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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, Casey Luskin, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary mechanisms, functional sequences, functionality, functions, intelligent design, isolation, Jupiter, laws of nature, No Free Lunch theorems, planets, protein evolution, proteins, rarity, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, spacecraft, stars, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve

_{Brian Miller
November 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, action potentials, Anton Zeilinger, atheism, brain states, cellular metabolism, chance, determinism, evidence, fluid dynamics, free will, government, Jerry Coyne, justice, logic, love, marriage, meat robot, molecules, morality, neuroscience, relationships, truth}

Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

_{Michael Egnor
November 14, 2023

Bioethics, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacteria, chemical evolution, DNA, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, humans, information, intelligence, intelligent design, intervention, Long Story Short, mind, Mycoplasma mycoides, natural processes, natural selection, prebiotic Earth, prebiotic world, proteins, replication, replication fidelity, ribozyme, RNA, Sol Spiegelman, sugars, urea}

New Long Story Short Video Examines Information and the Origin of Life

_{Rob Stadler
November 8, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Does the required information for life come from purely natural processes, or from an intelligent mind? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, brain, Dan Falk, Determined (book), determinism, evolution, Free Agents, humans, Jerry Coyne, Kevin Mitchell, livestock, materialists, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroscientists, paramecium, quantum world, Robert Sapolsky, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sam Harris, Stanford University, totalitarianism, Trinity College}

Could Evolution Give Us Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Ball State University, determinism, experience, free will, good, humans, ID the Future, infancy, intelligent design, laws of nature, morality, natural events, suffering, universe}

Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in an Intelligently Designed World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 6, 2023

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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As Hedin puts it, “The universe reveals who we are by allowing us to make free choices.” In other words, the ball is in our court. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, knowing, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, wave function, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Christof Koch, Closer to Truth, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, David Chalmers, Donald Hoffman, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, Evolutionary Game Theory, hard problem of consciousness, numbers, physicalism, physicalists, quantum mechanics, rhubarb, Roger Penrose, Sam Harris, subjective experience, University of California}

Eccentric Theories of Consciousness Are Tolerated; But Why?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 31, 2023

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

5}

The strangest imaginable theory, quantum mechanics, has turned out to be the most experimentally reliable. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 16, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, beauty, biochemical systems, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, complexity, David Klinghoffer, Divine Hiddenness argument, divine image, evil, food, free choice, George Ellis, good, humans, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, laws of nature, life after death, lifespan, living cell, Nancey Murphy, nuclear weapons, Templeton Prize, universe}

Nature Reflects an Intelligent Design — But Also a Moral One

_{Eric Hedin
October 16, 2023

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Human beings must have freedom of choice if our actions are to have any meaning beyond the impersonal and predictable outcomes governed by the laws of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 11, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Christian University, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, Mysterium Cosmographicum, podcast, science history, theology, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Tycho Brahe}

Kepler’s Pursuit of a Mathematical Cosmology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 11, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dr. Travis tracks the progression of Kepler’s ideas to show how he became a key figure in the transition from ancient astronomy to a true celestial physics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Epistemology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, agnostics, Big Bang, Brian Keating, faith and science, intelligent design, Into the Impossible, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, universe, YouTube videos}

Meyer: “God and Science, or No God and No Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2023

Cosmology, Epistemology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Back in 2021, Stephen Meyer talked with UC San Diego cosmologist and “devout agnostic” Brian Keating. Read More ›