Tag: wonder

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, beauty, biography, Brazil, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, evolution, intelligent design, intelligibility, John Milton, natural selection, nature, purposiveness, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, Systems Biology, Texas A&M, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, understanding, Uri Alon, William Shakespeare, wonder}

Nature’s Wonder — A Tale of Two Scientists

_{Stephen Dilley
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin described an atrophied sensitivity to “grandeur” that he noted in himself. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beauty, birds, elves, evil, existence, lilac, mountains, poetry, rocks, stones, ugliness, wonder}

Capturing Beauty, Painting Creation

_{Ann Gauger
September 9, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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Orcs were made from elves, not the other way around. And that is not my subject here. Beauty comes first. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", brain, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, human behavior, human origins, Joseph Holden, menopause, Science, smiling, Subrena E. Smith, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, William A. Dembski, wonder}

There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
October 1, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, carbon, Charles Darwin, Cyanobacteria, Dr. Pangloss, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, Latin, Lucretius, metazoans, meteorites, Michael Denton, natural selection, optimization, Paul Davies, purpose, quantum mechanics, satire, The Miracle of the Cell, Voltaire, wonder}

Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest

_{Rob Sheldon
October 1, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physics

5}

Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature. Read More ›

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Date
October 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, awe, China, common ancestry, convergent evolution, Darwinian mechanisms, echolocation, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genes, homology, Illustra Media, intelligent design, last common ancestor, Living Waters, mammals, materialists, molecular phylogeny, Paul Nelson, physiology, prestin, proteins, Richard Sternberg, Sarah Chaffee, Science Advances, whales, wonder}

Evolutionary Relationships In Echolocation — An Obsession that Smothers Wonder

_{Science and Culture
October 10, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Perhaps it is awe-inspiring to evolutionary biologists to try to work a puzzle, trying to find how everything is connected by common ancestry. Read More ›

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Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Arthur C. Clarke, awe, bats, Captain Dave Anderson, convergent evolution, Darwinian theory, dolphins, echolocation, genes, Germany, golf ball, Illustra Media, Living Waters, mammals, Michael Ruse, molecular evolution, mutations, natural selection, neutral evolution, ping-pong ball, purifying selection, Science Advances, Thomas Kuhn, toothed whales, whales, wonder}

Awe at Echolocation? Nah, Convergence Again

_{Science and Culture
October 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The passionate focus on evolutionary relationships in biology papers tends to obscure awe at the wonders in life. Read More ›