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Photo credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology).

Beyond Fine-Tuning: Why the Laws of Nature Indicate Design

The dream of finding a unique, logically necessary “theory of everything” has failed, which leaves an intriguing question: Why these specific laws? Read More ›
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According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›
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Does Quantum Mechanics Help Make Sense of the Soul?

Quantum mechanics seems to be the game-changer that Albert Einstein (1879–1955) feared it would be. It is certain to liven up discussions about the soul. Read More ›
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A Matter of Insinuation: Chance in Darwin’s Theory 

Think of a rock dislodged by happenstance, tumbling down a mountain, and coming to rest in some particular spot. Read More ›
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An Attorney Weighs the Evidence for ID

Attorneys are skilled in evaluating evidence and making ideas easier to understand, two skills that come in handy when assessing scientific theories as well. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain); Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble).

French Authors Say Science Points to God; Scientists Listen

Computer engineer Michel-Yves Bolloré, a lifelong Catholic, and Olivier Bonnassies, who came late to faith, argue that the universe must have had a creator. Read More ›
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“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›
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A Conscious Universe?

Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail. Read More ›
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Evolution and Common-Sense Reasoning 

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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The Myth of “Settled Science”

Einstein was wrong. Quantum mechanics does not follow the principle of “local causality.” God apparently does play dice with the universe. Read More ›

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