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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 14, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Farewell, Stephen Hawking

_{David Klinghoffer
March 14, 2018

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Recently, there was the increasing sense that he was being exploited by the media for his brilliant reputation. Read More ›

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Date
March 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
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, __k-review, Biomimetics, cockroach, Current Biology, fleas, grasshoppers, Günter Bechly, movement, planthopper, PLOS ONE}

Masters of Physics in the Living World

_{Science & Culture
March 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physics

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Plants and animals display proficiency in dynamics — the physics of movement. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 1, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, cosmos, earth, Earth-like planets, exoplanets, extraterrestrials, galaxy, Great Minds with Michael Medved, intelligent design, interview, Jay Richards, life, Mars, materialism, Michael Medved, planets, podcast, reality, science reporting, SETI, total solar eclipse}

Medved, Richards Ask: Are We Alone in the Universe?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 1, 2018

Physical Sciences

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If life in the universe is singular, if we’re it and there is no other life, whether intelligent or otherwise, what’s the bad news about that, and what’s the good news? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, electrons, evil, existence, general relativity, goodness, gravity, Immanuel Kant, Lee Smolin, mind, nature, Phillip Goff, soul, strong nuclear force, universe}

The Universe Reflects a Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Philosopher Phillip Goff is, intriguingly, on the right track but he errs in his subsequent inference to cosmopsychism. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Applied Mathematics Letters, Biological Information: New Perspectives, carbon, common sense, computers, Cornell University, Darwinists, earth, entropy, iPhone, libraries, Mathematical Intelligencer, Physics Essays, Richard Dawkins, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Smithsonian, steel, sun, tornadoes, unguided evolution}

The Second Law Argument: A Timeline

_{Granville Sewell
February 26, 2018

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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“Remove the sun,” wrote Isaac Asimov, “and the human brain would not have developed.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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, __k-review, alien life, BBC, Bible, culture, evolution, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Gizmodo, Live Science, materialism, Nautilus, religion, Scientific American, SETI, The Guardian, UFOs, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

Evidence of ETs? Delightful! Bring It On

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2018

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Never fear: whatever our purely hypothetical response to a purely hypothetical event, it can be reconciled with evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Ed Feser, existence, First Cause, Five Ways, multiverse, New Atheism, nihilism, quantum fluctuation, Sean Carroll, skepticism, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe

_{Michael Egnor
February 13, 2018

Physical Sciences, Physics

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The material universe must be caused, and it cannot be the cause of its own existence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 12, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Anthropic Principle, Aristotle, atheism, augustine, christian, cosmic fine-tuning, Immanuel Kant, Moral Law, multiverse theory, Phillip Goff, predictions, suffering, theism, Thomas Aquinas}

Cosmic Fine-Tuning and the Problem of Evil

_{Michael Egnor
February 12, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physics

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"Cosmopsychism might seem crazy," says philosopher Phillip Goff, "but it provides a robust explanatory model for how the universe became fine-tuned for life." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, evolution, evolutionary ethics, immorality, law, mind, morality, PZ Myers}

From the Annals of Evolutionary Ethics

_{Michael Egnor
February 8, 2018

Bioethics, Physics

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Immoral behavior is obviously, in some sense, behavior that transgresses a law. What kind of law? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 5, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, action potentials, brain, cat, intellect, justice, mind, neurons, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, universals, will}

The Representation Problem and the Immateriality of the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 5, 2018

Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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If I think about a particular thing — my cat Tabby, for example — my actual cat Tabby isn’t in my brain. Read More ›