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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Big Bang, complexity, creativity, evolution, ID the Future, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, life, living cell, multiverse, podcast, resources, Rice University, synthetic organic chemistry, The Design Inference, universal probability bound, universe, William A. Dembski}

Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance

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November 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Proponents of an evolutionary explanation for life and the universe credit natural processes with a seemingly unlimited amount of time and boundless creativity. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Ball State University, determinism, experience, free will, good, humans, ID the Future, infancy, intelligent design, laws of nature, morality, suffering, universe}

Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in an Intelligently Designed World

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November 6, 2023

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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As Hedin puts it, “The universe reveals who we are by allowing us to make free choices.” In other words, the ball is in our court. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolutionary biologists, improbability, information, information theory, James Tour, natural selection, Rice University, Shannon information, shell game, specified information, The Design Inference, The Information Enigma, William A. Dembski}

How Information Runs the Show in Biology

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November 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Specified information — when improbability meets a recognizable pattern — demands explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, death, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Heaven, ID the Future, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, podcast, scientific evidence}

The Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 1, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, biotech, censorship, embryos, environmentalism, evidence-based medicine, gender ideology, hospitals, human dignity, human life, ID the Future, medicine, morality, organ harvesting, regulations, totalitarianism, unborn, Wesley J. Smith}

Halloween Edition: A Look at Frightening Science with Wesley J. Smith

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 31, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Biotechnology is advancing faster than our ethical considerations, including synthetic human embryos, genetic engineering, and fetal farming. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, beauty, Center for Science and Culture, culture, David Klinghoffer, evolution, Evolution News, families, goodness, gratitude, happiness, health, human thriving, ID the Future, materialism, reality, relativism, truth}

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 29, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, determinism, droughts, earthquakes, human bodies, Hurricanes, ID the Future, intelligent design, molecules, moral responsibility, natural disasters, natural forces, naturalism, Robert Sapolsky, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sickness, suffering, theism, tragedies}

Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

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October 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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First, Dr. Hedin discusses the problem of natural evils like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, administrators, Africa, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, faculty, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenya, Michael Behe, Phillip E. Johnson, photos, podcast, South Africa, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, Travel, United States}

Luskin and Miller on the State of ID in Africa

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October 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The response was inspiring. At the University of Eldoret in Kenya, Luskin and Miller were greeted with no less than a band and a red carpet! Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, biological novelty, Cambrian Explosion, evolution, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent agents, intelligent design, naturalism, oxygen, oxygen theory, paleontology, podcast, science stopper, specified information}

Günter Bechly on Why Seventy Years of Textbook Wisdom Was Wrong

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October 17, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Is it a science stopper to propose mind as the source of these great infusions of biological information? Quite the opposite. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Emily Reeves, Howard Glicksman, human beings, human vision, ID the Future, intelligent design, mankind, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, paleontology, physiology, podcast, The Miracle of Man, theology, vision, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

The Miracle of Man: Reflections on the Westminster Conference

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October 11, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Dr. Miller gives a brief summary of his talk on the fine-tuning of human vision. We’ll be doing a full episode with him on that subject soon. Read More ›