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Why a Multiverse Doesn’t Refute Fine-Tuning

With the multiverse hypothesis, a key supposition is that the physical parameters within alternative universes somehow vary over an undefined range. Read More ›
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Photo source: Granville Sewell.

A Friend Asks: For Darwin Skeptics, What Does the Second Law Argument Accomplish?

The only law of science that the development of civilization on a barren planet could violate is the (generalized) second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›
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Photo: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, by Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Solzhenitsyn and the Demon of Evil: Peter Robinson, Ignat Solzhenitsyn in Conversation

The demon of evil circles, sometimes uncloaked, other times cloaked in various guises, including the guise of faith. Read More ›
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The Weak Force: “Most Intricate and Subtle” of All

The existence of the weak force wasn’t even suspected until about a hundred years ago, and now we find that we can’t live without it! Read More ›
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A 1940s style American kitchen, green. Generative AI
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As an Idea, the “Anthropocene” Era Is Dead

In a world where pundits regularly accuse us all of being too anthropocentric, the naming of a new geological epoch would enshrine that view forever in science. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Neil A. Armstrong, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Forces that Shape our Universe: Gravity

One of the most remarkable aspects of our universe is the discovery that just four fundamental forces of nature govern interactions among all particles. Read More ›
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Surreal landscape with a split road and signpost arrows showing two different courses, left and right direction to choose. Road splits in distinct direction ways. Difficult decision, choice concept.
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Information, Intelligence, and Decision: Concepts Underpinning the Theory of Intelligent Design

Darwin’s great coup was to co-opt the term "selection," previously associated with the conscious choice of purposive agents. Read More ›
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Photo: A Greenland shark may live as long as 500 years, by Hemming1952, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Death by Intelligent Design? A Biological Enigma

Limited lifespans, accompanied by reproductive continuation of the living organism, provide a sustainable balance for life. Read More ›
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Photo: Venus, by NASA/JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Geometric Design in the Solar System

My favorite example of such geometric design arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus. Read More ›
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With Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Genes,” Plato Exacts His Revenge

If I had no sense of humor whatsoever about the whole thing, I would point out that the nature of “genes” is the subject of a fascinating scientific dispute. Read More ›

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