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Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.”  Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning

In combination, the factors mentioned here and in my last two posts constrain the “cosmic habitable age” to narrower dimensions. Read More ›
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When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete

The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting. Read More ›
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Of Turbines and Pumps: More on Denton’s Latest

We rarely give a second thought to our body’s energy production. Robots use a battery pack and long lengths of wiring to transfer electricity. Read More ›
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Glaciers Enhance the Biosphere — By Design

Glacial meltwater performs unexpected and surprising roles that benefit life on earth. Read More ›
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Image: United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, by NASA/Joel Kowsky.

Whatever the Cause, We Are No Accident

The unique fitness of nature for carbon-based life and intelligent beings of our biology is an empirical discovery. Read More ›
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Bits and Bytes at the Bottom

A funny thing happened on the way to modern scientific materialism’s victory party. Read More ›
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Remembering Freeman Dyson and the Enduring Lesson of “Dyson’s Hypothesis”

Dyson points out that the highly improbable is actually quite probable by invoking “Littlewood’s law of miracles.” Read More ›
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Freeman Dyson: The Passing of an Iconoclastic Physicist

Dyson was careful to take an open-minded approach: not fully endorsing design, yet not rejecting it either. Read More ›

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