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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Aristotle, atoms, behaviorism, Benjamin Libet, brain, breathing, conception, consciousness, eliminative materialism, galaxies, glaciers, heartbeat, hydranencephaly, identity theory, Justine Sergent, machine, molecules, neurons, neuroscience, perception, planets, pseudoscience, René Descartes, Roger Sperry, Scientific American, soul, trees, Werner Heisenberg, Wilder Penfield, Yair Pinto}

Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Bible, Boltzmann brain, Donald Trump, dragons, Elie Feder, life, measure problem, molecules, physical constants, physical laws, Physics to God, planets, quantum fluctuations, rivers, Roger Penrose, stars, universe}

The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

_{Brian Miller
January 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, civilization, earth, fluid flow, gold, habitability, jewelry, life, lubricants, mantle, minerals, mining, planets, subduction zones, sulfur}

Earth’s Gold-Mining Machine

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Earth operates an extraordinary natural factory that concentrates gold from barely detectable amounts into rich deposits that humans can mine. How? 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, 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

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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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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, earth, Europa, Europa Clipper, intelligent design, Jupiter, life, moons, planets, spacecraft, stars}

Two Poems for Europa, Jupiter’s Lifeless Moon

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 9, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Ms. Limón’s poem doesn't quite capture the aliveness of Earth and the likely deadness of Europa. So, here's one that better reflects these themes. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, cancer, Daniel Witt, Francis Crick, geocentrism, heliocentrism, Jacques Monod, James Watson, John Searle, medicine, painting, piano, planets, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific atheism, Stuart Kauffman, telos, UC Berkeley}

My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual "comfort" afforded by the mechanistic consensus. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, black holes, cosmogony, elements, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, intelligent life, Jay Richards, Lee Smolin, life, planets, scientific discovery, silicon, stars, The Privileged Planet, universes}

Were We Made to Make Black Holes?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 12, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, planets, scientific discovery, Sean McDowell, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, universe}

Richards to Aliens: We’ll Show You Our Perfect Solar Eclipses if You’ll Show Us Yours

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Jay Richard had a really fun and interesting conversation with Sean McDowell about the new updated edition of his book with Guillermo Gonzalez. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", atoms, galaxies, intelligence, intelligent cause, life, molecules, multiverse, mystery, natural constants, physicists, Physics to God, planets, Richard Feynman, scientific knowledge, stars, universe}

Fine-Tuning Is the Solution to the Mystery of the Constants

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 21, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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In his discussion of the constants in 1985, physicist Richard Feynman described the great challenge and mystery the constants pose to a final theory, Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, galaxies, gravity, intelligent cause, intelligent design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, William Lane Craig}

Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 16, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Read More ›