Tag: George Ellis

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, death, diversity, Douglas Axe, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, material mechanisms, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, periodic table of elements, phenotypic plasticity, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theistic evolution, thermodynamics}

Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 2, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 16, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, beauty, biochemical systems, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, complexity, David Klinghoffer, Divine Hiddenness argument, divine image, evil, food, free choice, George Ellis, good, humans, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, laws of nature, life after death, lifespan, living cell, Nancey Murphy, nuclear weapons, Templeton Prize, universe}

Nature Reflects an Intelligent Design — But Also a Moral One

_{Eric Hedin
October 16, 2023

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Human beings must have freedom of choice if our actions are to have any meaning beyond the impersonal and predictable outcomes governed by the laws of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 4, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boltzmann brains, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, complex and specified information, cosmic fine-tuning, George Ellis, Joe Silk, Leonard Susskind, materialists, movies, multiverse, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Newspeak, Ockham’s razor, Paul Davies, proton, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabine Hossenfelder, specified complexity, Spider-Man, Stephen Meyer, universe, William A. Dembski}

Spider-Man, the Multiverse, and Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
January 4, 2022

Bioethics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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In the new Spider-Man movie, the multiverse not only makes an appearance but plays a crucial role in the plot. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 16, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Bernard Carr, Earth-like planets, electromagnetic force, electrons, George Ellis, gravity, heavy elements, intelligent design, John Barrow, Luke Barnes, oxygen, Paul Davies, Sabine Hossenfelder, supernova, temperatures, theoretical physics}

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Challenges the Evidence for Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Brian Miller and Stephen C. Meyer
October 16, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Hossenfelder’s strongest argument is that many fine-tuning parameters cannot in fact be quantified. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
April 25, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrei Linde, Bernard Carr, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Craig Venter, Darwinism, DNA, Eugene Koonin, experimental science, fantasy, fantasy science, George Ellis, inferential science, Joe Silk, molecular machines, multiverse, nature, North America, Ockham’s razor, proteins, RNA replication, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, science, science fiction, scientism}

On Fantasy in Modern Science

_{Kirk Durston
April 25, 2019

Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science

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An attribute of a good sci-fi story is that it should open new vistas for the imagination while, at the same time, not requiring the reader to put up with the preposterous. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 7, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Frank, Barry Arrington, Darwinism, Donald Hoffman, George Ellis, Jason Rosenhouse, Joe Silk, Karl Popper, Massimo Pigliucci, Michael Keas, multiverse, Natalie Wolchover, Sabine Hossenfelder, unicorns, William of Ockham}

Question for Multiverse Theorists: To What Can Science Appeal if Not Evidence?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 7, 2017

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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They could just as well say that whatever created horses created unicorns, too. Read More ›