Category: Physical Sciences | Page 61 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astronomers, Carl Sagan, Cosmos (series), documentary, Eric Anderson, Extrasolar Planets, ID the Future, Jay Richards, podcast, The Privileged Planet}

Before Carl Sagan Said It, Science Debunked It

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August 3, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Jay Richards and Eric Anderson discuss the statement that Carl Sagan is perhaps most famous for. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bernard Carr, Cornell University, electromagnetic force, Harvard University, Higgs Boson, immigrants, Jews, meaning, MIT, multiverse, New York City, Nobel Prize, particle physics, physicists, Princeton University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theoretical physics, U.C. Berkeley, weak nuclear force}

Farewell to Steven Weinberg, Visionary Physicist Who Appealed to the Multiverse

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July 30, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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A sad note in Weinberg’s life was that his philosophical framework prevented him from seeing the design behind the physics he studied. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, God Hypothesis, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, Macbeth, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Santa Claus, scientists, secular humanism, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, universe}

Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Read More ›

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Date
July 23, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Curiosity rover, Darwinism, Enceladus, Francesco Redi, Jonathan Bartlett, Jonathan Lunine, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Louis Pasteur, maggots, Mars, methane, microbes, Mind Matters, New Scientist, phosphine, probabilistic resources, The Conversation, University of Arizona, University of Washington, Venus}

Methane Causes Space Aliens?

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July 23, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 20, 2021

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, Aristotle, Arthur C. Clarke, atheism, extraterrestrials, Lawrence Krauss, magic, New York Post, nuclear fusion, panspermia, Paul Nelson, Quillette, spacecraft, Stephen Meyer, UFOs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Meyer, Krauss, Nelson: UAPs, UFOs, and Panspermia

_{David Klinghoffer
July 20, 2021

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The fact that we can't identify the UAPs, in light of our own "limited scientific imagination," should not be permitted to manipulate us into a false dilemma. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, abiogenesis, aliens, Avi Loeb, Big Bang, Carl Sagan, Center for Science and Culture, Francis Crick, Harvard University, intelligence, James Watson, mainstream scientists, New York Post, Nobel Prize, panspermia, Prometheus, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ridley Scott, Stephen Meyer, U.S. Navy, UFOs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena}

Stephen Meyer: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and the God Hypothesis

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July 18, 2021

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Mainstream scientists have been speculating about other-than-earthly intelligence for decades. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, experts, laymen, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, specialists, Stephen Meyer, The Stream, Tom Gilson, weddings, Yiddish}

In Writing for Lay and Scientific Readers, Stephen Meyer Dances at Two Weddings

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July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If the experts "have an objection," says Tom Gilson, Meyer "knows it already, and he answers it." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, black holes, causal closure, causes, David Papineau, dualism, electrons, G.K. Chesterton, general relativity, materialism, materialists, neuroscience, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, singularities, space-time, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Is the Universe Causally Closed?

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Materialists argue that dualism of mind and brain is not possible because of causal closure — by which they mean that all physical effects have physical causes. Read More ›

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Date
July 14, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Arizona State University, astrobiologists, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Lee Cronin, Lex Fridman, physicists, reality, Santa Fe Institute, Sara Walker}

Sara Walker: Intelligent Design without Intelligent Design

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July 14, 2021

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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We’ll be watching Walker’s publications to see how much farther she can move in the direction of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 1, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, dice, economics, France, Great Britain, No Free Lunch, nothing, Principle of Insufficient Reason, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Scotland, thermodynamics, Wales, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Bernoulli, Keynes, and the Big Bang

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July 1, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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In analysis of fine-tuning, No Free Lunch Theorems, and conservation of information, Bernoulli’s PrOIR is foundational. Read More ›