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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 23, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, constants, cosmic fine-tuning, laws, life, multiverse, police}

Watch: A Detective Looks at the Multiverse

_{David Klinghoffer
June 23, 2019

Physical Sciences, Physics

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In the situation he describes, it would be a very complacent and foolish detective who took the circumstances as simply natural and failed to ask how they got to be that way. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 20, 2019

Categories
Botany
Engineering
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atoms, carbon, cells, Christianity, Dominic Halsmer, Evolution News, fundamental forces, humanity, intelligent design, laws of nature, lipids, molecules, nitrogen, oxygen, photosynthesis, proteins, reverse-engineering, Romans, stars, sun, textbook, The Privileged Planet, universe, William Paley}

New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
June 20, 2019

Botany, Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 4, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, conference, cosmic fine-tuning, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, materialism, nature, neo-Darwinian mechanism, quantum mechanics, Siegfried Scherer, teleology}

Why a New Center on Teleology in Nature?

_{Günter Bechly
June 4, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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Clearly a naturalistic bias is at work here and imposes a limit on the spectrum of alternative explanations that is even considered to be permissible. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Botany
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, bacteria, biologist, birds, bugs, chemicals, evolution, evolutionary biologists, foresight, genetic code, Howard Glicksman, human life, intelligent design, mass spectrometry, migration, molecules}

How Life Looks and How It Works: Thoughts on Eberlin’s Foresight

_{Howard Glicksman
May 30, 2019

Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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He concludes that “evolutionary ‘just so’ stories” are examples of “wishful thinking starved of molecular details.” Read More ›

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Author
Marcos Eberlin

Date
May 28, 2019

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, “nones”, atheism, evidence, foresight, Fred Hoyle, gravitational constant, intelligent design, materialists, naturalism, Nobel laureates, radio, science, speed of light, truth, universe}

The Radio at the Edge of the Universe

_{Marcos Eberlin
May 28, 2019

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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If the universe were a radio and the desired setting allows for life, it would have dozens of dials for setting the values of the universal constants. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
May 22, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Apple iPhones, atoms, cars, civilization, computers, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian processes, earth, entropy, intelligence, intelligent design, libraries, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, mutations, natural selection, nuclear power plants, Physics Essays, Second Law of Thermodynamics, tornado, unintelligent forces, Universal Darwinism}

Two Schemes to Defeat the Second Law

_{Granville Sewell
May 22, 2019

Physical Sciences, Physics

4}

I also have a scheme that I believe can defeat the generalized second law. My scheme is called “intelligence.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Physics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", act, adaptation, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, Erwin Schrödinger, form, genotype, Isaac Newton, matter, phenotype, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, theory, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

Aristotle and Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 8, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Linguistics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Physics, Social Sciences

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The greatest engine of atheism in modern times — Darwin’s theory — is nothing more than a bastardization of the strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, disorder, entropy, evolution, Fifth Way, form, ignorance, information, knowledge, medicine, metaphor, mind, neuroscience, quantum physics, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

On Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 5, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Physics

5}

Universal Darwinism is the belief that Darwin’s theory can be applied fruitfully to many scientific disciplines, not just to biology. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 1, 2019

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, airplanes, chromosomes, computers, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, devolution, earth, evolution, genetic information, intelligent design, iPhones, Mathematical Intelligencer, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Michael Behe, mutations, Physics Essays, unintelligent process, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Vindicated by Behe: Devolution Is Natural, Evolution Is Not

_{Granville Sewell
April 1, 2019

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics

5}

You do not need to study mutations for thirty years to predict that bombarding plant chromosomes with radiation will not lead to major agricultural advances. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 28, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, astrobiology, Children of Light, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, exoplanets, Fire-Maker, fossil fuels, intelligent design, Jay Richards, John Gribbin, Michael Denton, minerals, Moon, Peter Ward, Robert Hazen, solar eclipse, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, University of Washington}

On the 15th Anniversary of The Privileged Planet: An Update

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 28, 2019

Astronomy, Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Rare Earth

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The basic thesis of TPP is that the best places for intelligent observers are also the best places for observing. Read More ›