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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 26, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agency, bacteria, illusion, intention, life, Michael Denton, neutrophils, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Robert Crowther, Scott Turner, The Miracle of the Cell}

Intention, Agency, Even in “Simple” Life Is No Illusion

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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As biologist Scott Turner explains, the appearance is not false but very real, a fact from whose profound implications most scientists veil their eyes. Read More ›

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Date
March 13, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, agency, asteroids, chance, Claude Shannon, earth, Erwin Schrödinger, evolutionists, extraterrestrials, Illustra Media, James Clerk Maxwell, materialists, Maxwell’s demon, meteorites, Nature (journal), Paul Davies, photosynthesis, proteins, Richard Dawkins, Turing Machine}

Crying “Chance, Chance” When There Is No Chance

_{Science & Culture
March 13, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Note the artfully deployed passive voice. One-way traffic “was finally counteracted by the launch of the first artificial satellites.” Who counteracted it? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 26, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, agency, brain, consciousness, dualism, epilepsy, free will, materialism, mind, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, patients, science, truth, Wilder Penfield}

Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield on Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
July 26, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Materialists claim that neuroscience has demonstrated that free will is an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 26, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, agency, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, evolution, J. Scott Turner, life, New York Times, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It, Wall Street Journal}

Scott Turner’s Darwin-Skeptical Purpose and Desire Wins Praise from the New York Times

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A “notable” addition to the Darwin literature, a “good read and a strong pitch” – agreed, though we’d go further. If Turner is right, his argument would change everything. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 1, 2016

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __tedited, agency, causation, determinism, free will, methodological materialism, mind, natural causes, probabilities}

Causation and the Free Will Debate

_{Michael Egnor
August 1, 2016

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Consider the analogy of playing a lottery. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 18, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, __tedited, agency, anti-human, capitalism, Communism, crime, environmental movement, global warming, green energy, human exceptionalism, human uniqueness, pollution, The War on Humans}

Radical Environmentalist Admits that Humans Are Exceptional

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 18, 2016

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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The New York Times often publishes articles and columns denigrating the idea that human beings have an exceptional status. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, agency, alien intelligence, argument, causality, creationism, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, intelligent design, misrepresentation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, probabilities, PZ Myers, scientific reasoning, simulation theory, testability}

Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe “May Be Very High”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2016

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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But of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. Read More ›

The very smart dog studying old books in library

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 4, 2015

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, agency, altruism, animal behavior, animal intelligence, Animal Minds (series), bees, communication, ethology, evolutionary ethics, free will, grammar, group selection, jellyfish, reasoning, selfish genes}

What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 4, 2015

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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If we can't even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind? Read More ›

sign at the railroad station at the edge of the platform looking toward the tracks warning you to watch the gap

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Date
February 24, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, "God of the gaps", agency, agent causation, deism, designer, events, explanatory power, First Cause, free will, physicalism, promissory materialism}

This Weekend in California, Paul Nelson Will Speak on the "God of the Gaps" Challenge and the Explanatory Superiority of Design

_{Science & Culture
February 24, 2015

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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You've heard the objection: The theory of intelligent design is nothing but a "God of the Gaps" argument. Read More ›

A person walking on a road that splits into two paths one paved with gold and the other leading to an open field, symbolizing life choices, 3D render, deep shadows

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2013

Categories
Ethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __nedited, agency, altruism, compatibilism, correlation, determinism, free will, libertarian free will, selfish genes}

Jerry Coyne Is Determined to Deny Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2013

Ethics, Philosophy

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The deterministic view is that our choices are entirely determined by our current physical state (neurochemistry, gene expression, etc.) and our natural history. Read More ›