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Papers: Argumentation and Surprise Are Best Ways to Do Good Science

I’m sure the authors of these papers didn’t mean to pay ID any compliments, but everything we’ve seen here closely tracks with intelligent design literature. Read More ›
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Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

While answers may venture beyond the limits of the empirical sciences, that doesn’t mean the sciences don’t offer meaningful information to bear on them. Read More ›
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Sean Carroll Revives Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence

The point arrives when a philosophy is so unreasonable, so utterly broken, that one can only give it a good strong kick. Argument fails; one must act. Read More ›
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Past-Eternal Loop Quantum Cosmology Gets the Bounce

Oscillating universes have been discussed in philosophy from time immemorial and in mathematical cosmology for over one hundred years. Read More ›
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On the BGV Theorem and Eternal Cyclic Cosmology

The beginning of the universe doesn’t need to be singular, so doubts about a singularity don’t need to translate into doubts about a beginning. Read More ›
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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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Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›
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The Story from Seattle: West Coast Premiere of Documentary Shines

The oldest girl said about the irreducibly complex motor of the bacterial flagellum, “We just learned about bacteria in school, but we didn’t learn that!” Read More ›
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Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander on “Cosmic Signposts” Pointing to Intelligent Design

Dr. Salviander was deeply influenced by science fiction and by the popular astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan. Read More ›
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In the Sweep of History, Two Great Competing Stories

We are on the threshold of greater discovery and flourishing than ever because of a quiet, but growing reconciliation between trust in science and trust in God. Read More ›

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