Tag: Lord Kelvin

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, British Association, Cambridge University, cancer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cecil J. Monro, Charles Darwin, Charles Thaxton, configurational entropy, cosmology, Daniel Silver, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolution, fine-tuning, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, Maxwell’s demon, molecules, Origin of Species, pain, Pangenesis, physics, poetry, punishment, Red Lions, science stopper, thermodynamics, Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism}

Post-Darwin, Too, Maxwell Drew a Remarkable Design Inference

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

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So far we detect significant prescience about intelligent design in Maxwell’s thought. He all but uses the phrase himself. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 26, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, brain function, cardiac arrest, clinical death, Closer to Truth, consciousness, death, doctors, Lord Kelvin, Lucid Dying, near-death experiences, Nobel Prize, Psyche, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Sam Parnia, skepticism, soul}

Soul Survives Death? ER Doc Faces Skepticism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 26, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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In discussion with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Dr. Sam Parnia stuck to his clearly defined evidence, avoiding religious digressions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Berlin, cell biology, communication, Darwinism, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, fatty acids, genius, intelligent design, Lord Kelvin, mitochondria, Neil Thomas, organelles, Science (journal), starvation, University of North Carolina, Your Designed Body}

Engineering Language Enters Biology — The Case of the Endosome

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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An automated engineering system presupposes a designer with foresight and a mind that understands how to make things work. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, body parts, COVID-19, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), England, evolution, faith, Fleeming Jenkin, Lord Kelvin, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, pandemic, reviewers, Victorians}

Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith

_{Neil Thomas
March 1, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Fleeming Jenkin (the distinguished Scottish scientist who with Lord Kelvin spearheaded the laying of the transatlantic cable) was particularly scathing. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 24, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, “consensus science”, altruism, assumptions, bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, David Hume, Harvard University, Lord Kelvin, objectivity, science, Steven Pinker, subjectivity, thermodynamics}

Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”

_{Richard Weikart
February 24, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems. Read More ›