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Does Elon Musk Believe in God?

It’s the season of the unexpected convert, isn't it? Musk has more than enough smarts to evaluate that evidence for himself, once he has got it in front of him. Read More ›
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A Portal to the Heavens: Preparing for the Solar Eclipse

While this is not a science experiment per se, be sure to talk with people soon after totality and note commonalities in what you hear. Read More ›
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Image: Examination of a Witch, by T. H. Matteson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Will Scientists Now Consider Occult as Science?

“My truth” or (for grammatical convenience) “private truth” is making serious headway against public truth. Read More ›
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Photo: Venus flytrap, by Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Are Plants Cognitive, Intelligent Beings?

Some plant biologists want to see them that way; others continue to insist on a Darwinian view. Read More ›
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Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 7469, by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans.

Joe Rogan, Stephen Meyer: Did Images from Webb Space Telescope Refute the Big Bang?

Joe Rogan is the ideal interviewer for our colleague Stephen Meyer — thoughtful, skeptical, curious about absolutely EVERYTHING. Read More ›
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William Wordsworth’s Posthumous Challenge to Darwinian Nihilism

Paradoxically, Wordsworth's theology may have formed a more effective counterforce to Darwin's ideas than Biblical orthodoxy itself. Read More ›
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A Wordsworthian Disciple: William Hale White

Many reported being “converted” to a Wordsworthian view of the world after reading him. Read More ›
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Darwin, Wordsworth, and Natural Theology

I give here a short sample of just one of the passages in “Tintern Abbey” where Wordsworth reports undergoing what might be described as a moment of epiphany. Read More ›
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Natural Revelation and Natural Selection: Wordsworth versus Darwin

It has long been recognized that the many hymns to Nature in the poetic works of William Wordsworth (1770-1850) convey an implicit belief in natural theology. Read More ›
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Chatbots Might Chat, But They’re Not People

A Google engineer claims a chatbot meditates, believes itself to have a soul, has emotions like fear, and enjoys reading. Read More ›

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