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Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature

Jonathan Witt describes four characteristics common in all works of human genius and provides examples, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Euclid’s geometry. Read More ›
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Photo credit: The Israel Project, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Hamas, a Moment of Clarity about Darwinism and More

The real test of a worldview is not merely what it explains, but what it makes us deny. Atheism makes us deny objective moral law. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Irina Murza via Unsplash.

The Meaning of the Image of God

In the ancient world, it was rulers and emperors who were sometimes said to be “the image of God.” Read More ›
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Oliver Anthony and Human Exceptionalism

If you’ve been online at all for the last few weeks, chances are you’ve come across headlines about the folk/country singer Oliver Anthony. Read More ›
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Photo: Globular cluster NGC 6544, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Lewin, F. R. Ferraro.

Intelligence Is Unnatural, and Why That Matters

One of the advantages we have in our study of nature is our ability to observe an entire “unpolluted” universe. Read More ›
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Image credit: Johannes Vermeer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Depths of Design: Seductive Optics and Skeuomorphic Intelligence

The effort to mirror objects in the world in our artistic creations reaches back into prehistory. Read More ›
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Photo: African savannah, by Javier Puig Ochoa, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›
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Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Early Humans Were More Sophisticated than We Thought

Neanderthals were not just downing raw hunks of meat 70,000 years ago, as many of us have assumed. Read More ›
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Photo: Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, by Historic American Buildings Survey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design and the Value of Suffering

After she realized she had lost her battle with cancer, my wife Melissa wrote a letter to our children. Read More ›
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Image: Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent Van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons.

Could Artificial Intelligence Ever Pass the Van Gogh Test?

Vincent Van Gogh was crazy but he was talented, and AI can be neither crazy nor talented. Read More ›

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