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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, After Death, Alexander T. Englert, Angel Studios, atheism, box office, human beings, immortality, Institute for Advanced Study, John Keats, Kurt Gödel, materialists, near-death experiences, ontological proof, relationships, Thomas Aquinas}

Gödel’s Defense of the Immortality of the Soul

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 9, 2024

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Gödel (1906–1978) is best known for destroying the materialist atheist hope that mathematics could be self-consistent without any external origin. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chimpanzees, culture, David Barash, Denyse O'Leary, Disney, fiction, fungi, horror, human beings, humans, humanzee, lyrics, materialism, movies, Museum of Natural History, mushrooms, music, nihilism, Periodic Table, Pinocchio, Seattle, soul, stardust, stars, supernova, University of Washington, Victor Davis Hanson, young people}

Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, climate change, entertainment, evolution, high school, human beings, intelligent activity, intelligent design, materialists, mimesis, music, non-fiction, Patrick T. Brown, René Girard, The Free Press, thin desire}

Mimesis and Identifying the Intelligent Designer

_{Ann Gauger
November 20, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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We are social creatures, meant to be together. That means social pressure is real and can be intense. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Academy Award, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chinese, Chinese Room, computers, COSM 2023, human beings, human intelligence, John Searle, Ray Kurzweil, understanding}

Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI

_{Casey Luskin
November 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Emily Reeves, Howard Glicksman, human beings, human vision, ID the Future, intelligent design, mankind, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, paleontology, physiology, podcast, skeletal joints, The Miracle of Man, theology, vision, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

The Miracle of Man: Reflections on the Westminster Conference

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 11, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Dr. Miller gives a brief summary of his talk on the fine-tuning of human vision. We’ll be doing a full episode with him on that subject soon. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, abstract thought, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, gaps, human beings, human uniqueness, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, music, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, principle of utility}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Case for an “Overruling Intelligence”

_{Science and Culture
September 30, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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When Wallace broke with Charles Darwin in 1869, it was over the nature of human beings. Read More ›

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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
September 29, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Brian R. Krouse, consciousness, form, human beings, hylomorphism, idealism, intentionality, matter, Minding the Brain, physicalism, rationality, Robert J. Marks II, soul, substance dualism}

A Paradigm Crisis for Physicalism

_{Angus Menuge
September 29, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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This crisis has converged with two other currents of change with the surprising result that alternatives to physicalism are now taken seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Arts
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, astronomers, black holes, civilization, creativity, dark energy, dark matter, electromagnetic force, electrons, elementary particles, elements, gravity, human beings, humanity, image of God, James Webb Space Telescope, Judeo-Christian tradition, laws of nature, literature, nebulae, neutrons, planets, protons, spectroscopy, stars, sunset, universe}

Intelligence Is Unnatural, and Why That Matters

_{Eric Hedin
June 30, 2023

Arts, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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One of the advantages we have in our study of nature is our ability to observe an entire “unpolluted” universe. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, divine image, evolution, fiction, human beings, males, masculinity, men, Nancy Pearcey, Sean McDowell, Tarzan, The Toxic War on Masculinity, women}

“What Is a Man?” — New Book Out Today from Nancy Pearcey

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Set aside one question of the moment — “What is a woman?” — and turn to another no less important problem that troubles our culture. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, China, consciousness, emotions, hard problem of consciousness, human beings, machines, Northern Illinois University, personhood, robots, Russia, sixth sense, soul, Taylor & Francis, The Economist}

All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 14, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them. Read More ›