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Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›
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Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts

Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›
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Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›
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In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Read More ›
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Calm Down, the Universe as a Simulation Is Mathematically Impossible

The idea that information underlies the universe is compatible with the very intelligent design theory that Lawrence Krauss has opposed in the past. Read More ›
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What Is the Originating Source of Design in Organisms? 

The genesis of structure-function relationships in human artifacts is as well understood as are their mechanics. Read More ›
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The Forces that Shape our Universe: Gravity

One of the most remarkable aspects of our universe is the discovery that just four fundamental forces of nature govern interactions among all particles. Read More ›
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Emergence and Irreducible Complexity: A Unified Theory

We are all familiar with the duality — structure and function — from both technology and biology. Read More ›
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Maturing Toward God: Update from Charles Murray

Why there is something rather than nothing is the question posed in our video, "Proof of God in 3 Minutes," about the law of conservation of matter and energy. Read More ›

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