Category: Cosmology

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured1, arguments, causal adequacy, cosmic fine-tuning, digital information, DNA, evidence, explanations, God of the gaps, ignorance, information, intelligent cause, intelligent design, materialistic processes, mind, origin of life, Richard Dawkins, specified information, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, understanding}

Return of the God-of-the-Gaps Objection

_{Stephen C. Meyer
October 6, 2026

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design

4}

True, our ID argument does depend in part upon critical assessments of the causal adequacy of materialistic explanations for the origin of DNA information. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
September 29, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __featured3, __trending, beginning, complex entities, cosmology, designer, DNA, Dunkirk, Energy, engines, evolutionary theory, fine-tuning, French recipes, infinite regress, information, initial entropy, intelligent design, matter, mind, neo-Darwinian mechanism, Ockham’s razor, origin of life, Richard Dawkins, software, Stephen Meyer, Stonehenge, The God Delusion, The Telegraph, uncaused cause, universe, worldview}

Three Replies to the “Who Designed the Designer?” Objection

_{Stephen C. Meyer
September 29, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

Suppose scientists did formulate a viable materialistic explanation for the origin of life. Couldn’t someone ask for an account of the origin of matter itself? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 29, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, A Universe from Nothing, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, chance, Dan Graur, design, ENCODE project, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, junk RNA, Lawrence Krauss, Leonard Mlodinow, lizard brain, Michael Shermer, models, physicists, researchers, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Scoles, Science and Culture Today, Scientific American, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, survival, The God Delusion, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, University of Houston}

In Science, Endless Competing Models Are a Warning Sign

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 29, 2026

Cosmology, Genetics, Origin of Life

5}

Some of us are old enough to remember when the origin of life was a question that science would answer — soon. But that was hundreds of promising theories ago. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, Boltzmann brain, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, cosmologists, Everettian universe, fine-tuning, Hartle-Hawking model, Ijjas-Steinhardt model, inflationary string landscape, intelligent design, John Leslie, knowledge, Lawrence Krauss, metalevels, observer-selection effect, past-eternality, quantum cosmology, quantum mechanics, Samson, Sean Carroll, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, temporal beginning, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, Vilenkin model}

So, You Say that No Cosmologists Have Ever Claimed the Universe Came from Nothing?

_{Bruce Gordon
September 23, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

6}

Like mighty Samson of old, in a single-handed effort physicist Bruce Gordon responded to 1,870+ comments. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __trending, "God of the gaps", abductive inferences, ad hominems, Arkansas, Bruce Gordon, chemistry, contingency, cosmology, creator, dark matter, demarcation problem, evolutionary biologists, existence, forensic scientists, genetic fallacies, geologists, Larry Laudan, necessary being, New Atheists, philosophy of science, red herrings, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, The Telegraph}

“God of the Gaps,” and Other Old Friends: Responding to Critics in The Telegraph

_{Bruce Gordon
September 23, 2026

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science

4}

There are a lot of commenters refuting arguments that Stephen Meyer never made. What he is offering is what philosophers of science call an abductive inference. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 21, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, atheism, biochemical complexity, black holes, Brian Miller, cosmological Darwinism, cosmological natural selection, cosmology, Darwinism, energy sources, fine-tuning, humanity, humans, IAI News, Jeff Shainline, Lee Smolin, Louis Crane, materialism, Michael Behe, near-death experiences, physicists, physics, science fiction, technology, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, universe}

Fine-Tuning — for the Universe or for Life? A Physicist Exercises His Imagination

_{Eric Hedin
September 21, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

6}

Teetering on the brink of science fiction is the supposition that advanced civilizations would utilize black holes for energy sources. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, accelerationism, Arizona, Cambridge University, chemical composition, cosmological constant, cosmology, dark energy, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, DESI, expansion rate, fine-tuning, galaxies, gamma ray bursts, Kitt Peak, Lambda Cold Dark Matter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, measurements, Michael Levi, Milky Way, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, optical fibers, position, standard model of cosmology, telescope, universe, velocity, ΛCDM}

New Light on Dark Energy Points to Our Privileged Space

_{Eric Hedin
August 17, 2026

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning

7}

Modern astronomy relies not only on bigger telescopes and more sophisticated instruments, but upon computational power. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Albert Einstein, atoms, Canceled Science, dark energy, Edwin Hubble, Energy, expansion rate, field equations, galaxies, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay W. Richards, life, light, photons, quantum theory, space, spectroscopic instruments, stars, supernovae, The Privileged Planet, universe}

The Delicate Balance of Dark Energy

_{Eric Hedin
August 13, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

5}

The nature of dark energy brings to light one of the most powerful pieces of evidence for just how special our universe is to support life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon Prime Video, Apple, Blu-ray, churches, cosmos, DVD, Fandango, ID the Future, intelligent design, Internet, resources, Return of the God Hypothesis, schools, Science and Culture Today, Stephen Meyer, streaming, The Story of Everything, theaters, youtube}

All the Ways to See The Story of Everything

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

The options have grown to the point that it’s hard to imagine there’s anyone with Internet access who can’t find it. Read More ›

Conceptual hand writing showing And The Survey Says.... Business photo text doing poll and bring the results discuss with others Speakers alarming script signals announcement message convey

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, argumentum ad populum, background knowledge, Big Bang, Big Mysteries Survey, Black Holes Inside and Out, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, Brian Keating, brute facts, Copenhagen, likelihoods, naturalism, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Physics Magazine, polling, principle of sufficient reason, Stephen Meyer, surveys, The Story of Everything, theism, UC San Diego, universe}

Polling the Physicists: What the Big Mysteries Survey Shows, and What It Does Not

_{Bruce Gordon
August 4, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

8}

The nature of the surveys to which Phil Halper appeals is that they measure what physicists believe. They cannot measure what the evidence actually supports. Read More ›