19Oct 2021 by Post

Attempt to Explain Away the Beginning of the Universe Fails to Distinguish Imagination from Reality

Alan Guth, Big Bang, Bruno Valeixo Bento, causal set, causal set cosmology, cosmology, entropy, Ethan Siegel, Flatiron Institute, gravitational contraction, Intelligent Design, NASA, oscillating model, Paul Sutter, Physics, Earth & Space, Planck length, Pluto, Stav Zalel, Stephen Meyer, Stony Brook University, universe
Here I will address another desperate attempt to avoid a cosmic beginning, this one by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. Source
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18Oct 2021 by Post

The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration 

abortion, Bible, Casey Luskin, China, Christianity, Christianity Today, Culture & Ethics, Darwin Day in America, Darwinian evolution, Downs syndrome, Ed Stetzer, ENCODE, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, gain-of-function research, George W. Bush, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Witt, Junk DNA, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Mark Galli, Medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Carome, National Institutes of Health, Obama Administration, pastores, premature babies, professors, pundists, Science (journal), The Language of God, The New England Journal of Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham, vaccination
The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth. Source
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16Oct 2021 by Post

Critics Respond to Stephen Meyer’s New Book (Without Mentioning Him by Name)

Alan Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, BGV, Bible, Big Bang, Christianity, CMBR, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmic microwave background radiation, cosmology, critics, Ethan Siegel, Evolution, Harry Potter, inflationary theory, Intelligent Design, Judaism, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, universe, Voldemort
The critics, including Ethan Siegel, appear to see Meyer much like Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. Source
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15Oct 2021 by Post

Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

biology, cichlid fish, constrained variation, Evolution, evolutionary icons, fatty acids, Freshwater, genetics, Intelligent Design, natural genetic engineering, phenotypic plasticity, prickly sculpin, saltwater, scientific materialism, stickleback fish
Cichlid and stickleback fish are two of the most iconic examples of adaption that biologists present as evidence for the plausibility of evolutionary processes. Source
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14Oct 2021 by Post

Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

adaptation, biology, cichlid fish, engineered systems, Evolution, evolutionary theory, genes, genetic diversity, information, Intelligent Design, Kara Feilich, Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyka, Lake Victoria, mutation rate, natural genetic engineering, operational gravity well, phenotypic plasticity, principal component analysis, tracking model of adaptation
Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Source
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