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Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”

German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience. Read More ›
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Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›
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Science Uprising Challenges Atheism as the “Smart” Option

I was part of the creative team behind the project. So what is the idea behind that masked hacker, anyhow? Read More ›
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New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design

According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.” Read More ›
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Enzymes Are Essential for Life; Did They Evolve?

Darwinian evolution, even in its 21st-century form, fails the formidable task of explaining how the first enzyme arose. Read More ›
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“Spontaneous Creation”: Meyer on Stephen Hawking’s Category Error

He asked poignantly in A Brief History of Time, “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Read More ›
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Organosilicon-based life as envisioned by artist, Lei Chen and Yan Liang
Image credit: Organosilicon-based life as envisioned by artist, Lei Chen and Yan Liang (BeautyOfScience.com) via Caltech.

Silicon-Based Life: If Scientists Repurpose an Enzyme, Is It Intelligent Design?

No living cell we know of produces carbon-silicon bonds, but scientists "evolved" a way to make cells produce them. Read More ›
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Cosmos Scrubs Religion’s Positive Influence from the History of the Scientific Revolution

Materialists project a religion-friendly image because popular culture expects it, while at the same time they make arguments to erode religious belief. Read More ›

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