Artificial Intelligence in 2084

_{Science & Culture
July 1, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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Lennox, the beloved Oxford mathematician, asks, “What will the year 2084 hold for you — for your friends, for your family, and for our society?" Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
May 19, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, abiogenesis, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, early Earth, factories, Harvard University, Holy Grail, Jack Szostak, Joseph Hooker, metabolic pathways, molecules, National Public Radio, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, protoplasm, random mutations, Richard Dawkins, self-replication, The Selfish Gene}

Book Excerpt: A Factory That Builds Factories That Build Factories That…

_{Eric H. Anderson
May 19, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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“How close are we to understanding the origin of life?” a radio moderator asked atheist biologist Richard Dawkins. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 4, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, attorneys, coronavirus, COVID-19, dementia, elderly people, experts, health care, Hippocratic Oath, Huffington Post, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, Oxford University, pandemic, physicians, technocracy, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

The Bioethicist Pandemic

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 4, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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The increasing outsourcing of health-care policy to medical bureaucrats during the COVID-19 crisis illustrates a dangerous temptation. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 24, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Darwin on Trial, David Klinghoffer, Edinburgh, evolution, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harriet Martineau, John Murray, materialists, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Paul Johnson, Phillip E. Johnson, Plinian Society, rhetoric, The Descent of Man, transmutation}

Darwin’s Origin of Species — Some Historical Reflections 160 Years Later

_{Michael Flannery
November 24, 2019

Evolution

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Surely the “iconic” status of Darwin’s book could never have been predicted by either the author or his publisher. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, A Biologist’s View, Alexander Tsiaras, Artificial Selection, birth, conception, development, duplication errors, evolution, foresight, geneticists, genotype, Giuseppe Sermonti, growth, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, natural selection, Oxford University, phenotype, Yale University}

The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology”

_{Granville Sewell
October 30, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Origin of Life

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We still are not close to designing any self-replicating machine. That is still pure science fiction. Read More ›

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Date
September 11, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew Knoll, biomineralization, Burgess Shale, calcium carbonate, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Chengjiang fossils, circular reasoning, convergent evolution, Darwinism, evo-devo, Greenland, molecular clocks, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, Ordovician Period, Oxford University, PNAS, shells, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, trilobites}

To Solve a (Cambrian) Problem: Declare It Solved!

_{Science & Culture
September 11, 2019

Evolution

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Frustrated by abrupt appearance, some evolutionists are simply declaring that there is no problem with the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 28, 2019

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Joseph Stalin, King’s College London, Lysenkoism, medicine, Oxford University, Trofim Lysenko}

To Intimidate Scientists, No Stalin Is Required

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 28, 2019

Biology, Medicine, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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Many scientists face abuse and threats from an outraged minority who want there to be a biological basis for chronic fatigue syndrome. Read More ›

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Date
December 14, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Current Biology, Flight, Oxford University, paramecium, Rockefeller University, Science Advances, Spider-Man, The Conversation, walking, wasps, water, whales, wings}

Gecko, Fairyfly, Manta Ray: Animals Push the Limits of the Possible

_{Science & Culture
December 14, 2018

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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What are we to think of humble animals that make the semi-miraculous look routine? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, bananas, chimpanzees, Google, Heaven, Homo Deus, Homo sapiens, Israel, Jerusalem, meditation, Oxford University, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Singularity, smartphone, The Singularity is Near, Toronto, transhumanism, Wesley Smith, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›