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Photo: Walter Bradley (center), by Nathan Jacobson.

Robert Marks Remembers ID and Tech Pioneer Walter Bradley

In 1984, three scientists dared to probe the mystery of life’s origin by putting the prevailing theories of prebiotic and chemical evolution to the test. Read More ›
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Science Before the Rise of Modern Science

An interview with Winston Ewert about his fascinating new book on the interaction between science and faith before Copernicus. Read More ›
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John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

Searle’s most famous argument is undoubtedly the Chinese Room argument, first presented in his essay “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980). Read More ›
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Photo: Walter Bradley (center), by Nathan Jacobson.

Remembering Walter Bradley (1943–2025)

I’m going to describe some of my personal encounters with Walter that are not in his biography. These I hope will bring to light the man in a fresh way. Read More ›
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Walter Bradley’s Wonderful Life — Scientist, Humanitarian, ID Proponent

Bradley changed many, many lives, and the world is a much better place because of him. Read More ›
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Photo: Walter Bradley at the launch of the Bradley Center, by Nathan Jacobson.

Walter Bradley and the Bradley Center

Unfortunately, rather than use AI to enhance our humanity, computational reductionists increasingly use it as a club to beat our humanity. Read More ›
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Ann and Walter Bradley at Baylor University in 2004, via Baylor University.

Remembering Walter Bradley: A Trailblazer in Intelligent Design with a Legacy to Inspire

It is with deep reverence that I learned of the passing of my hero. Walter was a man of extraordinary intellect, boundless compassion, and unwavering faith. Read More ›
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Photo: Steven Weinberg in 2014, by Betsythedevine, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

My Dinner with Steven and Louise Weinberg

Weinberg was holding court, going on about how much he knew about the origin of the universe and how atheism was the only intellectually viable option. Read More ›
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Photo: Robert J. Marks and Walter Myers at COSM conference, by Nathan Jacobson.

Must AI Inevitably Degenerate into Nonsense, through “Model Collapse”?

AI works because humans are real creative beings, and AIs are built using gigantic amounts of diverse and creative datasets made by humans. Read More ›
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Photo: Steven Weinberg (third from left) with Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, by Croes, Rob C. / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.

John Horgan on the Madness of “Scientific Omniscience”

“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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