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July 29, 2020
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How Much of Today’s Anarchic Nihilism Can Be Laid at Darwin’s Feet?

There’s a pervasive sense afoot that something has gone wrong, in a very serious way, in our culture. Just in 2020, problems that were of, let’s say, an outpatient nature in their gravity have gone to full-scale emergency — a cytokine storm of trouble, is one way of putting it. But why?

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The Edge of Evolution

How much of life does Darwin’s theory explain? What is the edge of evolution? Biochemist Michael Behe presents far more than a challenge to Darwinism: He presents the evidence of the genetics revolution, the first direct evidence of nature’s mutational pathways to radically redefine the debate about Darwinism.

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Biophysicists Find Water Wires Are Biological Information Channels

Water conducts electricity; it can also conduct energy and information. Biophysicists are finding that “water wires” at the nanoscale fine-tune enzymatic actions — indeed, can be indispensable for function.

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By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

Fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine any path to technology that does not begin and continue with fire.

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Ethics Prof Slams Claims About Why Pregnant Women “Nest”

Evolutionary psychology continues to take a beating, as more people reflect on its central claim: Aspects of our psychology, which we think are the products of reason and emotion applied to personal and historical experience, really stem from the survival and reproduction mechanisms of ancestors of whom we have no historical record.

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Beauty, Coherence, Semiotics and Coronavirus
July 30, 2020
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An Intelligent Design Perspective on Diarrhea and the Appendix
With chemist Marcos Eberlin
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The Circular Argument at the Heart of Theistic Evolution
With Ann Gauger
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Meyer, Medved on the Origin of Animal Life
Great Minds with Michael Medved

IDTF  ID the Future
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John Lennox Talks AI, SciFi, Transhumanism and the Image of God
July 29, 2020
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John Lennox on What (Not) to Expect of AI in 2084
July 27, 2020
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Our Irreducibly Complex Calcium Control System
July 24, 2020
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