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Darwin’s Doubts, and Their Philosophical Implications

Charles Darwin thus appears to us more modern than his present-day disciples, whose unbending materialism comes closer to that of Erasmus Darwin. Read More ›
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Thank God for Quantum Mechanics

An example of how quantum effects permit life as we know it operates in the nuclear furnace of the Sun. Read More ›
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Darwin and the Loss of the Enlightenment Paradigm

As a plethora of books, articles, and TV programs have recently intoned, our almost complete ignorance of the nature of ultimate reality has been laid bare. Read More ›
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At the Bottom of the Glass, God Is Waiting

The German physicist Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) is one of the fathers of quantum mechanics and ranks among the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Read More ›
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The Tip of a Larger Iceberg

Our profound ignorance of what Lucretius termed the nature of things has been revealed by the work of Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Heisenberg. Read More ›
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Melissa Cain Travis Talks About Science and the Mind of the Maker

From Johannes Kepler to Max Planck, scientists have seen their work as much more than merely uncovering how things work. Read More ›

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