Tag: cosmology

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
September 29, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __featured3, __trending, beginning, complex entities, cosmology, designer, DNA, Dunkirk, Energy, engines, evolutionary theory, fine-tuning, French recipes, infinite regress, information, initial entropy, intelligent design, matter, mind, neo-Darwinian mechanism, Ockham’s razor, origin of life, Richard Dawkins, software, Stephen Meyer, Stonehenge, The God Delusion, The Telegraph, uncaused cause, universe, worldview}

Three Replies to the “Who Designed the Designer?” Objection

_{Stephen C. Meyer
September 29, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Suppose scientists did formulate a viable materialistic explanation for the origin of life. Couldn’t someone ask for an account of the origin of matter itself? Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __trending, "God of the gaps", abductive inferences, ad hominems, Arkansas, Bruce Gordon, chemistry, contingency, cosmology, creator, dark matter, demarcation problem, evolutionary biologists, existence, forensic scientists, genetic fallacies, geologists, Larry Laudan, necessary being, New Atheists, philosophy of science, red herrings, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, The Telegraph}

“God of the Gaps,” and Other Old Friends: Responding to Critics in The Telegraph

_{Bruce Gordon
September 23, 2026

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science

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There are a lot of commenters refuting arguments that Stephen Meyer never made. What he is offering is what philosophers of science call an abductive inference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, atheist biologists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, biologists, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, cosmology, cultural Christianity, Daniel Dennett, dark matter, intelligent design, Japanese soldiers, John Gray, Lawrence Krauss, military history, molecular biology, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New Atheists, Philippines, physicists, physics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stephen Meyer, Steven Bartlett, The God Delusion, The Telegraph, World War II}

Meyer: Twenty Years Later, Debate with New Atheists Is Over

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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In the Philippine jungles after World War II, a few lonely Japanese soldiers carried on fighting for decades, not realizing the war was over. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 21, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, atheism, biochemical complexity, black holes, Brian Miller, cosmological Darwinism, cosmological natural selection, cosmology, Darwinism, energy sources, fine-tuning, humanity, humans, IAI News, Jeff Shainline, Lee Smolin, Louis Crane, materialism, Michael Behe, near-death experiences, physicists, physics, science fiction, technology, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, universe}

Fine-Tuning — for the Universe or for Life? A Physicist Exercises His Imagination

_{Eric Hedin
September 21, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

6}

Teetering on the brink of science fiction is the supposition that advanced civilizations would utilize black holes for energy sources. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, accelerationism, Arizona, Cambridge University, chemical composition, cosmological constant, cosmology, dark energy, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, DESI, expansion rate, fine-tuning, galaxies, gamma ray bursts, Kitt Peak, Lambda Cold Dark Matter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, measurements, Michael Levi, Milky Way, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, optical fibers, position, standard model of cosmology, telescope, universe, velocity, ΛCDM}

New Light on Dark Energy Points to Our Privileged Space

_{Eric Hedin
August 17, 2026

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning

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Modern astronomy relies not only on bigger telescopes and more sophisticated instruments, but upon computational power. Read More ›

A cheetah in full pursuit of a gazelle across the African savanna during a dust-filled chase at golden hour

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, biology, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, cosmology, Darwin's Black Box, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, goal-directedness, intelligent design, James Shapiro, John West, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, MIT Press, molecular biology, Natural Sciences, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian paradigm, next generation, Oxford University, paleontology, physics, researchers, scientific evidence, Seattle Pacific University, Stephen Meyer, Taking Stock at 30 (series), teleology, teleonomy, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago}

On the 30th Anniversary of the CSC, Let’s Take Stock of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Third Way and EES thinking shows that mainstream science is moving on a compass heading that is right in the direction of intelligent design. Read More ›

Two scientists wear futuristic goggles, analyze complex data on transparent screen. Work together in modern lab, conducting research, development. Advanced tech helps innovation, showing digital info

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, argumentation, Casey Petroff, Claude Shannon, consilience, cosmology, cosmos, engineering, evolutionary biology, Gary King, information theory, intelligent design, James Evans, Jonathan Osborne, life, molecular biology, paleontology, reasoning, Science (journal), Science & Education, science education, scientific fields, scientific knowledge, scientific literacy, Stanford University}

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

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2026

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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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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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon Prime, astrophysicists, Bible, Big Bang, birth defects, Carl Sagan, Chelsea Handler Show, churches, community centers, cosmology, Cosmos (series), documentary, evidence, faith, First Cause, human inquiry, ID the Future, Impaulsive, Judeo-Christian tradition, Logan Paul, Mike Majlak, natural disasters, Neil deGrasse Tyson, pestilence, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rotten Tomatoes, schools, scientific community, Stephen Meyer, suffering, The Story of Everything, universe}

Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 15, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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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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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __recommended, atheists, Ayn Rand, Bishop George Berkeley, Black Death, Cambodia, cosmology, dust, eternal recurrence, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genesis, genocide, Holocaust, human perception, Johns Hopkins University, Khmer Rouge, mathematics, metaphysics, Mindscape, natural disasters, nihilism, objectivism, objectivity, Pennsylvania, pessimism, philosophy, poetic naturalism, religion, Richard Feynman, Rwanda, Samuel Johnson, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sean Carroll, selfishness, subjective idealism, The Character of Physical Law, The Gay Science}

Sean Carroll Revives Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence

_{Paul Nelson
June 8, 2026

Cosmology, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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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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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Abhay Ashtekar, Aron Wall, beginning, Big Bang, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, bounce, conformal cyclic cosmology, cosmic aeons, cosmic inflation, cosmology, cyclic cosmologies, entropy, flatness problem, geodesics, gravity, horizon problem, Kinney-Stein proof, Kinney-Stein result, loop quantum cosmology, Martin Bojowald, mechanism, Mithani-Vilenkin instability, Mithani-Vilenkin instability proof, Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems, quantum effects, quantum singularity theorem, quantum-geometric bounce, Roger Penrose, Second Law of Thermodynamics, singularity theorems, Tolman entropy problem, universe}

Past-Eternal Loop Quantum Cosmology Gets the Bounce

_{Bruce Gordon
May 28, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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Oscillating universes have been discussed in philosophy from time immemorial and in mathematical cosmology for over one hundred years. Read More ›