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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, complementarity, consciousness, David Klinghoffer, dispositionalism, Edward Feser, emergence, Etienne Gilson, final causality, Günter Bechly, Lex Fridman, mathematics, metaphysics, Michael Levin, MIT Press, naturalism, necessity, ontology, origin of life, Peter Corning, Plato's Revenge, purpose, Richard Sternberg, science of purpose, specified irreducible complexity, teleology, teleonomy, telos, Thomism, Tufts University}

Science, Purpose, and Michael Levin: The Discussion Evolves

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A leading spiritually agnostic (at least, that is my impression) biology researcher, Michael Levin at Tufts, is himself a proponent of teleology in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 3, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, asymmetry, Brian Miller, Ellie Feder, ID the Future, intelligent cause, laws of nature, math, mathematics, Max Tegmark, multiverse, physics, Physics to God, podcasts, Science Uprising, selection, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2025

Cosmology, Physics

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According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, common descent, complexity, computers, convergence, Energy, engineering, evolution, function, Granville Sewell, ID the Future, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, jet airplanes, life, mathematicians, mathematics, modifications, natural selection, open system, order, organs, particles, podcast, simplicity, smartphones, software, steam engine, sun, systems, unintelligent processes}

A Mathematician’s Simple Yet Profound Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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We might think that mathematicians are focused on incredibly complex ideas and equations, far above the everyday thoughts of the rest of us. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, aneurysm, axioms, beliefs, blood, body, brain, brain hemispheres, C.S. Lewis, decision, emergence, falsification, free will, heart, illusion, immaterial mind, laws, laws of nature, libertarian free will, mathematics, Michael Egnor, mind, neurosurgery, physics, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientific method, scientists, surgery, thinking}

A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be?

_{Kirk Durston
November 25, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›

Particles, quantum entanglement (quantum correlation), quantum mechanics. 3d illustration

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2025

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Eugene Wigner, immaterial reality, intelligent design, Louisa Gilder, materialism, mathematics, Nobel Prize, particles, quantum entanglement, quantum particles, quantum state, The Age of Entanglement, UC Berkeley}

COSM, Entanglement, and Implications for Materialism

_{Casey Luskin
November 23, 2025

Physical Sciences, Physics

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If these points don’t reveal evidence of intelligent design in nature, what does? Read More ›

Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, brain, brain mapping, COSM 2025, debates, emotions, free will, history of science, immaterial mind, intelligent design, logic, machines, mathematics, memories, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, psychology, seizures, sensations, soul, twins}

COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, adolescence, adulthood, Charles Krauthammer, Charles Murray, consciousness, evidence, faith and science, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy, mathematics, metaphor, New York Post, nothing, parents, Proof of God in 3 Minutes, soul, Stephen Meyer, The Free Press, theology, universe}

Maturing Toward God: Update from Charles Murray

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Physics

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Why there is something rather than nothing is the question posed in our video, "Proof of God in 3 Minutes," about the law of conservation of matter and energy. Read More ›

A white window with purple butterflies flying out of it, looking at the sea outside the glass, white gauze curtain fluttering in the wind, sunset, Generative AI illustrations.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheists, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Europeans, God the Science the Evidence, Greeks, intellectuals, Jerry Coyne, mathematics, New Zealand, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, sex binary, transgender, war on math, whiteness, Why Evolution Is True}

On Atheism’s Watch, Rationality in Science Went Out the Window

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 16, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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All of this decay when atheists were considered to be the primary spokespeople for science. And they have yielded the floor to irrational forces. Read More ›

Making mistakes and wrong answer concept. Hand wiping math formula off blackboard in classroom at school. Student or teacher correcting incorrect calculation on chalkboard.

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Date
September 26, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Mathematics
Tagged
, ethics, fraud, funding, mathematicians, mathematics, misconduct, sciences, Tibi Puiu, ZME Science}

Now It’s Science Fraud in…Mathematics?

_{Science & Culture
September 26, 2025

Ethics, Mathematics

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Most lay people would not think that mathematics is a particularly safe place to do fraud. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 23, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, constants, Elie Feder, ID the Future, intelligent cause, mathematics, numbers, philosophy, physics, Physics to God, podcast, psychology, Richard Feynman}

Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 23, 2025

Cosmology, Physics

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Do you recognize the number 1/137.035999206? It might seem arbitrary, but if the fine structure constant were any higher or lower, you might not exist! Read More ›