Tag: Richard Dawkins | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, biochemistry, C. H. Waddington, calculus, Christopher Hitchens, complexity, Daniel Dennett, Darwin’s Black Box, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene Wigner, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Joseph Woodger, M.-P. Schützenberger, mechanism, Michael Behe, Michael Polanyi, Michael Ruse, Neo-Darwinism, Nicolas Rashevsky, Richard Dawkins, Robert Rosen, scientific materialism, UC Berkeley, UCSF, UT MD Anderson}

Restoring Our Vision: Michael Behe and Darwin’s Black Box

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 6, 2026

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

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What has always stirred me with a deep set of conflicting emotions is his reference to the “elephant in the room.” Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, Armand Assante, Athena, blessings, Brad East, Cambridge Elements, Christopher Nolan, Contemporary Pagan Philosophy, disenchantment, Eric Steinhart, faith, Federation of American Scientists, intelligent design, Interstellar, knowledge, mad scientist, magicians, Marvel Cinematic Universe, methodological naturalism, Möbius strip, natural disasters, naturalism, philosophers, polytheism, Richard Dawkins, scientists, teacher’s pet, The Odyssey, The Prestige, theism, theistic evolutionists, wizards, Yiyang Zhuge, Zeus}

Christopher Nolan’s Disenchanted Odyssey

_{Bethel McGrew
August 5, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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In Nolan's supposal, the mad scientist takes on the mystique of a wizard. Perhaps this is fitting, given that he sees science and wizardry as the same thing. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, back, biology, bipedal spine, butterfly stroke, chemistry, constraints, dancing, data storage, diseases, DNA, engineering, ESA, evolution, flexing, foot, genetic faults, gymnastics, human body, imperfect design, imperfection, intelligent design, joints, jumping, lifting heavy loads, Lucy Hyde, NASA, pain, Panasonic, physics, pregnancy, primates, Psalms, quadrupedal spine, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, spine, swimming, synovial fluid lubrication systems, technology, theology, twisting, Ultimate Engineering, walking}

A Level Above: The Superiority of the Design Approach

_{Terrell Clemmons
August 3, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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"According to evolution, biology should be a level below human technology because evolution is constrained." Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 30, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academics, anatomy, bad design, biology, biomechanics, bipedalism, circular thinking, contradictions, devolution, divine design, engineers, evolution, human ancestry, human body, human foot, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, locomotion, Lucy Hyde, mammals, musculoskeletal system, Nathan Lents, prosthetic device, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Smithsonian Institution, theology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, worldview}

Darwin Devolves (Again): Circular Thinking and the Debilitating Assumptions

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 30, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"There is a reason why evolutionists focus on the human body as a prime example of bad design." Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, americans, anatomy, Aston Martin, back pain, bipedal skeleton, bipedalism, bridge design, bridges, Bristol University, Cambridge University, cars, Corvette, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, engineering, European Space Agency, evolution, horizontal beams, human back, human body, human spine, intelligent design, intervertebral discs, Jerry Coyne, King Charles III, Liberty University, Lucy Hyde, macroevolution, misuse, Nathan Lents, poor design, predictions, Prince Charles, quadrupedal skeleton, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Stuart Burgess, Ultimate Engineering, vertebrae}

Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 24, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!" Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artifacts, Buddy the Elf, C. S. Lewis, cells, Claude, Claude Delusion, Donald Knuth, evolution, femme bot, intelligence, intelligent causes, intelligent design, large language models, Lego blocks, materialism, Nik Prassas, Richard Dawkins, symbolic artifacts, thinking, tokens, Transformer blocks, Turing test, unintelligent causes}

Why Dawkins’s Argument for AI Is an Argument for God

_{George Montañez
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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If step-by-step mechanical explanations do not rule out creation by intelligent agents, then I’m not sure we can dismiss the evidence for design in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, atheists, biology, chatbots, ChatGPT, Claude, computing, consciousness, intelligence, intelligent design, large language models, living systems, personal identity, philosophy, plagiarists, Richard Dawkins, technology, UnHerd}

On Minds and Machines, Richard Dawkins’s Curious Inconsistency

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 10, 2026

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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If we encounter far more advanced informational technology in living organisms, isn’t the same intuition at least worth considering? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 8, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheists, Christians, church history, compartmentalization, creator, culture, Disclosure Day, government, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, natural causes, nature, order, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, Romans, Rube Goldberg, Steven Spielberg, theology, UFOs, Ultimate Engineering, universe}

It’s Time for a “Disclosure Day” on Design in Nature

_{Brian Miller
July 8, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The culture has been buzzing about Steven Spielberg’s latest, which depicts whistleblowers releasing evidence about UFOs that the government has hidden. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
June 24, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Aeon, Baylor University, bouncing cosmologies, conformal cyclic cosmology, Conservation of Information, Cumrun Vafa, cyclic cosmologies, dark energy, David Olive, Don Page, empirical record, erebonic field, erebons, eternal recurrence, faith, fantasy, fine-tuning, geometers, Gordon Kane, John Polkinghorne, John Roberts, John Roe, Krzysztof Meissner, Laurie Brown, Michael Denton, Michael Dickson, Northwestern University, Page curve, Paul Tod, Phil Halper, Phillip Johnson, physics, quantum theory, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dalitz, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Sean McDowell, Simon Saunders, Stephen Meyer, The Nature of Nature, The Story of Everything, Weyl Curvature Hypothesis, William Dembski}

Fashion and Faith in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

_{Bruce Gordon
June 24, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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This brings us, at last, to the remaining “cyclic” proposal, that of Roger Penrose, which is perhaps the most quixotic of all. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, Ancient Aliens, Bible, Big Bang, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Edward Snowden, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, extraterrestrials, fine-tuning, First Cause, Francis Crick, gray aliens, History Channel, intelligent design, L. A. Marzulli, media, Michael Knowles, Nerdrotic, Richard Dawkins, Science and Culture Today, Singularity, spoilers, Steven Spielberg, storytelling, sunshine laws, Ufologists, UFOs, universe, War of the Worlds, whistleblower, YouTubers}

Disclosure Day Is Fun, But It Didn’t Rock My Faith

_{Casey Luskin
June 16, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Spielberg's message is not only that aliens are real but also that they’re good and they’re our friends. I find that very curious: How is he so sure? Read More ›