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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biomolecules, Brian Keating, Closer to Truth, dark energy, dark matter, Discovery Institute, disinformation, EurekAlert!, evidence, homochirality, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, living cells, natural processes, nucleosynthesis, particle physics, RNA, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science Daily, stars, Stephen Meyer, universe}

From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation

_{Eric Hedin
April 1, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, augustine, black holes, consciousness, cosmos, David Hilbert, evidence, fine structure constant, Fuller Theological Seminary, intelligent design, Mind Matters, multiverse, Nancey Murphy, parallel universes, physical constants, Rob Sheldon, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Roger Penrose, stars, theism, universe}

Is the Multiverse Scientific Fact or Mere Fancy?

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Host Robert Lawrence Kuhn asked Professor of Christian Philosophy Nancey Murphy if, in her view, the universe is fine-tuned for consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 23, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Al Gore, behavior, Bill Clinton, birds, brain tissue, consciousness, Francis Crick, George Musser, human mind, materialism, neurons, New Scientist, organoids, proteins, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Trinity College Dublin}

Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 23, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 18, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, dualism, infants, LinkedIn, panpsychism, pantheism, philosophers, physicalism, pseudoscience, Roger Penrose}

Cancelling the Human Mind: Experts Weigh In

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 18, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dualism — human consciousness is real, immaterial, and special — is the only approach that accords with the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, Fire-Maker, gravitational constant, Guillermo Gonzalez, initial entropy, intelligent observers, Jay Richards, multiverse, multiverse theory, Nobel Prize, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Roger Penrose, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, William Lane Craig, YouTube videos}

More on Roger Penrose and Fine-Tuning

_{Granville Sewell
December 15, 2023

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Penrose offers as an alternative to design only that maybe some very different kind of life might be possible without the fine-tunings we see in our universe. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Christof Koch, Closer to Truth, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, David Chalmers, Donald Hoffman, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, Evolutionary Game Theory, hard problem of consciousness, numbers, physicalism, physicalists, quantum mechanics, rhubarb, Roger Penrose, Sam Harris, subjective experience, University of California}

Eccentric Theories of Consciousness Are Tolerated; But Why?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 31, 2023

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The strangest imaginable theory, quantum mechanics, has turned out to be the most experimentally reliable. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 13, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Andrew McDiarmid, archetype, artificial intelligence, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Christian University, copy, cosmic comprehensibility, Discovery Institute, image, Johannes Kepler, materialists, Melissa Cain Travis, multiverse, natural theology, Paul Davies, rationality, Roger Penrose, Thinking God’s Thoughts, transhumanism}

Uncovering the Hidden Mathematical Structure of the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 13, 2023

Astronomy, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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Genuine human rationality would not exist if a naturalistic account of the human mind were correct. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 29, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anna Ijjas, beginning, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, Charlotte Hsu, Ethan Siegel, God Hypothesis, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Nina Stein, Null Energy Condition, Paul Steinhardt, Phys.org, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Penrose, spacetime, Stephen Meyer, theism, University of Buffalo, Will Kinney}

#4 Story of 2022: Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning

_{Brian Miller
December 29, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 26, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, CERN, cosmic microwave background, God Hypothesis, initial conditions, intelligent design, Large Hadron Collider, mass-energy, quantum gravity, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Stephen Hawking, universe}

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder on the Deficiency of Alternative Models to Big Bang Cosmology

_{Brian Miller
September 26, 2022

Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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Hossenfelder concludes that “we are facing the limits of science itself.” And the question of the universe’s origin “we’ll never be able to answer.” Read More ›

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Date
August 22, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, Big Crunch, Brian Koberlein, cosmic inflation, fluctuations, gravitational waves, infinity, James Webb Space Telescope, Paul J. Steinhardt, Princeton University, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, universe}

Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

_{Science and Culture
August 22, 2022

Cosmology, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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The recent flutter over whether the James Webb Space Telescope’s data stream is a plus or a minus for the Big Bang raised interesting cosmological issues. Read More ›