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Photo: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, 1969, via Wikimedia Commons.

Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Read More ›
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Photo: Photo: A tornado, near Elie, Manitoba, Canada, by Justin1569 at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law 

Extremely improbable events must be macroscopically (simply) describable to be forbidden. Read More ›
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Retraction Watch Guys Hallucinate “Intelligent Design” Yet Again

A helpful formulation comes from podcaster Scott Adams, of “Dilbert” fame, who comments entertainingly on the political scene. Read More ›
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Two Schemes to Defeat the Second Law

I also have a scheme that I believe can defeat the generalized second law. My scheme is called “intelligence.” Read More ›
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Vindicated by Behe: Devolution Is Natural, Evolution Is Not

You do not need to study mutations for thirty years to predict that bombarding plant chromosomes with radiation will not lead to major agricultural advances. Read More ›
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Why Evolution and Reproduction Are Unnatural

Reproduction is the most fundamental characteristic of life. We see it happen everywhere, so we may feel there is nothing “unnatural” about it.  Read More ›
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So, Who Is Doing “Pseudoscience”?

You will be astonished by how corrupt science can become when reviewers are “very, very vigilant” to protect consensus science. Read More ›
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The Second Law Argument: A Timeline

“Remove the sun,” wrote Isaac Asimov, “and the human brain would not have developed.” Read More ›
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Darwinists Take Refuge in Logically Invalid “Compensation” Argument

The seems to be something very unnatural about an advanced civilization arising from the dust of a barren planet. Read More ›

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