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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, Charles Darwin, consciousness, evolution, intelligence, intelligent design, materialists, mind, Nancy Pearcey, rationality, Richard Dawkins, San Francisco State University, Theodosius Dobzhansky, William Provine, zombies}

Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 28, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, 1984 (novel), beauty, Christianity, Florida, George Orwell, Germany, James B. Meigs, Nazis, Politics, religion, Soviet Union, textbooks, United States}

War on Math Becomes a Fight Over Textbooks

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 28, 2023

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom

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At some point, it might be reasonable to ask, why is religion forbidden while politics is allowed to invade everything? Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
July 23, 2023

Categories
Applied Sciences
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, beauty, C.S. Lewis, computation, computers, economy, insight, John Horgan, magic, mathematician, nature, science, The Abolition of Man}

Science for Insight or Science for Power?

_{Peter Biles
July 23, 2023

Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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What are the core purposes of science and math? Evaluating the idea of "knowledge as power" in the computer age. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, calculus, Euclid, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Peter Biles, plagiarism}

Is Mathematics Discovered or Invented?

_{Robert J. Marks II
July 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Some think that math is invented. Evidence, though, points towards its discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
June 27, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, evolution, fiction, humans, Lawrence Krauss, literature, mathematician, Melissa Cain Travis, physical reality, physicists, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Institute, scientists, Stephen Meyer, unguided processes}

“Would Mathematics Be Here if We Weren’t?”

_{Peter Biles
June 27, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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In December, physicist and author Lawrence Krauss interviewed the late American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13th at the age of 89. Read More ›

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Planetology
Tagged
, algorithms, calculus, DNA, double helix, genetic code, Greek, incompleteness theorem, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Leo Tolstoy, mathematician, mechanics, molecular biology, particles, Sanskrit, TIME, U.S. Constitution}

Iterations of Immortality

_{David Berlinski
June 13, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Planetology

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The calculus made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that made possible the modern world. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Darwinism, David Berlinski, ID the Future, intellectuals, materialistic science, mathematician, Paris, philosophers, podcast, Science After Babel, Tower of Babel, Wistar Symposium}

Listen: In a New Book, David Berlinski Gives the Devil His Due

_{Science & Culture
June 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Berlinski is at his best as he discusses everything from the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for modern science, to his friendship with Marcel Schützenberger. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Anthony Esolen, beauty, creator, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Genesis, God's Grandeur, infinity, Johann Sebastian Bach, meaning, music, painting, Peter Kreeft, poetry, randomness, Roman Catholic, science, Scripture, universe}

A Living and Symphonic Order — Appreciating Anthony Esolen

_{Ann Gauger
June 6, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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I knew I wanted to choose someone who wrote beautifully. He, however, was someone I didn't know, and I could not predict his views on intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Melissa Cain Travis

Date
June 5, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, antiquity, Aristotelianism, curriculum, DiscoveryU, geocentrism, material world, philosophers, Plato, Ptolemaic system, Pythagoras, rationality, scientific revolution}

Let’s Explore How Cosmology Influenced Christianity

_{Melissa Cain Travis
June 5, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Mathematics

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Many centuries prior to the rise of modern science, the philosophers of antiquity recognized the inherent rationality of the natural word. Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Brian Greene, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, history, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Keas, Michael Ruse, molecular machines, particle physics, Peter Robinson, philosophy of biology, population genetics, punctuated equilibrium, Reductionism, René Thom, science, Science After Babel, Standard Model, Stephen Jay Gould, taxonomy, Tower of Babel, William Dembksi}

New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”

_{Science & Culture
June 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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"Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose." Read More ›