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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 22, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Bijan Nemati, coronagraph, earth, Eric Anderson, exoplanets, Habitable Worlds Observatory, ID the Future, NASA, podcast, space dust}

What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 22, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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Are we common or rare? You can be on either side of the question and still be excited about the search for habitable planets capable of harboring life. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, academic freedom, alchemy, commitment, ether, faith, faith and science, hypocrisy, Institute for Advanced Study, intellectual humility, obedience, overconfidence, phlogiston, phrenology, Roman Catholic, sacred cows, science and religion, simplicity, Swarthmore College, theory}

Science, Faith, and Einstein

_{William A. Dembski
June 20, 2024

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Einstein’s dictum about thinking for yourself therefore holds for faith as much as for science. It must come before commitment and obedience. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, carbon, elements, Fred Hoyle, Geraint Lewis, helium, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, life, Luke Barnes, macromolecules, neutrons, nitrogen, organic molecules, oxygen, protons, silicon, universe}

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 19, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, cancer, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, earthquakes, factories, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, novels, problem of pain, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet, trade-offs, volcanos, young adults}

Novel for Young Adults Highlights the Problem of Pain

_{Granville Sewell
June 19, 2024

Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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For most people, the main issue in the debate pitting design versus Darwinism is not scientific, but the problem of pain. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 18, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, advanced life, atheism, carbon, carboxyl, cells, Charles Tanford, environmental fitness, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Michael Denton, nitrogen, oxygen, periodic table of elements, proteins, The Miracle of the Cell, theism, universe}

An Astonishing Life-Friendly Coincidence: The Properties of the Nonmetal Atoms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 18, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It is well established that there are far more ways in which the universe might have been that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 18, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiology, Bijan Nemati, coronagraph, Earth-like planets, exoplanets, Habitable Worlds Observatory, ID the Future, intelligent design, NASA, The Privileged Planet}

Bijan Nemati on the Search for Habitable Planets

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 18, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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One of the most exciting areas of space research is the search for Earth-like planets around other stars. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 17, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, Canceled Science, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Luke Barnes, theology, universe, University of Melbourne}

On Fine-Tuning, Responding to an Atheist YouTuber

_{Eric Hedin
June 17, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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James Fodor is a neuroscience grad student at the University of Melbourne in Australia who identifies himself as an atheist. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Bang, digital code, discoveries, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, life, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, universe, worldview}

Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan: Design, Atheism, and God

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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There’s a major disconnect between the messaging of popular atheists like Richard Dawkins and reality. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 7, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Antony Flew, Baruch Spinoza, Cornell University, Fred Hoyle, John Horgan, Max Born, Niels Bohr, Peter Atkins, Richard Feynman, There Is a God, Werner Heisenberg}

Our Universe Works … Yet Doesn’t Make Sense; How Could That Be?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 7, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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How can so much uncertainty lie placidly at the basis of our universe but disrupt nothing in particular? We even build better computers because of it. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 7, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, biological novelty, Cambrian Explosion, Communications Earth & Environment, complex life, diversification, earth, Ediacaran biota, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, magnetic field, oxygenation, sudden appearance, The Privileged Planet, University of Rochester}

Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

_{Günter Bechly
June 7, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Physical Sciences

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This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›