Tag: possibilities

Artistic depiction of many worlds interpretation showing several Earth-like planets across parallel universes

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, Acts of the Apostles, Betteridge’s Law, Born rule, branching, Chiara Marletto, Closer to Truth, David Albert, David Deutsch, David Wallace, decoherence, entanglement, Everettians, formalism, Gedankenwelt, Haag’s theorem, headlines, Hugh Everett, interviews, journalists, many-worlds interpretation, mathematics, Oxford University, particle physics, physics, possibilities, quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, quantum probabilities, quantum theory, qubits, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Rudolf Haag, Standard Model, sufficient reason, thought-world, universal wavefunction}

Searching for a World, Any World, in the Many-Worlds Interpretation

_{Bruce Gordon
August 13, 2026

Mathematics, Physics

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Journalists have a general rule for headlines called “Betteridge’s Law” that seems to apply in this case. Read More ›

Surreal landscape with a split road and signpost arrows showing two different courses, left and right direction to choose. Road splits in distinct direction ways. Difficult decision, choice concept.

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Charles Darwin, Claude Shannon, decisions, earth, etymology, evolution, Greek, information, intellect, intelligence, intelligent design, Latin, logos, marriage, natural selection, New Testament, possibilities, selection, Texas, United States}

Information, Intelligence, and Decision: Concepts Underpinning the Theory of Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
October 29, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin’s great coup was to co-opt the term "selection," previously associated with the conscious choice of purposive agents. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Aristotle, chance, Chance and Necessity, Francisco Ayala, Greek, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jacques Monod, Jay Richards, Marcos Eberlin, matter, Michelangelo’s David, Nancy Cartwright, naturalism, nature, possibilities, probability, Richard Dawkins, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, specified complexity, systems, The Blind Watchmaker, Thomas Aquinas, William Shakespeare}

Building a Better Definition of Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
July 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Definitional change in science is par for the course: As paradigms shift because of scientific advances, textbook definitions change. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Dallas, earth, English, etymology, homicide, information, intelligence, intuition, Latin, possibilities, shmoo, Texas, The Design Inference, United States, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

The Connection Between Intelligence and Information

_{William A. Dembski
April 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Information is everywhere in the sciences. Yet scientists often ignore the connection of intelligence to information. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, act, adults, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, baby, genius, gestation, human being, Jerry Coyne, life, possibilities, potency, rational thought, soul, Thomistic philosophy, zygote}

Must We Be Able to Reason to Be Thought of as Human Persons?

_{Michael Egnor
May 16, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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A common argument as to why abortion is generally ethical is that the unborn child cannot reason. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
October 30, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, counting, fairy tales, infinity, multiverse, numbers, possibilities, universe}

Why Just Anything Can’t Happen Via Infinite Universes

_{Robert J. Marks II
October 30, 2021

Evolution, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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Can you be bald in one universe and fully haired in another? Can you have two eyeballs in this universe and three in another? The answer is no. Read More ›