Tag: illusion

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Science Education
Tagged
, biology, chemistry, college students, curricula, deadlines, Discovery Institute Academy, evolution, evolutionary magic, flexibility, high school, ID the Future, illusion, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, leaders, nature, Parent’s Guide to Intelligent Design, podcast, registration, scholars, science education, Summer Edwards, Summer Seminars}

High School Science with an Intelligent Design Perspective? Yes, Please!

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2026

Biology, Chemistry, Science Education

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Kristin Marais and Summer Edwards explain why they’re so passionate about teaching their subject and how the courses are designed with maximum flexibility. Read More ›

Reading hobby learning animal curious monkey book

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithm, artificial intelligence, atheism, blind processes, chemistry, Darwinism, ID the Future, illusion, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, materialism, physics, programmers, reason, Rebekah Valerius, statistical patterns, syntax, technology, truth}

Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

If our minds are the product of a blind and aimless process, what reason do we have to believe what we think? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 22, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Dean Rickles, dual aspect monism, fine-tuning, Graham Phillips, illusion, John Archibald Wheeler, Leonard Susskind, many universes, materialism, materialists, multiverse, Paul Davies, Princeton University, quantum mechanics, Sydney University, Templeton Ideas, theoretical physicists, universe}

Quantum Mechanics Has Destroyed Classical Materialism

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 22, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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Whatever this fundamental level of reality that combines mind and matter is, it is — by definition — deeper than human thought can reach. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 13, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alex Rosenberg, brain, Carlo Rovelli, Cheshire Cat, David A. Oakley, Duke University, eliminative materialism, folk psychology, George Orwell, Harry G. Frankfurt, illusion, intelligentsia, Joe Gough, Michael Egnor, mind, naturalism, neuroscience, Patricia Churchland, Peter L. Halligan, philosophers, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Metzinger, University of Mainz}

“Mind as an Illusion” Makes No Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 13, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Philosophers of mind using their minds to prove that there is no mind do not help the credibility of their discipline. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 3, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, air, Bible, communication, earth, equations, food, Genesis, George MacDonald, humans, illusion, intelligent design, laws of nature, life, materialism, materialistic worldview, matter, meaning, movements, particles, perception, Periodic Table, reality, Stephen L. Talbott, The New Atlantis, theism, universe}

Why Meaning Overcomes the Materialist View

_{Eric Hedin
June 3, 2026

Faith & Science, Physics

5}

The quasi-scientific abstraction that glibly asserts our being “nothing more” than particle interactions is as wrong as it is right. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 15, 2026

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, atheists, automatons, BBC, church, creativity, determinism, free will, human value, Humanize, illusion, insanity, Ludwig van Beethoven, MacArthur Genius Grant, Michael Egnor, moral agency, nihilism, Ninth Symphony, Robert Sapolsky, Science Focus, theists, Vincent van Gogh}

Another “Scientific” Attack on Free Will

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 15, 2026

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

We don’t even know what consciousness is. If there is no free will, are we even really conscious? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 4, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, beauty, Center for Science and Culture, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, God’s Grandeur, goodness, gratitude, ID the Future, illusion, intelligent design, materialistic evolution, podcast, reality, truth}

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 4, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Is the world a good place? Is truth relative? Can beauty be defined? David Klinghoffer talks with Dr. Ann Gauger. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, aneurysm, axioms, beliefs, blood, body, brain, brain hemispheres, C.S. Lewis, decision, emergence, falsification, free will, heart, illusion, immaterial mind, laws, laws of nature, libertarian free will, mathematics, Michael Egnor, mind, neurosurgery, physics, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientific method, scientists, surgery, thinking}

A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be?

_{Kirk Durston
November 25, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Annaka Harris, consciousness, dualism, eliminative materialism, Giulio Tononi, hardware, Hedda Hassel Mørch, illusion, Integrated information theory, materialism, matter, Nautilus, panpsychism, particles, physicalism, software}

Weighing Whether Matter Itself Is Conscious

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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To say that consciousness is real is to say that the immaterial world is, in principle, real. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Annaka Harris, brains, Carlo Rovelli, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminative materialism, Four Horsemen, idealism, illusion, Lee Smolin, materialists, New Atheists, octopus, panpsychism, quantum mechanics, Sam Harris, self, universe}

A Conscious Universe?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail. Read More ›