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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancient world, animals, brain, Denyse O'Leary, genome, human beings, immaterial reality, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, philosophers, philosophy, plants, Plato’s Revenge, reason, soul, The Federalist, The Immortal Mind, will, William James}

A Reviewer Assesses Dr. Egnor on the Mind: Science Is “Catching Up” to Philosophy

_{David Klinghoffer
August 8, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Neuroscience & Mind

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In two different areas of research — the nature of the mind, and the nature of genome — science points us to the existence of an immaterial reality. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bard, ChatGPT, computer science, Grok, ID the Future, intelligent design, large language models, mathematicians, mathematics, philosophers, philosophy, SETI, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski}

On Intelligent Design, Is AI Teachable?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Can large language models rise above the biases of sources like Wikipedia to help level the playing field for intelligent design? Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
May 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Age of Exploration, animals, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, civilization, Darwinism, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, French Revolution, Gottfried Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lord Monboddo, Michael Flannery, P.T. Barnum, philosophers, Robert Richards, University of Chicago, worldview}

Before Darwin — How Evolution Evolved

_{Daniel Witt
May 28, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Life Sciences

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The soil was prepared — soon, seeds were sprouting. In roughly the third quarter of the 18th century, evolutionary theories of biology proliferated. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, common sense, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Emily Sandico, epigenetics, genome, ID the Future, immaterial genome, information, intelligent design, interview, molecular biology, philosophers, Plato, Plato's Revenge, podcast, Richard Sternberg, RNA}

Plato’s Revenge: An Interview with David Klinghoffer

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 1, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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We are now overdue for a profound revolution in science, one you’ve probably heard very little about. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
April 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cosmological constant, cosmologists, cosmology, fine-tuning, fluctuations, intelligent cause, laws of nature, Lucretius, Ludwig Boltzmann, Marvel Cinematic Universe, measure problem, multiverse, parallel universes, philosophers, physical constants, physicists, thermal equilibrium}

Is the Multiverse Real?

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
April 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Despite its various iterations, few philosophers or scientists had taken the multiverse seriously — until 1998. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, bioethics, culture, disabilities, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, family, friendship, geriatric suicide, mentally ill, Peter Singer, philosophers, Princeton University, suicide, Switzerland, The Atlantic}

Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 16, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
March 18, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, application, birds, bobcats, butterflies, capsids, deer, evolution, fermions, fossils, garter snakes, intelligent design, mice, molecules, nature, philosophers, qualia, Quanta, science, scientists, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, teachers}

Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity

_{Emily Sandico
March 18, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The setting, once again in Colorado, is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines against the bluest of skies. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, babies, fish, gestating human babies, image of God, insects, invertebrates, life, mammals, microbes, moral responsibility, NYU, philosophers, universe}

Microbes as “Moral Agents”? Bioethicist Says Yes

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 14, 2025

Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Only a philosopher could claim seriously that humans owe significant moral duties to microbes. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 11, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Big Bang, biologists, causes, conscious experience, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, explanations, free will, gravity, movement, neuroscientists, Peter Corning, philosophers, physical universe, physicists, promissory note, quantum mechanics, Robert Sapolsky, Stanford University, turtles, universe}

Revenge of the Turtle Lady

_{Daniel Witt
March 11, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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You’ve probably heard the story about the old lady who tells a Famous Professor that the world is actually sitting on the back of giant turtle. Read More ›

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Author
Larry Sanger

Date
February 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Albert Einstein, argument from ignorance, benevolence, Big Bang, Christianity, complexity, constants, David Hume, designer, faith, intelligent design, logos, matter, natural laws, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, universe, William Lane Craig}

Re-Examining the Arguments for the Existence of God

_{Larry Sanger
February 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Technology

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I was impressed by a lecture by philosopher of science and well-known apologist Stephen Meyer. Read More ›