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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinism, earth, epicycles, evolution, Galileo Galilei, geocentric model, hydrogen, Louis Pasteur, natural selection, nature, Nicolaus Copernicus, predictions, Ptolemy, quantum mechanics, reality, Richard Feynman, Robert Shedinger, scientific theory, solar system, spontaneous generation}

Does Darwinism Meet the Tests of a True Theory?

_{Eric Hedin
March 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, History of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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An example of a now-discarded theory is that of spontaneous generation, a hypothetical process of living organisms developing from nonliving matter. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
December 27, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
November 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Rather than refute Harris by pointing out why his statement scores high on the irony meter, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to do it for me. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, beauty, Center for Science and Culture, culture, David Klinghoffer, evolution, Evolution News, families, goodness, gratitude, happiness, health, human thriving, ID the Future, materialism, reality, relativism, truth}

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 29, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›

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Date
August 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, knowledge, Michael Keas, podcast, reality, science, scientism, truth, Unbelievable}

J. P. Moreland on the Contradictions of Scientism

_{Science & Culture
August 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
July 15, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, David Berlinski, Eucharist, microscopes, observation, paradigm shift, philosophers, quantum mechanics, reality, Science After Babel, telescopes}

Can the Quantum Realm Explain Reality?

_{Peter Biles
July 15, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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If we can uncover the smallest quantum particles in nature, will we have uncovered the fundamental secrets of reality? Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, antiquity, archetype, Christianity, harmony, human mind, image, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, natural philosophy, Natural Sciences, nature, philosophers, reality, scientific revolution, scientists, theism, theologians, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Zoom}

Tutorial: Melissa Cain Travis on Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

_{Science & Culture
April 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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A host of philosophers, theologians, scientists, and mathematicians have been struck by the uncanny interconnection between three distinct domains of reality. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Applied Sciences
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Big Data, C.S. Lewis, education, elitism, faith, government, knowledge, magic, media, milk, morality, Neo-Darwinism, reality, soul, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism}

Humans Have Limits. Transhumanists Want to Overcome Them

_{Peter Biles
February 15, 2023

Applied Sciences, Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

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Transhumanism, arguably an offshoot of neo-Darwinism, is set on envisioning the next grand step of human evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
January 9, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, A Meaningful World, abstraction, Benjamin Wiker, cosmos, culture, earth, evolution, genius, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Islam, Jesus Christ, Jonathan Witt, materialism, media, nature, Pope Benedict XVI, reality, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, theology}

Pope Benedict on Intelligent Design and the Dangers of Darwinian Materialism

_{Bruce Chapman
January 9, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning

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“We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution,” he said. “Each of us is the result of a thought of God.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aeon, Anil Seth, brain, brain hemispheres, brainstem, consciousness, David Chalmers, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, reality, University of Sussex, Yair Pinto}

Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

_{Michael Egnor
October 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong. Read More ›