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Brian Miller: From Non-Life to Life via Natural Forces Alone? Nope

Steven Novella, a scientist committed to puncturing science hype, seems to have fallen for the hype surrounding this laboratory work. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design, Now in Polish

My book includes a chapter on quantum mechanics, called “The Supernatural Element in Nature.” Read More ›
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Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics

This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe. Read More ›
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Paul Steinhardt’s Cyclical Cosmology Fails to Challenge a Cosmic Beginning 

The conclusion that the universe had a beginning is far more parsimonious and consistent with the evidence. Read More ›
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NYU Scientists Confuse Artificial Selection with Darwinism

It should be obvious: if you are controlling the mutations and selecting the outcomes, you are not doing Darwinism. Read More ›
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Life: Fearfully and Wonderfully Fine-Tuned

At the center of the discussion are three technical papers, each co-authored by one or more of the three members of the podcast discussion. Read More ›
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Attempt to Explain Away the Beginning of the Universe Fails to Distinguish Imagination from Reality

Here I will address another desperate attempt to avoid a cosmic beginning, this one by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. Read More ›
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Why Intelligent Design Can Help Develop Clean, Green Energy Solutions

Photosynthesis has been criticized as inefficient. Why? Because it is assumed to be the product of a mindless evolutionary process. Read More ›
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More on James Tour’s Abiogenesis YouTube Series

Brian Miller discusses the Levinthal paradox of the interactome, the long odds of blind processes assembling the first cell, and the challenge of cell death. Read More ›
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Information, Entropy, and the First Life

Physicist Eric Hedin talks about the challenge the second law of thermodynamics poses for naturalistic scenarios for the origin of the first living organism. Read More ›

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