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Andrew McDiarmid

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Liquid Harmony: How Our Bodies Manage Salt and Water

Left to their own devices, the laws of nature tend toward degradation and death, not life. Read More ›
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How We Balance Water and Sodium to Maintain Life

On their own, the laws of nature don’t tend toward life. To stay alive, living things utilize ingenious solutions. Read More ›
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Thus Saith the Science: Recalling the Wisdom of C. S. Lewis on His 125th Birthday

Here, I conclude a conversation with Dr. John West about Lewis’s prophetic warnings to us about science and scientism. Read More ›
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C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism

As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against. Read More ›
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Bayesian Probability and Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide

If the phrase “Bayesian calculus” makes you want to run for the hills, you’re not alone! Bayesian logic can sound intimidating at first. Read More ›
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A New Design Inference for a New Generation

Is there an empirical method to determine whether a system is the product of chance or design? Read More ›
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Bill Dembski Reflects on the Origins of a Classic

Twenty-five years later, Dembski’s arguments stand firm, and a second edition with fresh analysis and insight is now available to a new generation. Read More ›
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Secrets of the Cell — Behind the Scenes with Michael Behe

Imagine if Charles Darwin could have peered into one of today’s high-powered microscopes and seen the complexity and function in even the simplest living cells. Read More ›
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Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance

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

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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