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Stuart_Kauffman
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Hello, Stuart Kauffman

Kauffman is one of the more interesting participants in the debates about the nature of life. Read More ›
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The Conviction that ET Is Out There Survives Every Setback

The usual practice in science would rule out mundane explanations first. But clearly, that is a road not taken. Read More ›
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Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness

A group of scientists and philosophers have published a declaration that there is evidence that a wide range of animals exhibit signs of consciousness. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms “Feathered Dinosaurs” Were Secondarily Flightless Birds

Darwinists may have to say goodbye to some cherished assumed transitional forms and the evolutionary just-so stories built upon them. Read More ›
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Andrew Klavan and Stephen Meyer Talk God and Science

Meyer and Klavan discuss a noted atheist philosopher who frankly admits that he doesn’t want theism to be true. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Evidence of Mind in the Natural World

Can we scientifically detect the activity of a mind behind the universe? Philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer answers this question and more. Read More ›
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Chatting with ChatGPT about Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life

This study raises the interesting question of the interplay between trained biases in ChatGPT and the ability to coax this AI to transcend those biases. Read More ›
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In Life, Not One Code but Many

It would be as ridiculous to lump all of these into a single genetic code as it would be to lump Morse Code into the genetic code. Read More ›
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Long Story Short — Did Purely Natural Processes Produce Biopolymers?

Science provides a clear expectation of what natural processes produce, and what we observe in the biopolymers of life is dramatically unexpected.  Read More ›
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Klavan and Meyer on God and Science

The pair touch on the Judeo-Christian roots of science, how fine-tuning in physics and cosmology point to intelligent design, and more. Read More ›

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