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Stephen Meyer
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Coast to Coast — Stephen Meyer Takes the God Hypothesis to a Huge and Unusual Audience

As a rule, the show covers a fascinating a mix of topics, with an emphasis on the strange and supernatural, and is never dull. Read More ›
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Apart from Non-Material Consciousness, Science Is Impossible

Whether and how we choose to measure something has a big impact, which makers consciousness very difficult to just explain away. Read More ›
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Notre Dame Hosts a Conference on Creation, Including Intelligent Design

The organizers accepted my abstract for a talk about “The Return of Teleology to the Natural Sciences.” Read More ›
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Neuroscientist: Near-Death Experiences Are “Utterly Incompatible” with Materialism

"NDE studies suggest that after physical death, mind and consciousness may continue in a transcendent level of reality." Read More ›
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Does a New Scientific Study Offer Evidence of Life after Death?

Maybe there is no evolutionary explanation. There is certainly no discernible natural-selection benefit. Read More ›
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John Lennox: Dante, Glaucus, and Transhumanism

Meanwhile, the will to become gods — transhumanism in a nutshell — still beckons with its ancient glamour. Read More ›
Emily-Reeves
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Reeves: A Rising Star Describes a Biological Revolution

“Engineers more easily recognize impressive design because they have actually tied to build stuff.” Read More ›
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Berlinski, Metaxas in NYC: What Is a Human Being?

The issues involved in the evolution debate derive their interest and importance largely from one question. Read More ›
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Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Photo: A flightless cormorant, endemic to the Galápagos Islands, by putneymark / CC BY-SA.

Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›

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