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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academia, animals, biological complexity, biology, chemistry, Evolution News, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, materialism, methodology, Michael Levin, nest-building, nurturing, Peter Corning, physics, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, Platonism, Richard Sternberg, synergy, teleonomy, Tufts University, University of Zurich, vital force, vitalism}

Peter Corning and the Taint of Vitalism

_{Daniel Witt
June 6, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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As the insightful work of Corning and others has shown, the vitalist/mechanist debate in biology is nowhere near over. If anything, it’s just getting started. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, children, College Physics, common science, computer simulation, computers, David Klinghoffer, evolution, fundamental forces, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Mathematical Intelligencer, mathematicians, Michael Kent, natural phenomena, Peter Urone, physics, Plato's Revenge, quantum mechanics, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, scientific evidence, smart phones, spaceships, supernatural}

Evolution and Common-Sense Reasoning

_{Granville Sewell
June 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The equations of quantum mechanics do not describe exactly — even in theory — the effects of the fundamental forces on the fundamental particles of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 29, 2025

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chaos, dancing, death, disorder, eating, entropy, equilibrium, Eric Hedin, ID the Future, immortality, intelligent design, intelligent designer, jumping, life, naturalism, organisms, physics, running, specified complexity, swimming, water}

The Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 29, 2025

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We usually think of life as the most natural thing there is — blooming plants, flowing water, the cycles of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Big Bang, consciousness, Ethan Siegel, fine-tuning, gravitation, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, intelligent life, life, materialists, miracle, naturalism, neutrons, nuclear fusion, physics, protons, universe}

A “Quantum Miracle” that Leads to Life

_{Eric Hedin
May 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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To eventually form stars, planets, and life, neutral atoms are a definite prerequisite. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Carlo Rovelli, dark matter, fine-tuning, Higgs Boson, hype, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Karl Popper, multiverse, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, physicists, physics, quantum gravity, Standard Model, string theory, theoretical physics, Thomas Kuhn}

What Drives All that “New Physics” Hype? Could It Be Fear of Intelligent Design?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Many thinkers are troubled by the massive evidence for fine-tuning of our universe. They want to believe that a multiverse just popped into existence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Aeon, Albert Einstein, cats, Erwin Schrödinger, ions, photons, physicists, physics, quantum mechanics, thought experiment, weirdness}

Here Is a New Interpretation for That Alive-and-Dead Quantum Cat

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Schrödinger’s cat has got to be the most famous cat in science. He’s really a thought experiment. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, bird beaks, Current Biology, David Klinghoffer, eagle, entropy, eukaryotes, evolutionary biologists, Evolutionary Game Theory, humidity, mice, Monash University, ostrich, phase transition, photosynthesis, physics, Plato's Revenge, pressure, Richard Sternberg, teleology, temperature, The Conversation, volume, Weasel program}

Physics Envy Is Not Helping Evolutionary Biology

_{David Coppedge
April 30, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Biology is very different from physics. But if living things are entirely describable by atoms and forces, shouldn’t laws of physics apply to them, too? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beginning, Big Bang, Brian Miller, cosmology, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Joe Rogan, Lawrence Krauss, materialistic philosophy, physicists, physics, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science Uprising, South Australia, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Why the “Universe from Nothing” Model Points to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 18, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Did our universe come from nothing, as some physicists have proposed? This episode is built around a suggestion I recently received from a listener. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 1, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, ballet, bones, Canceled Science, Denyse O'Leary, equilibrium, gravity, humans, life, Mass, materialists, matter, Michael Egnor, 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

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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 ›