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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, carpenter, cosmic fine-tuning, Elie Feder, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent causation, Physics to God, podcast, purpose, rabbis, teleology, universe}

How Modern Physics Reveals Purpose in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 16, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Scientists agree that our universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. But is the fine-tuning a happy accident or the result of foresight? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Anthony Fauci, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cancel culture, climate change, Cold War, dairy cows, Francis Collins, gender-affirming care, Great Barrington Declaration, Hiroshima, Ireland, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, McCarthyism, movies, Nagasaki, National Institutes of Health, Oppenheimer, Soviet Union, Sunetra Gupta, United States, wrongthink}

For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023

Bioethics, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom

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Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, Elie Feder, fine structure constant, ID the Future, numbers, physical constants, physicists, Physics to God, podcast, Richard Feynman, universe}

Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 15, 2023

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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It’s time to get more intimately acquainted with the strange and wonderful numbers that hold our universe together. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, artifacts, books, chemical evolution, chemical reactions, complex specified information, Ernst Mayr, genes, Hubert Yockey, humans, information, information theory, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, letters, Marcello Barbieri, molecular machines, music, numbers, photos, pixels, proteins}

Barbieri’s Dilemma: Biological Information without Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2023

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

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The problem is obvious: Information is by its nature immaterial. It is measured in bits, not kilograms or joules. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, electrons, fluid flow, Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion, mathematician, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, square root, zero}

Intelligent Design in Imaginary Numbers

_{Eric Hedin
August 15, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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René Descartes, in 1637, is credited with being the first to assign this label to results involving the square root of a negative number. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 14, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Brief History of Time, alpha male, Baylor University, Bruce Gordon, cosmological constant, cosmos, Francis Crick, insanity, intelligent design, John Barrow, John Horgan, Nobel laureates, Paul Davies, Peter Atkins, physicists, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Steven Weinberg, Texas, The Nature of Nature, William A. Dembski}

John Horgan on the Madness of “Scientific Omniscience”

_{Paul Nelson
August 14, 2023

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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“As for life, Dawkins’s claim that it is no longer a mystery is absurd. We still don’t have a clue how life began." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Duquesne University, education, educators, Enlightenment, faith and science, Franciscan University, God's Grandeur, Greek philosophers, integration, intelligent design, jesus, John Henry Newman, Logan Gage, Roman Catholic, schools, scientific materialism, Sophia Institute Press}

Teaching Intelligent Design to Revitalize Catholic Education

_{Brian Miller
August 14, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Physics, Science Education

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Many Christian schools teach the same curriculum that secular schools do with some added religious flavoring. Read More ›

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Date
August 12, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Casey Luskin, Christianity, conflict myth, Cosmos (series), Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, fact check, faith and science, Giordano Bruno, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, misinformation, monotheism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, podcast, revisionist history, Roman Catholic, science and religion, the narrative}

Is the Cosmos One Big Happy Accident?

_{Science and Culture
August 12, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science

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Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards discusses distortions and outright falsehoods presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biological information, genes, illusion, information, intelligence, Marcello Barbieri, meaning, molecular biology, physicalism, University of Ferrara}

Is Life Just Chemistry, or Chemistry Plus Information?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 10, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms as something that “does not really belong to science.” Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 7, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, animals, Bible, chatbot, ChatGPT, cosmos, curiosity, DNA, electronic technology, history, humans, imagination, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, natural world, questions}

Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

_{Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023

Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›