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Understanding the Limits of Scientism

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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On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Successfully Called These Researchers’ Bluff

Tour issued his challenge in reply to the false claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›
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Eccentric Theories of Consciousness Are Tolerated; But Why?

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

Surprised at the ability of mammals to thrive at high altitudes, some evolutionists are looking to Darwinian theory for answers. Read More ›
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Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›
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Understanding the Biochemistry — and Intelligent Design — of Muscle Contraction

Muscle contraction, which we so easily take for granted, is an incredibly complex and elegant process. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms Discontinuities in the History of Plants

I have elaborated on the sudden appearance of flowering plants in the Lower Cretaceous, which was called an “abominable mystery” by Charles Darwin. Read More ›
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The Incredible Design of Muscles

At the very least, on the supposition of intelligent design, the existence of muscles is not particularly surprising. Read More ›
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Why Evolutionary Biologists Are “Fatigued” by Darwin

Says Stephen Meyer, “The neo-Darwinian math is itself showing that the neo-Darwinian mechanism cannot build complex adaptations." Read More ›
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Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›

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