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Cosmos and Life: Everything Points to a Paradigm Shift

Why would most people avoid drinking stagnant water from a puddle or a swamp? Probably not for fear of ingesting some dissolved salts or minerals. Read More ›
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Foundational Evidence for Design: The Generalized Second Law of Thermodynamics

For almost the last 40 years, I have understood the truth of Gange's statement based on its foundation in well-established laws of physics. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

Says Dr. Hedin, "We live in a world where the second law of thermodynamics applies not just to stars and mountainsides but also to our own bodies.” Read More ›
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Life Is the Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

Matter is moved by matter, and to a lesser extent, by light. Let’s look into that assertion from the point of view of physics. Read More ›
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Information, Entropy, and the First Life

Some push back with the argument that the Earth is an open system, gaining energy from the sun. Is that a workaround for a naturalistic account of life? Read More ›
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Physicist Eric Hedin on Entropy and the Origin of Life

Physics tells us pretty clearly that mindless nature degrades information; it doesn’t create it. Are there workarounds? Read More ›
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Watch: Dr. Hedin’s Dangerous Question

Eric Hedin was enjoying a productive career as a professor at Ball State University when atheist activists tried to cancel him. Read More ›
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In Our World, Multiple Levels of Intelligent Design

We find higher genres of design that cannot be explained by appealing to the actions of natural forces and laws of nature. Read More ›
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On Fine-Tuning, Responding to an Atheist YouTuber

James Fodor is a neuroscience grad student at the University of Melbourne in Australia who identifies himself as an atheist. Read More ›
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Un-Canceled Science

In one event, the number of people who heard this evidence was more than twice the total number of students who participated in my Boundaries of Science course. Read More ›

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