28Jul 2023 by Post

Watch: “Cosmic Mind, Divine Action, and Design-Engaged Theology”

Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Taliaferro, conferences, cosmic history, Discovery Institute, Events, Faith & Science, faith and science, human soul, Intelligent Design, J.P. Moreland, Joshua Farris, Michael Egnor, philosophy, soul, Stephen Meyer, The Creation of Self, theology
“The event examined intelligent design and its implications for science-engaged theology. Collectively, it made the case for a God who cares." Source
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26Jul 2023 by Post

The Other Unsolved Problem of Evolution

aquatic bladderworts, BioCosmos, carnivorous traps, Charles Darwin, chemical processes, duplication errors, Evolution, Evolution News, Heinz-Albert Becker, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Model T, Model U., Model V, origin of life, peer-reviewed literature, replication, self-replicating machines, self-replicators, Technology, trigger hairs, Wolf-Ekkehard Lӧnnig
"With all our advanced technology, we are not close to producing human-engineered self-replicating machines." Source
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25Jul 2023 by Post

Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma

amino acids, bacteria, bacterial cell division, bacterial cell wall, binary fission, biology, cell wall, cleavage, Evolution, foresight, glycosyltransferases, Gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Mycoplasma, natural selection, nisin, osmotic pressure, penicillin, penicillin-binding proteins, pentapeptide, peptides, peptidoglycan, peptidoglycan precursors, re-synthesis, self-replication, transpeptidases
Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate. Source
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24Jul 2023 by Post

Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

Arctic terns, bird mimicry, birds, brain, budgerigars, camera rotation, Clover, cockatiels, combat aircraft, Current Biology, drones, Duke University, Evolution, flight recordings, hummingbird, Intelligent Design, keas, Live Science, lovebirds, lyrebird, Medical Xpress, migration, mimicry, mockingbird, Neuroscience & Mind, newlyweds, odor map, odors, parakeets, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, smells, stabilization, starlings, vocabulary, vocal apparatus, wind directions, zoologists
Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world.  Source
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21Jul 2023 by Post

Cell Vesicles Wear Sophisticated Coats, Defying Unguided Evolutionary Explanations

biology, clathrin-coated vesicle, Coat Protein 1, Coat Protein 2, coat proteins, conformations, EMBL Heidelberg, endoplasmic reticulum, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Evolution, geodesic dome, Golgi apparatus, hexagons, humans, Intelligent Design, invagination, Latin, lattice, pentagons, protein coats, proteins, Science (journal), self-driving cars, triads, triskelion, vesicles, yeast
These coats, and the accessory proteins that build them, attach them to vesicles, and disassemble them, exhibit irreducible complexity. Source
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19Jul 2023 by Post

Stephen Meyer, James Tour: The Origin-of-Life Hustle

abiogenesis, chemicals, Chemistry, chemists, domestic problems, early Earth, hustle, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience, Life Sciences, News Media, origin of life, Politicians, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, science media, Stephen Meyer
Researchers perform experiments using specially purchased chemical ingredients and assure the credulous science media that this has something relevant to say. Source
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17Jul 2023 by Post

The Origin of Life and the Wonder of Daily Existence

abiogenesis, ants, cell phones, civilization, daily existence, foresight, functional complexity, GPS, honeybees, information, insects, instinct, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, materialistic universe, natural disasters, natural processes, non-life, origin of life, San Diego, space-time resources, unguided natural processes, vacation
Sometimes, civilization’s design breaks down, and we then see how complex, interdependent, and fragile the system really is. Source
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14Jul 2023 by Post

Joe Rogan, Stephen Meyer: Did Images from Webb Space Telescope Refute the Big Bang?

Big Bang, cosmic origins, cosmology, faith and science, galaxy formation, Intelligent Design, interviews, James Webb Space Telescope, Joe Rogan, media, News Media, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, spirituality, Stephen Meyer, The Daily Wire
Joe Rogan is the ideal interviewer for our colleague Stephen Meyer — thoughtful, skeptical, curious about absolutely EVERYTHING. Source
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