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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, black holes, causes, David Papineau, dualism, electrons, G.K. Chesterton, general relativity, materialism, materialists, neuroscience, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, 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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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 19, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, black holes, evolution, Five Ways, general relativity, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, laws of nature, natural theology, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, summer, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Why the Universe Itself Can’t Be the Most Fundamental Thing

_{Michael Egnor
April 19, 2021

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

5}

Imagine a chain hanging from the sky supporting a weight suspended in the air. Each link in the chain is a cause for the continued suspension of the links. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 26, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, black holes, censorship, Darwinists, free will, Harvard University, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, materialists, mind, morality, Nature, neuroscience, Richard Lewontin, Singularity, teleology}

Lewontin’s Confession and Mamet’s Principle

_{Michael Egnor
May 26, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The pretense not to know things is at the root of Darwinist/atheist/materialist ideology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 11, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Bernardo Kastrup, Big Bang, black holes, Cartesian dualism, consciousness, Darwinists, Jerry Coyne, love, materialism, mercy, philosophers, physical science, physicalism, res cogitans, supernatural, truth}

Do Physicalists Believe in Black Holes?

_{Michael Egnor
February 11, 2020

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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A materialist view of reality leaves out much of reality (love, reason, mercy, truth, etc.) so skittish materialists often call themselves “physicalists.” Read More ›

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Date
December 11, 2019

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, Albert Einstein, Big Bang, black holes, Natalie Wolchover, Nobel Prize, Paul Dirac, Quanta Magazine, quantum mechanics, Steven Weinberg, University of Amsterdam}

Are the Laws of the Universe “Inevitable”?

_{Science & Culture
December 11, 2019

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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What is inevitable here is not the mathematical beauty of physical law, but the circumlocutions scientists use to evade design in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 11, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Baylor University, black holes, calculations, equations, information, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Mount Rushmore, Robert J. Marks II, rock, sculpture, textbook}

Rankled by Mount Fuji, Darwinist Jeffrey Shallit Offers Little Self-Refuting Black Holes

_{Michael Egnor
October 11, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Dr. Marks is obviously right. A sculpture has more information than the raw material from which the image was sculpted. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 25, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Big Bang, black holes, general relativity, God Hypothesis, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, podcast, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, theism, universe}

How Black Holes Figure in the Argument for Cosmic Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
April 25, 2019

Cosmology, Physical Sciences

1}

This month the world thrilled at the first ever image of a black hole, this one in the galaxy M87. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, black holes, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, just-so stories, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast, principle of utility, Wesley Smith}

Wallace Broke with Darwin Over Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Alfred Russel Wallace reasoned his way to affirmation of an “Overruling Intelligence” — intelligent design by another name — at work in the long history of life. Read More ›

Chichen Itza Osservatorio — Observatory temple, Chichén Itzá

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Date
November 4, 2016

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Cultural Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, Anthropic Principle, black holes, closed-mindedness, information theory, limits of science, materialism, Origin, SETI, string theory, theoretical physics, viewpoint diversity}

How Consensus Can Blind Science

_{Science & Culture
November 4, 2016

Astronomy, Cosmology, Cultural Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Visiting a Mayan temple, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb had a revelation. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 5, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, black holes, dark matter, Nature, origin of information, origin of life, Science}

Evolutionists Could Learn a Thing from Dark Matter Physics

_{Jonathan Witt
October 5, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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"When you don't know what something is, you have to consider everything," says Johns Hopkins physicist Simeon Bird. Read More ›