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Trying to Disprove Free Will Shows that Materialism Doesn’t Work

The fact that nature is not predetermined in detail has been shown quite convincingly by the experimental confirmation of Bell’s theorem in quantum mechanics. Read More ›
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If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›
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Why the Universe Itself Can’t Be the Most Fundamental Thing

Imagine a chain hanging from the sky supporting a weight suspended in the air. Each link in the chain is a cause for the continued suspension of the links. Read More ›
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Why a “Budding” Neuroscientist Is Skeptical of Brain Scans

A major thrust of neuroscience has been the use of fMRI to correlate brain activity with thinking and to draw conclusions about the physical basis of the mind. Read More ›
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Nautilus at S.E.A. Aquarium, Singapore
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Why an Argument for God’s Existence Is Scientific

Atheist evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is a fountain of nonsensical arguments against the existence of God. Read More ›
Photo: Veil Nebula, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, Z. Levay.

The God Hypothesis Versus Atheist Science Denial

It is a scandal that atheism has such a hold on so many scientists that it corrupts their science and leads them to deny what is obvious. Read More ›
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Black Lives Matter protest
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Woke Medicine Is Very Bad for Everyone’s Health

There is a major effort in medical education today to indoctrinate students and resident physicians into Critical Theory. Read More ›
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Joshua Swamidass and the Cancellation of Christian Colleges

The only way to truth in science is to permit and even encourage challenges to orthodoxy. Read More ›

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