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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 3, 2019

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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __cedited, algorithms, apologetics, artificial intelligence, computers, immortality, Mind Matters, naturalism, prophecy, quantum mechanics, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Robert J. Marks II, Singularity, The Singularity is Near, Walter Bradley Center}

Marks on the AI Church: “The Singularity Is Far”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2019

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions, including one centered on Artificial Intelligence, follow a stereotyped pattern. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2018

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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __cedited, Albert Einstein, brain, creativity, information, math, microtubules, Mind Matters, nature, neurons, probability, quantum mechanics, quantum state, randomness, Robert J. Marks II, specified complexity, universe}

Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Only a freely acting, designing agent resolves the mystery. Only such an agent creates, truly, ex nihilo. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 27, 2018

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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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, __cedited, __image, Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, atheism, Catholicism and Evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, hylomorphism, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, materialism, Phillip E. Johnson, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Richard Lewontin, Roman Catholic, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Werner Heisenberg}

A Superb New Website: Introducing Aquinas.Design

_{Michael Egnor
July 27, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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There is an ongoing debate about intelligent design in the Thomist system. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __cedited, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, Big Bang, Brian Greene, determinism, free will, John Bell, machines, materialism, nature, particles, quantum mechanics, quantum theory, Singularity, UC Berkeley, Werner Heisenberg}

Is Free Will an Illusion?

_{Michael Egnor
July 23, 2018

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, "poor design", arXiv, evolution, human eye, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, light, Nathan Lents, observer, photon, quantum mechanics, Research, Richard Dawkins, vision, Zombie Science (book), zombies}

Human Eye, that “Clunky Design,” to be Used to Confirm, or Disconfirm, Quantum Mechanics

_{David Klinghoffer
July 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It can detect a single photon. It can test the foundations of our understanding of nature. And it is also a piece of “botched” work by evolution? Read More ›

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Date
March 23, 2018

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Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
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, __cedited, __image, A Brief History of Time, category error, Discovery Institute, Energy, equations, gravity, laws of nature, matter, nature, Pacific Ocean, quantum mechanics, Stephen Meyer, The Grand Design, TIME, universe}

“Spontaneous Creation”: Meyer on Stephen Hawking’s Category Error

_{Science & Culture
March 23, 2018

Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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He asked poignantly in A Brief History of Time, “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 8, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __cedited, Big Bang, Charles Townes, Discovering Intelligent Design, electromagnetic force, gravitational constant, gravity, hydrogen, ID's Top Six, initial entropy, intelligent design, nature, Nobel laureate, physical constants, quantum mechanics, stars, universe, weak nuclear force, William Lane Craig}

ID’s Top Six — The Fine-Tuning of the Universe

_{Casey Luskin
November 8, 2017

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Some scientists respond, “Well, there must be an enormous number of universes and each one is a little different. This one just happened to turn out right.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 28, 2017

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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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, __cedited, angels, demons, multiverse, Paul Dirac, quantum mechanics, Roman Catholic, science, Steven Novella, Thomas Aquinas}

Demons and Multiverses

_{Michael Egnor
August 28, 2017

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Yale clinical neurologist Dr. Steven Novella posted recently about Dr. Richard Gallagher, a psychiatrist trained at Yale who provides psychiatric consultation services to the Catholic Church. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 8, 2017

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotle, DNA, enzymes, evolution, Francis Bacon, Joseph Carter, mitochondria, myths, nature, New York Times, quantum mechanics, relativity, teleology, universe}

Philosopher in NY Times: The Universe Has No Purpose, But We Can Pretend…

_{Michael Egnor
August 8, 2017

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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As I noted yesterday, Joseph Carter wrote a fatuous essay in which he denies purpose in the universe and does an amusing dance around the implications that follow. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 2, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __cedited, atheism, Caltech, Darwinian theory, multiverse, psychiatry, quantum mechanics, Sean Carroll}

Atheist Physicist Sean Carroll: An Infinite Number of Universes Is More Plausible Than God

_{Michael Egnor
August 2, 2017

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The Many Worlds Interpretation is sort of an extension of the Darwinian creation myth, applied to cosmology. Read More ›