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Minding the Brain — An Introduction

In our modern age, full of science and technology, physical existence often appears to be the most substantial and “real” aspect of the world. Read More ›
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New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain

Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: "The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives." Read More ›
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Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Computer Science, and the Blessing of Children

Robert J. Marks talks with the trailblazing mathematician about Kurt Gödel’s ontological proof for the existence of God, and more. Read More ›
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Defining Science, and Discussing Stephen Meyer’s God Hypothesis, on Twitter

"God is a hypothesis. What Dr. Meyer does is evaluate that hypothesis against the latest scientific evidence of the last century." Read More ›
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Physicist Eric Hedin: Cosmology Points to Cosmic Design

Hedin argues that the dogmatic rule that natural science should only invoke natural causes has at its heart a logical problem. Read More ›
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Richard Sternberg on the Trail of the Immaterial Genome

Dr. Sternberg speaks on his mathematical/logical work showing the difficulty of identifying genes purely with material phenomena. Read More ›
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Meyer, Craig, Turek: Examining the Kalam Cosmological Argument

Kalam is a reference to ideas in medieval Islamic philosophy that William Lane Craig singlehandedly did much to revive. Read More ›
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Fleshing Out a Theory of Biological Design

Steve Laufmann and Michael Egnor explore these and other insights at the intersection of biology and engineering. Read More ›
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William Wordsworth’s Posthumous Challenge to Darwinian Nihilism

Paradoxically, Wordsworth's theology may have formed a more effective counterforce to Darwin's ideas than Biblical orthodoxy itself. Read More ›
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Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: The Environment as a Source of Information

Take a simple example, one that Rosenhouse finds deeply convincing and emblematic for biological evolution. Read More ›

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