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Found: A Robust Basis for Science-Faith Synthesis

The many scientific shortcomings of the evolutionary account force us to confront some logical and philosophical challenges. Read More ›
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In Defiance of Evolution, Life Is an Idea

Nobody looks at a bear and thinks, “If it only had a long tail, it would be more bear-like.” Read More ›
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Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

While answers may venture beyond the limits of the empirical sciences, that doesn’t mean the sciences don’t offer meaningful information to bear on them. Read More ›
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Can You Trust Your Thoughts? The Argument from Reason and Its Implications for Darwinism

If human thoughts are merely the result of blind physical processes, then there is no logical basis for trusting our own minds. Read More ›
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Science Journal: Humanity’s Big Brains Evolved “For No Particular Reason”

This is tantamount to saying the human brain, chief marvel in the cosmos as far as we can tell, evolved because, well, why the heck not? Read More ›
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It’s Time for a “Disclosure Day” on Design in Nature

The culture has been buzzing about Steven Spielberg’s latest, which depicts whistleblowers releasing evidence about UFOs that the government has hidden. Read More ›
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Human Consciousness, from Mud to Mind?

If human language — which is unlike any other communication in nature — evolved from something, we simply have no idea what that something is.  Read More ›
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Fantasy in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

Penrose was right, then, that fashion, faith, and fantasy have led much of modern cosmology astray. He was more right than he knew. Read More ›
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Quantum Mechanics Has Destroyed Classical Materialism

Whatever this fundamental level of reality that combines mind and matter is, it is — by definition — deeper than human thought can reach. Read More ›
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Michael Denton’s Work Shows ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

Fire is a central part of human existence, and it’s a necessary requirement for building technology, whether primitive or complex. Read More ›

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