22Jul 2024 by Post

Melissa Cain Travis Is in New Zealand — See Her in Tauranga This Weekend

Albert Einstein, Center for Science and Culture, cosmology, Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, science and faith, Tauranga, theism, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Thinking Matters Conference, universe
Our colleague Dr. Melissa Cain Travis is among the most popular speakers on intelligent design. Source
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31May 2024 by Post

The Big Bang Simplified

Albert Einstein, astronomy, Big Bang, big squeeze, calculus, Discovery Institute Press, earth, General Theory of Relativity, Georges Lemaȋtre, gravitational attraction, gravitational theory, In the Beginning, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Jean-Pierre Luminet, mathematics, Nicolaus Copernicus, Nobel Prize, philosophy, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, special theory of relativity, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, universe
Since very few people understand Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, for most of us the Big Bang seems very mysterious and counterintuitive. Source
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28Apr 2024 by Post

The “Hubble Tension” and the Big Bang

Albert Einstein, Big Bang, blue shifts, cepheid variable stars, Cosmic Background Radiation, cosmological constant, Doppler shift, earth, Geology, Georges Lemaître, globular clusters, Hubble age, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble-Lemaître constant, Intelligent Design, Milky Way, Physics, Earth & Space, spiral nebulae, supernovae, universe, Vesto Slipher
One thing I am fairly certain about: overthrowing the Big Bang theory is not in the offing. Source
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24Apr 2024 by Post

The True Fathers of the Big Bang 

Albert Einstein, Alexander Friedmann, Anglo-American Empire, Arthur G. Walker, Big Bang, Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Cold War, cosmology, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, George Gamow, Georges Lemaître, Henri Poincaré, Howard P. Robertson, Hubble-Lemaître Law, Intelligent Design, Inventeurs et Scientifiques, Jean-Pierre Luminet, P. J. E. Peebles, Physics, Earth & Space, Ralph Alpher, redshift, Robert Herman, space, theory of relativity, Vesto Slipher
The purpose of this book is not to exhaustively survey the history of cosmology through the centuries. Source
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18Apr 2024 by Post

Science Paper: Use Artificial Intelligence to Challenge Evolution

Albert Einstein, Artificial Intelligence, biologists, chess, Darwinian evolution, David Hullender, Dennis Noble, Elsevier, equations, Evolution, evolutionary models, Gregory Wray, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kevin Leland, logic, Olen Brown, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, scientific inquiry, self-assembly
The authors conclude, "It seems remote that AI would conclude that it is ‘turtles all the way down’.” Source
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12Apr 2024 by Post

Mind, Matter, and Intelligent Design

agency, Albert Einstein, Angels, atoms, brain injury, brains, building, C.S. Lewis, cell-assembly location, Energy, Faith & Science, faith and science, home, human beings, immaterial mind, Intelligent Design, intelligent designer, laws of nature, life, light, miracles, origin of life, oscillations, singing, spirit, substance, universe
Let’s extend our speculations about the nature of spirit and its interactive ability with this material universe to considerations on the origin of life. Source
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10Apr 2024 by Post

To Understand the Meaning of a Solar Eclipse

Albert Einstein, americans, astronomers, chromosphere, corona, Dallas-Ft. Worth, discovery, Eagle Pass, earth, eclipse, gas, General Theory of Relativity, Genesis, Goldilocks Zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Jupiter, Mars, Mexico, Moon, penumbra, photosphere, Physics, Earth & Space, plasma, prisms, signs, solar eclipse, spectroscopes, starlight, sun, Texas, The Privileged Planet, umbra, universe
The rare places where observers can exist are also the best places for observing. The universe seems to be designed not just for life but also for discovery. Source
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16Aug 2023 by Post

For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

Albert Einstein, Anthony Fauci, Artificial Intelligence, atomic bomb, biotechnology, cancel culture, cinematography, climate change, Cold War, Culture & Ethics, dairy cows, Edward Teller, Francis Collins, free speech, gender-affirming care, Great Barrington Declaration, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, ideological medicine, Ireland, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jay Bhattacharya, Joe McCarthy, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, McCarthyism, movies, Nagasaki, National Institutes of Health, nuclear proliferation, Oppenheimer, Physics, Earth & Space, Soviet Union, Sunetra Gupta, The Godfather, United States, wrongthink
Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Source
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07Aug 2023 by Post

Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

Albert Einstein, animals, Bible, chatbot, ChatGPT, cosmos, curiosity, DNA, electronic technology, fine-tuning, history, human exceptionalism, Human Origins, humans, imagination, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, metaphysics, natural world, Physics, Earth & Space, prompt engineering, Questions
This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Source
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