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What’s Bothering Augustine?

I began to understand that there was a rich history of the interaction between the Church and premodern science, but not one that is widely known. Read More ›
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As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Read More ›
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Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome: Intelligent Design in the Present Tense

"Various scientists have sought to define the 'physical limits to computation,' and the information processing in the nucleus of a cell breaks that." Read More ›
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You’re Invited: CELS 2025 Applications Are Open!

This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›
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Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils

Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions. Read More ›
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Where Biology and Engineering Intersect: CELS 2023 Applications Are Open Now!

This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›
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Image: Darwin’s Tree (1837), a sketch from his First Notebook on Transmutation of Species, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Tree-Like Data Refute Intelligent Design?

Computer scientist Winston Ewert applied the concept of “common design” to propose a “dependency graph” model of organismal relationships. Read More ›
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Little Book, Big Waves — Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos, Nine Years Later

As a colleague points out, Nagel's departure from the “right-thinking consensus” is on a par with David Gelernter’s 2019 farewell to Darwinism. Read More ›
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Listen: Mathematician Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Incompleteness … and Children

Chaitin discusses his beginnings in computer science, growing up in the 1960s a stone’s throw from Central Park, historic scientists in his field, and more. Read More ›

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