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Science, Purpose, and Michael Levin: The Discussion Evolves

A leading spiritually agnostic (at least, that is my impression) biology researcher, Michael Levin at Tufts, is himself a proponent of teleology in nature. Read More ›
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How Life Becomes Comprehensible: A New Scientific Framework

The duality of emergence and specified irreducible complexity must be discarded. In doing so, we create a framework compatible with Thomistic Aristotelianism. Read More ›
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A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be? 

The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›
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What Is the Originating Source of Design in Organisms? 

The genesis of structure-function relationships in human artifacts is as well understood as are their mechanics. Read More ›
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Living in 3-D: Not a Big Deal? New Video Explains Why It’s a VERY Big Deal

Living in three dimensions is crucial not only for athletes, who excel at exploiting the body’s abilities, but for any one of us walking down the street. Read More ›
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Emergence and Irreducible Complexity: A Unified Theory

We are all familiar with the duality — structure and function — from both technology and biology. Read More ›
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Materialism’s Band-Aid, “Emergence” Is Bad Science

The idea is that some properties of systems emerge only after a certain level of complexity is reached. Read More ›
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Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›
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Will Evolution’s New Synthesis Be Hard or Soft Magic? 

Let's try holding some new scientific theories to the standards of the fantasy genre. Read More ›
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Understanding the Limits of Scientism

The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed.  Read More ›

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