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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Image: Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), via Wikimedia Commons.

Tutorial: Melissa Cain Travis on Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

A host of philosophers, theologians, scientists, and mathematicians have been struck by the uncanny interconnection between three distinct domains of reality. Read More ›
Transhumanists
Image: Transhumanists, by David Revoy / Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Humans Have Limits. Transhumanists Want to Overcome Them

Transhumanism, arguably an offshoot of neo-Darwinism, is set on envisioning the next grand step of human evolution. Read More ›
Pope Benedict XVI
Photo credit: Catholic Church England and Wales, via Flickr (cropped).

Pope Benedict on Intelligent Design and the Dangers of Darwinian Materialism

“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 ›
hallucination
Photo credit: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona, via Unsplash.

Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

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 ›
skeletons
Photo credit: dynamosquito from France, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Human Brain Shape Has Hardly Changed

The changes in human heads were not driven by a changing brain, researchers say. It was the human face that changed. Read More ›
squirrel
Photo credit: Caleb Martin via Unsplash.

Check Their Privilege: Are Squirrels Socially Unjust?

Researchers have long assumed that people think like animals. But now we see that the equation reads the same in reverse: animals think like people. Read More ›
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Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›
Atlantic Ocean
Photo: South Atlantic Ocean from space, by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Ocean Color/NOAA-20/NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP.

Sara Walker: Intelligent Design without Intelligent Design

We’ll be watching Walker’s publications to see how much farther she can move in the direction of ID. Read More ›
mind
Photo credit: Norbert Kundrak, via Unsplash.

Consciousness Shows that Materialism Is False

My friend and colleague Bill Dembski, a leading advocate of intelligent design of the universe and life forms, has done a superb short interview. Read More ›
Lennox Against the Tide
Photo: John Lennox in Against the Tide.

Lennox Versus Dawkins: “Science and Religion as Alternative Explanations”?

John Lennox gets to the heart of a great question by challenging Richard Dawkins on the assumption that science and faith cannot coexist. Read More ›

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