Tag: debates

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Date
July 8, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, audiences, biochemistry, Brian Miller, cameras, debates, drink, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, food, genes, genetics, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Lee Cronin, magical words, molecules, origin of life, recordings, Research, Rice University, Sara Walker, selection, videos}

Cronin’s Assembly Theory Continues to Perform Its Magic

_{Science & Culture
July 8, 2026

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

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Cronin and Walker know what is wrong with origin-of-life research. They’re just afraid of what may be right. Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheists, Battle of the Big Bang, Brian Miller, Cambridge University, Christianity, debates, Egyptian Exodus, history, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Justin Brierley, Nile, Phil Halper, philosophy, physicists, Return of the God Hypothesis, Royal Astronomical Society, science and faith, Stephen Meyer, theology}

“ID Takes Center Stage”: Brian Miller on the Meyer/Halper Debate

_{Science & Culture
June 6, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

"Halper is one of the most formidable proponents of atheism, but he also admits that the discussion with Meyer was 'the toughest debate I’ve ever had.'" Read More ›

Two dice bouncing with sparks. Concept for probability and random choice. Casino gambling and gaming.

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
May 19, 2026

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Anthony Aguirre, Battle of the Big Bang, beans, Caltech, Christopher Hitchcock, cosmos, Daniel Díaz-Pachón, debates, dice, dimensional analysis, fine-tuning, Frank Wilczek, Fred Adams, general relativity, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, normalizability, Ola Hössjer, parameter space, Phil Halper, physics, Planck scale, posterior probability, prior probability, probability, Robert Marks, Robin Collins, Standard Model, Stephen Meyer, theism}

Halper and Meyer on Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Bruce Gordon
May 19, 2026

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Phil Halper has argued against a position that no one holds, and his argument as a whole lays claim to the very capacity his objection denies. Read More ›

Business man afraid of his own shadow monster concept

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Andrew Knoll, anxieties, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, debates, Earth and Life, Enceladus, evolutionary icons, evolutionists, Faculty Club, Fear of Finding Out, Fear of Missing Out, Fear of Validating Outsiders, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heretics, Howard Glicksman, human body, ignorance, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Lucy Hyde, Michael Denton, phobias, poor design, Privileged Planet, Rasoul Sorkhabi, Rice University, scholarship, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Texas A&M University, The Conversation, Titan, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Your Amazing Body, Zombie Science}

Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

_{David Coppedge
May 14, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, civility, combativeness, criticism, critics, David Snoke, debates, documentary, Douglas Axe, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, films, intelligent design, interviews, James Tour, Jay Richards, john lennox, Phil Halper, Richard Gunasekera, scholars, Science and Culture Today, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Timothy McGrew, tone}

If You Think Intelligent Design Is “Combative,” You Need to See The Story of Everything

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Consider Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with Phil Halper over whether God is the best explanation for the origin and fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

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 ›

footprints and a car in the snow, a car stuck in a large pile of snow

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, God of the gaps, ID the Future, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?}

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Historical Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australia, California, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Death Valley, debates, Ediacaran biota, fossils, Günter Bechly, GUT, metazoans, muscles, Nama Group, Namibia, nervous system, organs, peacock, Simon Conway Morris, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, taphonomy}

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2025

Historical Sciences, Paleontology

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Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›

Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, brain, brain mapping, COSM 2025, debates, emotions, free will, history of science, immaterial mind, intelligent design, logic, machines, mathematics, memories, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, psychology, seizures, sensations, soul, twins}

COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

9}

The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chemists, debates, English, evolution, faith and science, Grzegorz Malec, intelligent design, Poland, Polish, secularization, teleology, Warsaw}

Postcard from Warsaw: Debating Teleology in Science

_{William A. Dembski
August 31, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An English version of the debate, with Professor Sady's words translated into English, is now available on YouTube. Read More ›