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Photo: Total solar eclipse, 2024, by NASA/Keegan Barber.

Fine-Tuning Is the Solution to the Mystery of the Constants

In his discussion of the constants in 1985, physicist Richard Feynman described the great challenge and mystery the constants pose to a final theory, Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer on the Intellectual Shift Away from Darwinism

Darwinism is in trouble, and intelligent design is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran.

Considering the Fine-Tuning Argument from Probabilities

Many authors formulate the fine-tuning argument using probabilities and Bayesian analysis (e.g., Swinburne, Collins, Roberts, Barnes). Read More ›
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Examining the Fine-Tuning Argument by Elimination

In his article “Has the Multiverse Replaced God?” William Lane Craig presents the fine-tuning argument using the process of elimination. Read More ›
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Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Read More ›
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Photo: Earth as seen from the Moon, by NASA.

What Can We Infer About the Source of Life?

If I may, I would submit that a familial relationship exists between the author of life and what has been made. Read More ›
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Image: Tycho Brahe, via Skokloster Castle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

How Tycho Brahe Set an Unhelpful Precedent for Scientists

Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Kepler, his assistant. Read More ›
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Melissa Cain Travis Is in New Zealand — See Her in Tauranga This Weekend

Our colleague Dr. Melissa Cain Travis is among the most popular speakers on intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).

The Magician’s Twin: A Conversation with Stephen Meyer, James Orr, and David Berlinski

Citing C. S. Lewis, Dr. Meyer calls the drama of materialism’s unravelling a kind “repentance.” Read More ›
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On Natural Theology and Natural Revelation

The nihilist sense of our having been involuntarily flung into the midst of some unchoreographed theatre of the absurd is swiftly offset, Read More ›

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