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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Benjamin Wiker, Big Bang, celebrities, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, DNA, education, evolution, Explore Evolution, history, human evolution, Jerry Coyne, undergraduates, Why Evolution Is True}

To Bolster Belief in Evolution, Study Recommends Celebrity Endorsements

_{Casey Luskin
November 27, 2018

Cosmology, Evolution

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The study’s design revealed much about the motives of the investigators. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, Big Bang, Brian Greene, determinism, free will, John Bell, machines, materialism, nature, particles, quantum mechanics, quantum theory, Singularity, UC Berkeley, Werner Heisenberg}

Is Free Will an Illusion?

_{Michael Egnor
July 23, 2018

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Center for Science and Culture, cosmos, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, natural world, protein evolution, science, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, students, Summer Seminars, women}

The 12th Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design — I Will Remember the Faces

_{Ann Gauger
July 17, 2018

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Unfortunately, the pictures we have of the Seminar need to be severely cropped, so as to protect the students’ identities. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", American Scientific Affiliation, Big Bang, Charles Townes, deism, history, intelligent design, Louis Pasteur, Nobel Prize, science, scientism, theistic evolution}

In Defense of Theistic Evolution, Denis Lamoureux Rewrites History

_{Jonathan Witt
June 8, 2018

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

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Scientism’s grand progress narrative holds that as we learn more and more about the world, purely natural or material explanations inevitably will arise and grow stronger. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 31, 2018

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, astrophysics, atheism, bias, Big Bang, Copernican principle, creation, creationism, Darwinian theory, DNA, Edwin Hubble, functionality, Genesis, genome, Georges Lemaître, intelligent design, junk DNA, Real Clear Science}

Astrophysics and Molecular Genetics with the Parking Brake On

_{Michael Egnor
May 31, 2018

Biology, Cosmology, Physical Sciences

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The ancient model of the cosmos, which was the model presupposed by most scientists prior to the mid 20th century, was Steady State. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, alchemy, atheism, Big Bang, Christopher Hitchens, Darwinism, David Berlinski, evolution, Fox News, Jeffrey Shallit, Jerry Coyne, Karl Marx, Lawrence Krauss, New Atheists, Paris, progressivism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientism, second of law thermodynamics, The Devil’s Delusion}

With Mark Levin on Fox News, David Berlinski Talks “Evolution, Science, Progressivism”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Physics

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I think it’s the first time I’ve heard a discussion of the second of law thermodynamics on cable TV. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, beauty, Big Bang, Darwinian, Darwinists, evidence, evolution, flowers, fossil record, gravity, natural history, sexual selection, species, truth, University of California}

Why Evolution Is More Certain than Gravity

_{Granville Sewell
April 12, 2018

Evolution, Geology

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Joseph Le Conte stated what will become clear to anyone who tries to present evidence to Darwinists. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, electrons, evil, existence, general relativity, goodness, gravity, Immanuel Kant, Lee Smolin, mind, nature, Phillip Goff, soul, strong nuclear force, universe}

The Universe Reflects a Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Philosopher Phillip Goff is, intriguingly, on the right track but he errs in his subsequent inference to cosmopsychism. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Ed Feser, existence, First Cause, Five Ways, multiverse, New Atheism, nihilism, quantum fluctuation, Sean Carroll, skepticism, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe

_{Michael Egnor
February 13, 2018

Physical Sciences, Physics

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The material universe must be caused, and it cannot be the cause of its own existence. Read More ›