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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", animals, bears, books, Casey Luskin, chihuahua, DNA, evolution, fiction, Foresight (book), foxes, genes, How Life Works, intelligent design, machines, Marcos Eberlin, meaning, Oskar Schindler, otters, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, Science and Faith in Dialogue, self-sacrifice, work, writing}

The End of the Machine Metaphor?

_{Emily Reeves
January 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. 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
Emily Sandico

Date
January 2, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atoms, book reviews, disenchantment, How to Save the West, intelligent design, meaning, purpose, quantum physics, Reductionism, science, Spencer Klavan, spirit, subatomic particles, telos, universe}

Spencer Klavan Asks: What Is the Universe Made Of?

_{Emily Sandico
January 2, 2025

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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In ancient and medieval times, the world “seemed alive with spirit and divine fire.” That humans should be invested with spirit and soul was only natural. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
December 16, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptations, Asa Gray, biologists, butterflies, Cambridge University Press, Darwin Mythology, final cause, Friedrich Engels, Harvard University, historians, Karl Marx, mimicry, purpose, teleology, William Graham}

Did Darwin Banish Teleology from Nature or Not?

_{Richard Weikart
December 16, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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James G. Lennox quotes from an 1862 essay, where Darwin wrote that “the final cause of all this mimicry” among butterflies is evading predation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, afterlife, cosmos, deism, intelligent design, meaning, mind, Paul Davies, purpose, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, soul}

Deism and the Afterlife: Cosmologist Paul Davies Outlines His Views

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Paul Davies argues that we’re not at the center of the attention of a God who is specifically concerned with us. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, addiction, bioethicists, Brave New World, despair, drugs, faith, family, meaning, mental health, neuroscience, patriotism, purpose, Reductionism, suicide}

Bioethicists Push Psychedelics for an “Interesting” Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The dangers of taking such drugs aside, this essay reflects the reductionism of our time. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
September 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, algorithms, amino acids, Aristotle, causation, chickens, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, explanations, final cause, G.K. Chesterton, human body, intelligent design, laws of physics, life, materialism, Mereology, Mona Lisa, oncologists, purpose, purposefulness, quantum physics, science of purpose, Stephen J. Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, supernatural, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Theist Doctor, Materialist Doctor

_{Daniel Witt
September 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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To be a good medical doctor, you have to treat the human body as if its parts have purpose and function. There’s really no way around it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian theory, evolution, genomes, James Shapiro, living cells, meaning, natural selection, panpsychism, Philip Ball, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purpose, random mutation, tautology}

Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, Carl Woese, causation, cells, Chance and Necessity, David Hume, dispositionalism, Evolution News, final cause, intentionality, Isaac Newton, Jacques Monod, Michael Behe, purpose, René Descartes, science of purpose, telos, The Design Inference, Walter Elsasser, William A. Dembski}

Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 12, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, accident, creator, Daniel Witt, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, evolution, genes, goal, intelligent design, life, meaning, molecules, Nature (journal), Oxford University, purpose, Richard Dawkins, teleology, The Selfish Gene}

Oxford Biologist Denis Noble: “The Fact Is that I Think Neo-Darwinism Is Dead”

_{Casey Luskin
July 30, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I respect Denis Noble and in disagreeing with him I do not mean to slight his deep insights into how biology works. Read More ›