19May 2026 by Post

Halper and Meyer on Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

Anthony Aguirre, Battle of the Big Bang, beans, Caltech, Christopher Hitchcock, cosmos, Daniel Díaz-Pachón, debates, dice, dimensional analysis, fine-tuning, Frank Wilczek, Fred Adams, general relativity, Intelligent Design, Justin Brierley, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, normalizability, Ola Hössjer, parameter space, Phil Halper, physics, Planck scale, posterior probability, prior probability, probability, Robert Marks, Robin Collins, Standard Model, Stephen Meyer, theism, __featured1
Phil Halper has argued against a position that no one holds, and his argument as a whole lays claim to the very capacity his objection denies. Source
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14May 2026 by Post

Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

"poor design", Andrew Knoll, anxieties, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, debates, Earth and Life, Enceladus, Evolution, evolutionary icons, evolutionists, Faculty Club, Fear of Finding Out, Fear of Missing Out, Fear of Validating Outsiders, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heretics, Howard Glicksman, human body, ignorance, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Lucy Hyde, Michael Denton, phobias, Privileged Planet, Rasoul Sorkhabi, Rice University, scholarship, Science (journal), scientific reasoning, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Texas A&M University, The Conversation, Titan, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Your Amazing Body, Zombie Science
Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. Source
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28Feb 2026 by Post

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

"God of the gaps", abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, Evolution, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?
With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Source
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04Apr 2025 by Post

After 20 Years of Debates, Why I’m Still a Christian with Justin Brierley

Atheism, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, debates, Dr. Frank Turek, faith, Justin Brierley, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, skepticism, theology, Why I'm Still a Christian
How do you spend 20 years talking to some of the world’s most well-known atheists and still remain a committed Christian? Is it possible that belief in God actually makes sense? Popular radio host and podcaster Justin Brierly has been creating and facilitating constructive conversations about faith for more than two decades, and has had a ringside seat as believers and nonbelievers have debated Christianity. This week on the podcast, Justin joins Frank to discuss his upcoming book, ‘Why I’m Still a Christian: After Two Decades of Conversations with Skeptics and Atheists–The Reason I Believe‘ and shares how he kept his faith intact while engaging with skeptics from around the world. Together, he and Frank answer big questions like: What led Justin to write this book, and what ultimately convinces him that…
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21Feb 2025 by Post

Dawkins and Picard Win This Year’s Trotter Prize

affective computing, American Humanist Association, C.S. Lewis, Charlie Townes, clash, Culture & Ethics, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, debates, Denis Noble, Denyse O'Leary, Faith & Science, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Ide P. Trotter Sr., Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, Mendelian genetics, Micah Green, Michael Egnor, Miracles (book), MIT, Old Testament, qualia, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Rosalind Picard, Rudder Theatre, Santa Fe, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker, Steven Weinberg, Stuart Kauffman, Texas A&M University, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Blind Watchmaker, The End of Christianity, The Third Way of Evolution, Trotter Prize, Tufts University, violence, Zeitgeist
A reflection on the 2025 Trotter Prize Lecture delivered by Oxford's Richard Dawkins and MIT's Rosalind Picard. Source
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01Feb 2024 by Post

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, creative agency, debates, demigod, Evolution, Harvard University, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialist science, mind-first view, natural selection, origin of life, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow
Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Source
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30Jan 2024 by Post

Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard

Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, debates, Events, Evolution, god-of-the-gaps fallacy, Harvard University, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialism-of-the-gaps fallacy, origin of life, Owen Anderson, Podcast, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, University of Glasgow
In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking. Source
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