Events

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September
09
Sep
13
13
2019}

2nd Annual European Conference on Intelligent Design

_{The Center for Science and Culture
Date
September
09
Sep
13
13
2019}

Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture is co-sponsoring the 2nd Annual European Conference on Intelligent Design with TDI Brasil, Discovery Mackenzie, and Fundation Dignidad Y Liberdad. In its first year, this event was initially planned in Faro, Portugal. After pushback from local activists, it was moved to Porto, Portugal and — after further pushback — to its ultimate location in Leon, Spain. The opposition, which claimed that the conference was not truly of a scientific nature, served only to increase interest from local students and the community. In the end, a charter bus was provided to bring students from Portugal to Spain — traveling 2,000 km round-trip to reach the event. You can read the full story here. After a great turnout, the organizers are …

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October
10
Oct
18
18
2019}

Want to promote intelligent design as an activist, doctor, donor, scientist, writer, educator, student, or ministry leader? Plan now to attend Discovery Institute’s third Intelligent Design Action Network Meeting in Seattle on October 18-19, 2019. Hear about the current state of the debate from the leaders of the movement; talk with David Berlinski by video-link about his forthcoming book; meet geneticist Michael Denton and learn about his next two books; discover what scientific and educational projects are currently in the pipeline; explore new tools to promote intelligent design as a scientist, doctor, educator, or citizen activist; and brainstorm about what we should be doing in the future. Plus see a sneak preview of new video projects. Cost is only $100 if you register by …

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November
11
Nov
8
08
2019}

Dr. Behe Presents on Darwin Devolves in Central Colorado

_{Hosted by the Science & Culture Network Chapter in Colorado}_{Colorado Chapter of Science and Culture Network
Date
November
11
Nov
8
08
2019}

Renowned author of Darwin’s Black Box (1996) and Edge of Evolution (2007), professor and biochemist Dr. Michael Behe will be presenting the message of his latest book — Darwin Devolves — at these two locations in Central Colorado next month. Mark your calendars, and spread the word! Twenty years after publishing Darwin’s Black Box, Behe shows that new scientific discoveries point to a stunning fact: Darwin’s mechanism works by a process of devolution, not evolution. On the surface, evolution can help make something look and act differently, but it doesn’t have the ability to build or create anything at the genetic level. Critically analyzing the latest research, Behe gives a sweeping tour of how modern theories of evolution fall short and how the devolving nature of …

^{Date
November
11
Nov
23
23
2019}

Memorial Symposium for Phillip Johnson

_{A series of brief presentations to honor the life of one of ID's greatest scholars}_{Discovery Institute
Date
November
11
Nov
23
23
2019
Berkeley, CA}

You are invited to join us at the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley from 4:00–5:30 PM on Saturday, November 23 to hear brief (10–15 minute) tributes from intelligent design scientists and scholars who have been directly impacted by Phil’s life and have since become the ID torch-bearers for our generation. Among those speaking are Stephen Meyer, Michael Behe, Jonathan Wells, Douglas Axe, Paul Nelson, and others.

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April
04
Apr
3
03
2020}

Design & Designer: The Convergence of Science & Theology

_{The Center for Science and Culture
Date
April
04
Apr
3
03
2020
Greater Philadelphia, PA}

Given enough time, can bacteria mutate into insects by chance? Can random mutations account for the existence of butterflies and whales and platypuses? What about the origin of the universe or the origin of man’s ability to reason? Come and hear scientists and scholars discuss the limitations of chance and the abundant testimonies to design, as they come to realization from physics to proteins.

^{Date
April
04
Apr
23
23
2020}

Whale of an Evolution Tale

_{Online Premiere of Long Story Short: Whale Evolution}_{Richard Sternberg
Date
April
04
Apr
23
23
2020
Online
Online Event}

Join us for the live, online premiere of the new video Whale of an Evolution Tale, the latest in the Long Story Short series of videos. Immediately following the video we’ll have a live Q&A about whale evolution with biologists Jonathan Wells and Richard Sternberg.

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May
05
May
16
16
2020}

ISI Webinar on Science, Scientism, and Society

_{John G. West
Date
May
05
May
16
16
2020
Online Event}

From artificial intelligence to mandatory stay-at-home orders and everything in-between, what role should scientists — and their modern approach to scientific investigation — play in the critical decisions that we must make on such controversial issues?

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June
06
Jun
13
13
2020}

Michael Behe on Viruses, COVID-19, and Evolution

_{The Center for Science and Culture
Date
June
06
Jun
13
13
2020
Online Event}

In this online Zoom webinar, Dr. Behe will review the biochemistry of viruses in general and COVID-19 in particular. He will use these topical examples to illustrate a fundamental principle: Darwinian and other unintelligent evolutionary mechanisms can change life marginally, in ways that are medically important, yet they cannot explain life’s complex structure. Rather, the elegant molecular structures of life required purposeful intelligent design. The Colorado, Houston, and Southern California Chapters of Discovery Institute’s Science & Culture Network are pleased to host this upcoming event. To stay in touch with the Chapters, or to donate towards this and other events, please visit their website at https://scienceandculture.network Event …

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July
07
Jul
10
10
2020}

The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

_{The Center for Science and Culture
Date
July
07
Jul
10
10
2020
Seattle, WA}

The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare students 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.

^{Date
July
07
Jul
10
10
2020}

C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

_{The Center for Science and Culture
Date
July
07
Jul
10
10
2020
Seattle, WA}

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 …