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ation. ation. About What We Do Mission Board of Directors Fellows Staff Contact Events Store Subscribe Donate Search Intelligent Design Economics Technology ACES Northwest Network Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence TechnologyDemocracy Project Education Additional Programs Human Exceptionalism Citizen Leadership Cascadia Center Discovery Institute Press The Latest Meyer and Klavan: The Tradition of British Natural Theology David Klinghoffer May 10, 2024 2 Metals: From Stars to Cells Eric Hedin May 10, 2024 5 Go West, Young Man (and Woman) | Fix Homelessness Marvin Olasky May 10, 2024 4 Strawberries In The U.S. Grew 2,755 Percent More Abundant Since 1960 Gale Pooley May 10, 2024 2 DeSantis Wrong to Criminalize Lab-Grown Meat Wesley J. Smith May 10, 2024 3 More of the Latest … Protests Will Cost Universities in the Long Term Keri D. Ingraham May 10, 2024 4 The campuses of many of America’s once distinguished institutions of higher education have been dominating the news in the past few weeks as pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, and antisemitic protesters scream, chant, incite violence, refuse to vacate their tent cities, and make demands of school administrations. This damaging higher education exposure comes on the heels of the K-12 education great parent awakening." Read More ... The Bottom Line Evolution News Humanize Mind Matters Fix Homelessness WP Review Video C.S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design with John West (2024 Dallas Conf. on ScienceFaith) Can This Man PROVE That God Exists? Piers Morgan vs Stephen Meyer Stephen C. Meyer May 3, 2024 Dr. Casey Luskin vs Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale: Is the Human Genome Largely Junk DNA? Casey Luskin May 2, 2024 Was Your Body Intelligently Designed? Howard Glicksman April 22, 2024 Dr. Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Education InnovationSchool Choice on the Politically Unstable Podcast American Center for Transforming Education April 9, 2024 ← To stay informed about COSM 2022 and get access to The Great China Debate, sign up here . More Videos … Podcast Mind Over Matter: The Case for Idealism Bruce Gordon May 9, 2024 On this episode, host Dr. Michael Egnor begins a conversation with Dr. Bruce Gordon about a chapter he wrote in the recent volume Minding the Brain titled Mind Over Matter: Idealism Ascendant.” Dr. Gordon makes a case for idealism, a philosophy of mind positing that all of reality is, in some sense, mental. Egnor and Gordon discuss the plausibility of idealism as a way to understand the nature of reality, particularly in relation to the mind. Gordon explains that idealism suggests that matter is not substantial in itself, but rather a phenomenological experience. He argues that a theistic understanding of reality provides a more plausible explanation for why there is a world and why we are here to experience it. Dr. Gordon also discusses other approaches to the philosophy … Read More ... The Bacterial Flagellum: A Marvel of Nanotechnology Jonathan McLatchie May 8, 2024 It's one of the rock stars of intelligent design. ID theorists make a fuss over it and rightly so. But even non-ID scientists admit to getting an "awe-inspiring feeling" from the "divine beauty" of the humble bacterial flagellar motor. And why not? It's a marvel of engineering that originated long before human engineering existed. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid asks Dr. Jonathan McLatchie to remind us why this tiny nano-machine is such a big deal. Read More ... Now Registering: High School Chemistry with an ID Twist Kristin Marais May 6, 2024 What do you get when you combine the fundamentals of chemistry with intelligent design concepts, taught by an experienced, enthusiastic instructor in an innovative online learning environment? You get Discovery Institute Academy's High School Chemistry, a two-semester, virtual, synchronous, and lab-based course which integrates the fundamentals of chemistry with intelligent design concepts topics where applicable. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid catches up with course instructor Kristen Marais to discuss the successes of the first year and what makes the class unique. Read More ... Events Date Jun 24 30 2024 June 06 Jun 24 24 2024 C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society The Center for Science and Culture Date Jun 24 30 2024 June 06 Jun 24 24 2024 Glen Eyrie Colorado The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include the history of science, the relationship between faith and science, the rise of scientific materialism, the debate over Darwinian theory and intelligent design, evolutionary conceptions of ethics, science and economics, science and criminal justice, stem cell research and abortion, eugenics, family life and sexuality, ecology and animal rights, climate … Learn More ... Date Jun 24 30 2024 June 06 Jun 24 24 2024 Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences The Center for Science and Culture Date Jun 24 30 2024 June 06 Jun 24 24 2024 Colorado Springs, CO Colorado The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion on worldview … Learn More ... Date Jul 11 13 2024 July 07 Jul 11 11 2024 International Seminar on Intelligent Design The Center for Science and Culture Date Jul 11 13 2024 July 07 Jul 11 11 2024 Dallas, TX Online Event Historically, the Summer Seminar program organized by the Center for ScienceCulture has included two seminars offered concurrently: the Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences, designed for students and professionals in the natural sciences and the history and philosophy of science, and the C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, designed primarily for students and professionals in the humanities, social sciences, law, and theology. In the past, we have held these programs in person and participants have joined us from all over the world. Due to the volatility and uncertainty of international travel, however, we have decided to reserve the above seminars for U.S. participants and instead offer a third program combining both tracks described … Learn More ... More Events … Programs ScienceCulture WealthPoverty Technology Artificial Intelligence Citizen Leadership Transforming Education Human Exceptionalism Cascadia Center Public policy think tank advancing a culture of purpose, creativity, and innovation. Discovery Programs Intelligent Design Technology Economics Education Additional Programs About Discovery What We Do Board Fellows Staff Transparency Stay Informed The Latest Events Newsletters Privacy Policy Terms of Service Get Involved Donate Jobs Contact Follow Us Seattle • 208 Columbia Street • Seattle, WA...