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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, elimination, galaxies, gravitational force, gravity, intelligent cause, intelligent design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, William Lane Craig}

Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 16, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 14, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Geology
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, aliens, Archean Eon, atmosphere, continents, Drake equation, Enceladus, extraterrestrial intelligence, Fermi paradox, habitability, intelligent design, magnetic field, Mars, Nautilus, Neoproterozoic, oceans, plate tectonics, Scientific Reports, solar system, The Privileged Planet, Titan}

Study: Geological Habitability Parameters Imply Earth is Special and Advanced Life Extremely Rare

_{Casey Luskin
August 14, 2024

Fine-tuning, Geology, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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One thing that is likely to get some pushback is the study’s claim that modern-style plate tectonics on Earth did not commence until the Neoproterozoic. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 14, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, children, earth, electromagnetic force, family, galaxies, helium, humans, hydrogen, life, natural forces, organisms, parents, photons, planets, stars, strong nuclear force, universe, weak nuclear force}

What Can We Infer About the Source of Life?

_{Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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If I may, I would submit that a familial relationship exists between the author of life and what has been made. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astronomers, autopsy, Darwinian paradigm, evolutionists, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Michael Keas, planetary motion, podcast, poison, Research, sun, Times Higher Education, Tycho Brahe, universe}

How Tycho Brahe Set an Unhelpful Precedent for Scientists

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 13, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Kepler, his assistant. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, advanced life, Ball State University, coincidence, crust, Darwinian process, earth, Eric Hedin, Goldilocks Zone, humans, ID the Future, living things, mantle, metals, mining, podcast, temperature}

Eric Hedin: The Miracle(s) of Metal

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 12, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Humans have successfully utilized metals for millennia, and trace amounts of metals are crucial to our survival. Is that coincidence or something more? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, Cassini mission, column water vapor, Enceladus, Eric Hedin, geysers, habitability, intelligent design, iron, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, magnetic field, magnetometer, Mars, Michael Denton, Saturn, Science Advances, temperature, Titan, Voyager spacecraft, Yellowstone}

Enceladus as a Habitability Test

_{David Coppedge
August 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon-based life, Charles Tanford, ecosystem, electronegativity, elegance, Freeman Dyson, George Wald, glaciers, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Lawrence J. Henderson, Linus Pauling, metabolism, mitochondria, nitrogen, nucleus, ocean, oxygen, parsimony, primer, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water}

Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, biophysicists, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, imagination, inferential science, Kirk Durston, lab coat, multiverse, podcast, scientism, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience}

Three Types of Science: Fantasy Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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One example of fantasy science, according to biophysicist Kirk Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, beauty, C.S. Lewis, cosmic comprehensibility, harmony, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Ken Boa, Melissa Cain Travis, scientific revolution, Thinking God’s Thoughts, truth}

Finding Beauty and Harmony in the Sciences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Melissa Cain Travis expounds on what she calls the principle of cosmic comprehensibility, the idea that the universe is intelligible to us. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 31, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, China, climate change, Columbia University, Ecuador, glaciers, Iceland, nature rights, Panama, personhood, pollution, river rights, University of Oregon}

Icelanders Nominated a Glacier for President to Push “Nature Rights” Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 31, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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Here is a story on “nature rights” activism that, on first impression, leaves one bemused. Read More ›