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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academia, antibiotics, beauty, body plans, butterfly wings, consciousness, creativity, creator, evolutionary processes, faith and science, foresight, free will, genetic code, God's Grandeur, goodness, human dignity, human origins, intelligent agents, intelligent design, intelligibility, materialistic science, molecular machines, monotheism, morality, natural law, podcasts, rationality, Roman Catholic, theism, truth, universe, wings}

God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

_{Ann Gauger
May 11, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, biological origins, cell biology, DiscoveryU, education, empirical science, evidence, evolution, fear, free will, God, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, materialistic science, molecular biology, orthodoxy, skepticism, spirit, The Design of Life, The Myth of Junk DNA, totalitarian science, UC Berkeley, Yale University}

New Course on Evolution Challenges Group-Think with Scientific Skepticism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Education

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Consider spending the time — 40 lessons with accompanying quizzes to check your progress — to weigh the evidence for yourself. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, Aristotle, arthritis, body, causation, chirality, documentary, final cause, Francis Bacon, free will, Johns Hopkins University, libertarian free will, material cause, matter, mind, neuroscience, quantum mechanics, sculptor, sculpture, Sean Carroll, trailer}

Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

_{Michael Egnor
March 6, 2023

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 19, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, brain, brain activity, choices, consciousness, free will, Marcelo Gleiser, neuroscience, readiness potential, Scientific American, self}

New Brain Research Supports Free Will

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Researchers, altering Libet’s classical experiment, found that human brains show no “readiness potential” when a decision is important. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bears, cannibalism, consciousness, crime, free will, humans, moral agency, morality, Nonhuman Rights Project, plaintiffs, Psyche, responsibility}

Can Animals Be Held Criminally Responsible?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 6, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
November 23, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, corruption, crime, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, drug addiction, drunk driving, free will, Inquisition, jesus, Mere Christianity, Nazi Germany, parents, problem of pain, Racism, war}

Intelligent Design and Man’s Free Will

_{Granville Sewell
November 23, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Why do a husband and wife decide to have a child? A toy doll requires much less work. Read More ›

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Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, culture, David Papineau, free will, galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Michael Egnor, Milky Way, Robert J. Marks II, Scientific American}

Is Webb Breaking the Big Bang Paradigm?

_{Science & Culture
September 20, 2022

Astronomy, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Science

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There is a lot of culture and philosophy built into the Big Bang theory as we understand it. Read More ›

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Date
July 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
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, Casey Luskin, criminals, evil, evolution, free will, good, Holocaust, humans, ID the Future, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Michael Egnor, morality, Nazis, neurosurgery, podcast}

Evolution and the Disturbing Consequences of Denying Free Will

_{Science & Culture
July 10, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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How can an evolutionist such as Jerry Coyne condemn even something as manifestly heinous as the Nazi Holocaust? Read More ›

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Date
July 5, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, debate, determinism, evolution, evolutionary biologists, free choice, free will, ID the Future, Jerry Coyne, podcast}

Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor: Humans Have Free Will

_{Science & Culture
July 5, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dr. Egnor explains why the argument against free will is self-refuting and why he’s concluded that determinism as a theory in physics is dead. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adrenaline, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, computer science, DNA, emotions, engineers, feelings, free will, Google, human cells, imagination, LaMDA, life, love, machines, materialists, René Descartes, self-awareness, sentience, software, soul, Stanford University, toaster, Washington Post, William Hurlbut}

Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›