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Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Adam Frank, astrophysicists, Big Think, cosmic inflation, dark matter, Ethan Siegel, general relativity, multiverse, quantum mechanics, universe}

Astrophysicists Battle over Whether the Multiverse Must Exist

_{Science & Culture
March 11, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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"If cosmic inflation and quantum field theory are both correct, then the Multiverse arises as an inevitable consequence of the two." Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Big Bang, computers, electrons, En Arche Foundation, encyclopedias, Energy, entropy, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, libraries, matter, Michael Behe, novels, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, Stephen Meyer, universe, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design, Now in Polish

_{Granville Sewell
March 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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My book includes a chapter on quantum mechanics, called “The Supernatural Element in Nature.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 5, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, beliefs, determinism, free will, John Bell, laws of nature, materialists, nature, physicists, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Does Superdeterminism Resolve Dilemmas Around Free Will?

_{Michael Egnor
January 5, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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The conventional view of nature held by materialists is that all acts are wholly determined by the laws of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 8, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, Big Bang, Big Think, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, causality, Ethan Siegel, Kalam cosmological argument, photon, quantum mechanics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Hawking, universe}

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Again Desperately Attempts to Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

_{Brian Miller
November 8, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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If the model were plausible, the level of fine-tuning would represent even greater evidence of design than it was intended to avoid by removing the beginning. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, black holes, causes, David Papineau, dualism, electrons, G.K. Chesterton, general relativity, materialism, materialists, neuroscience, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, space-time, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Is the Universe Causally Closed?

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Materialists argue that dualism of mind and brain is not possible because of causal closure — by which they mean that all physical effects have physical causes. Read More ›

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Date
May 4, 2021

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, blood clotting, cancer, collagen, Darwin's Black Box, diseases, DNA repair, evolution, foresight, glycoprotein, glycosylation, health, intelligent design, Michael Behe, photosynthesis, PNAS, quantum mechanics}

Contingency Planning in the Cell Affirms Design

_{Science & Culture
May 4, 2021

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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When sunlight is adequate, leaves are happy. On some days, though, there can be too much of a good thing. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 3, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, determinism, free will, illusion, Jerry Coyne, materialism, matter, mind, neuroscience, propositions, quantum mechanics, researchers, The Guardian}

Trying to Disprove Free Will Shows that Materialism Doesn’t Work

_{Michael Egnor
May 3, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The fact that nature is not predetermined in detail has been shown quite convincingly by the experimental confirmation of Bell’s theorem in quantum mechanics. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 19, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, black holes, evolution, Five Ways, general relativity, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, laws of nature, natural theology, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, summer, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Why the Universe Itself Can’t Be the Most Fundamental Thing

_{Michael Egnor
April 19, 2021

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Imagine a chain hanging from the sky supporting a weight suspended in the air. Each link in the chain is a cause for the continued suspension of the links. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
October 1, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, carbon, Charles Darwin, Cyanobacteria, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, Latin, Lucretius, metazoans, meteorites, Michael Denton, natural selection, optimization, Paul Davies, purpose, quantum mechanics, satire, The Miracle of the Cell, Voltaire, wonder}

Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest

_{Rob Sheldon
October 1, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature. Read More ›

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Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, assembly, coevolution, cytoplasm, dynein, molecular machines, nucleolus, PNAS, polymerization, proteins, quantum mechanics, Ribosome, RNA, Rockefeller University}

Allostery: How Cells Do Remote Control

_{Science & Culture
August 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Cells have perfected action at a distance: not by magic, but by control of distant sites through carefully arranged functional intermediates. Read More ›