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Active Matter: How Function Determines Structure

As always, the approach of naturalism is to reduce the complexity of natural phenomena to basic physical laws. Read More ›
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A Cell Makes “Decisions” — But if It’s Following a Material Blueprint, How Does It Do That?

Watching cells under a microscope, we sense familiarity with their challenges when they face puzzles. How is this possible if their nature is strictly physical? Read More ›
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Thoughts of Evil in a Designed World

Nowhere in the animal world do we see evil that comes anywhere close to comparing with the unfortunate depths of evil displayed by humanity. Read More ›
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James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Synthesis of the Building Blocks

"The analogy that comes to mind is a golfer, who having played a ball through an 18-hole course, assumed the ball could also play the course in his absence." Read More ›
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The Second Law Argument: A Timeline

“Remove the sun,” wrote Isaac Asimov, “and the human brain would not have developed.” Read More ›
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Tornadoes, Ice, and Cells: The Challenge from Thermodynamics to Origin-of-Life Scenarios

This is a subject on which materialists are largely silent, and with good reason. Read More ›

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