Tag: particles

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 31, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, __recommended, A Fortunate Universe, Albert Einstein, astronomers, Big Bang, black holes, driving, earth, escape velocity, expansion rate, fine-tuning, fundamental forces, Geraint F. Lewis, GPS systems, gravity, Guillermo Gonzalez, Isaac Newton, life, Luke A. Barnes, matter, Moon, nuclear forces, particles, planets, universe}

The Forces that Shape our Universe: Gravity

_{Eric Hedin
October 31, 2025

Intelligent Design, Physics, Planetology

9}

One of the most remarkable aspects of our universe is the discovery that just four fundamental forces of nature govern interactions among all particles. Read More ›

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Date
September 12, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Physics
Tagged
, Alain Aspect, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, Boris Podolsky, climate models, COSM 2025, Discovery Institute, International Monetary Fund, John F. Clauser, John Stuart Bell, Louisa Gilder, Nathan Rosen, Nobel laureates, particles, photon, physicists, spin, Stuart Freedman, The Age of Entanglement, Washington Post}

COSM 2025 Will Feature Nobel Laureate Physicist and Skeptic John F. Clauser

_{Science and Culture
September 12, 2025

Environment & Climate, Physics

5}

Discovery Institute’s upcoming COSM 2025 tech conference will feature something a little different. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Annaka Harris, consciousness, contradictions, dualism, eliminative materialism, Giulio Tononi, hardware, Hedda Hassel Mørch, illusion, immaterial world, Integrated information theory, materialism, matter, Nautilus, panpsychism, particles, physicalism, software, University of Inland Norway}

Weighing Whether Matter Itself Is Conscious

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

6}

To say that consciousness is real is to say that the immaterial world is, in principle, real. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 1, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, ballerina, ballet, battleships, bones, Canceled Science, Denyse O'Leary, electric force, equilibrium, gravity, humans, intermolecular forces, life, Mass, materialists, matter, Michael Egnor, molecular interactions, natural causes, neutrons, nuclear forces, particles, physics, protons, pyramids, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Life Is the Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

_{Eric Hedin
April 1, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

Matter is moved by matter, and to a lesser extent, by light. Let’s look into that assertion from the point of view of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, cosmic rays, cosmos, dark matter, Energy, foresight, galaxies, Geraint Lewis, intelligent design, junk DNA, Luke Barnes, Michael Guillen, Milky Way, particles, photons, planets, predictions, proton, purpose, radiation, science fiction, spaceships, stars, universe}

Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

_{Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

7}

Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›

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Date
December 12, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, Durham University, goal-directedness, Goldilocks, historians, multiverse, particles, Philip Goff, thought, universe}

Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Science and Culture
December 12, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Alexander T. Englert, Apostle Paul, atheism, Denyse O'Leary, Energy, human mind, immortality, Institute for Advanced Study, Isaac Newton, John Bell, light, mathematician, matter, New Testament, Niels Bohr, particles, physical reality, quantum entanglement, soul}

Incompleteness Theorems Point to a Hidden Realm

_{Eric Hedin
January 17, 2024

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

7}

A “hidden realm” behind the common-sense realm of “local realism” — this is the actual nature of the reality in which we live. Read More ›

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Planetology
Tagged
, addition, algorithms, Andrew Wiles, Anna Karenina, calculus, cyberspace, DNA, double helix, fields, genetic code, Greek, incompleteness theorem, Isaac Newton, Kool-Aid, Kurt Gödel, Leo Tolstoy, mathematician, mechanics, molecular biology, New Hampshire, particles, recipe, Sanskrit, Space Invaders, subtraction, Sudan, TIME, U.S. Constitution, Viagra}

Iterations of Immortality

_{David Berlinski
June 13, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Planetology

14}

The calculus made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that made possible the modern world. Read More ›

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
June 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, biologists, Blaise Pascal, calculus, David Chalmers, Eucharist, materialism, naturalism, numbers, particles, physicalism, physicists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, quantum field theory, René Thom, Science After Babel, scientific revolution, scientism, theologians, Tower of Babel, transhumanism, Vishnu}

Science After Babel: An Exercise in Self-Criticism

_{David Berlinski
June 5, 2023

Evolution, Physical Sciences

6}

Until the day before yesterday, the imperial architects of the scientific revolution were well satisfied and sleek as seals. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, atoms, blackbody, Canceled Science, electromagnetic radiation, Energy, Genesis, Gospel of John, helium, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, intention, Louis de Broglie, matter, Max Planck, mind, Niels Bohr, nuclear fusion, particles, Planck’s constant, protons, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, sun, universe}

Thank God for Quantum Mechanics

_{Eric Hedin
May 11, 2023

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

7}

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