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Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Veilleux, J. Wang, J. Greene.

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Defends Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument

Fumagalli does not in the end state whether he himself lands on the multiverse hypothesis, cosmic design, or unknown physics as the best explanation. Read More ›
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What the Forces of Nature Can Do — And What They Can’t

Our universe not only has limited physical resources, but also informational limits, and the only way to overcome these is by intelligent design. Read More ›
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Image credit: NASA/Tim Kopra.

The Weak Force: “Most Intricate and Subtle” of All

The existence of the weak force wasn’t even suspected until about a hundred years ago, and now we find that we can’t live without it! Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Belfiore, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team.

Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›
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Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology).

Beyond Fine-Tuning: Why the Laws of Nature Indicate Design

The dream of finding a unique, logically necessary “theory of everything” has failed, which leaves an intriguing question: Why these specific laws? Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of Florida); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›
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Person is looking for way out of psychedelic maze. A surreal labyrinth in magical forest. Human consciousness is at dead end, searching for solutions. Created with Generative AI
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Does Quantum Mechanics Help Make Sense of the Soul?

Quantum mechanics seems to be the game-changer that Albert Einstein (1879–1955) feared it would be. It is certain to liven up discussions about the soul. Read More ›
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A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be? 

The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›

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