Status Signaling in the Herd: Why Otherwise Good Scientists Sneer at Intelligent Design

Aldous Huxley, Bible, biology, chemists, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, J. Budziszewski, jobs, materialistic paradigm, Meaning, media, morality, natural law theory, Pandemic of Lunacy, peer pressure, Phillip Johnson, promotion, scientific reasoning, snake handlers, social status, status signaling, University of Texas at Austin, yahoos
"Here is Johnson, giving a very studious argument for ID, and the other fellow thinks it’s sufficient to say, 'I know it's wrong because my friend told me.'" Source
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God Hypothesis Comes to Theaters Nationally in April!

accidents, Ben Shapiro, Bible, biologists, biology, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, cosmology, creationism, Eric Esau, film, Intelligent Design, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, materialist world view, matter, Meaning, media, mind, movies, natural selection, Nobel laureates, philosophy, Piers Morgan, religion, science, scientific discoveries, scientific revolution, scientists, significance, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theology, ultimate meaning, universe
The film features a diverse range of scientists, some familiar to those who follow the work of the Center for Science and Culture, but others very much not. Source
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The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

Artificial Intelligence, brain chemistry, Creativity, Engineering, Eric Holloway, Ideas, information, Intelligent Design, Meaning, Mind Matters News, Minding the Brain, natural intelligence, natural processes, Neuroscience & Mind, novels, Pat Flynn, random processes, Robert J. Marks, speeches
Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Source
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The End of the Machine Metaphor? 

"survival of the fittest", animals, bears, biology, Books, Casey Luskin, celibacy, chihuahua, DNA, Evolution, evolutionary psychology, Fiction, Foresight (book), foxes, genes, How Life Works, Intelligent Design, machines, Marcos Eberlin, Meaning, Oskar Schindler, otters, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, reproduction, Science and Faith in Dialogue, self-sacrifice, survival, work, writing
Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Source
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Recovering the Right Brain in a Scientistic Culture

Artificial Intelligence, Atheism, beauty, brain, Culture, Culture & Ethics, faith, Faith & Science, human experience, Ian McGilchrist, Intelligent Design, left brain, Living in Wonder, Matthew Crawford, Meaning, New Atheism, Paul Kingsnorth, Peter Savodnik, right brain, Rod Dreher, scientism, secular culture, Technology, The Free Press, The World Beyond Your Head
Science and technology were hailed as the saviors of mankind, but instead, they’ve helped to push out crucial aspects of the human experience.  Source
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Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now

adaptation, atheists, Charles Darwin, chimpanzee, common descent, Darwin Day, Darwin Devotion Detector, eugenics, Evolution, free will, genes, Germany, humanzee, Intelligent Design, J.B.S. Haldane, Jane Austen, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Kolkata, Love, Meaning, meme theory, natural selection, population growth, purpose, rape, Richard Dawkins, secular saint, United States, value
A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking. Source
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