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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
February 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

_{Daniel Witt
February 28, 2025

Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 24, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, alien hand syndrome, awareness, brain damage, brains, consciousness, information theory, materialism, minds, of, split-brain surgery, St. Augustine, volition, Yair Pinto}

“Multiple Minds” in Split-Brain Patients?

_{Michael Egnor
February 24, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The scientific obsession with “split minds” is an artifact of our materialist preconceptions about neuroscience. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animatronics, animism, dinosaurs, evolution, evolutionary history, Fantasia, ID the Future, John West, materialism, podcast, rationalism, The Rite of Spring, theme parks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney and Live Action}

Walt Disney’s Views on Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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On the Magic Skyway, animatronics were used to tell stories of ages past, from the age of the dinosaurs to the arrival of man. Read More ›

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Date
January 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, churches, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Metaxas, John West, leaders, materialism, poverty, race, religious liberty, scientific materialism, sex, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians, The Magician's Twin}

How Science Has Been Misused to Corrupt Churches

_{Science & Culture
January 6, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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“Sadly, these ‘Stockholm Syndrome Christians’ have played a crucial role in creating our current cultural mess,” argues John West. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksandr Oparin, bacteria, butterflies, fitness, genetic mutations, Heliconius, Icons of Evolution, inheritance, Jonathan Wells, Lepidopterans, mainstream media, materialism, MicroRNAs, moths, peppered moths, RNAs, Science (journal), selection, Stanley L. Miller, Zombie Science (book)}

Darwin’s Zombies Are Still Shambling Along

_{David Coppedge
January 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When will scientists and reporters learn not to trot out these falsified stories? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, American Founding, biblical authority, Center for Science and Culture, Christian colleges, Christianity, Christians, churches, culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, faith, families, intelligent design, materialism, non-Christians, Politics, race, religious liberty, science, scientific materialism, secularism, sex, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Magician's Twin}

Pre-Order Stockholm Syndrome Christianity and Get a Free Book about C. S. Lewis

_{John G. West
December 2, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Key Christian leaders, churches, and faith-based institutions are abandoning their historic beliefs to embrace a secularist progressive agenda. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Father Martin Hilbert, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, natural world, scientific evidence, theology}

Father Martin Hilbert on Darwinism’s Fatal Flaws

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 2, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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Fr. Hilbert reveals that one of Darwin’s motives for conjuring his theory of natural selection was removing God from the picture. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 28, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, academia, brain, Darwinism, evolution, Fornace, gratitude, Harvard University, intelligent design, Italy, James Tour, Lee Cronin, materialism, matter, Michael Denton, mind, Minding the Brain, Scuola di Filosofia di Fornace, Thanksgiving, The Miracle of Man}

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

_{David Klinghoffer
November 28, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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One reason, Dr. Denton says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
November 2, 2024

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, books, cathedrals, ChatGPT, creativity, human beings, intelligence, large language models, materialism, music, nature, Oxford University, sentience, soul, The Lord of the Rings, theists, Turing test, War and Peace}

Putting AI to the “Tolkien Test”: Could It Pass?

_{Peter Biles
November 2, 2024

Arts, Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Could ChatGPT ever hope to get close to the creative depth found in Tolkien’s Middle-earth? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain function, Bruce Greyson, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, human soul, Lucid Dying, materialism, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, NYU, Sam Parnia, Science Daily, Scientific American, Sean Carroll, The Immortal Mind}

Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›