21Aug 2024 by Post

William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

Aaron Zimmer, biology, cosmic fine-tuning, designing agent, Elie Feder, Evolution, Evolution News, fine-tuning, genetic machinery, Intelligent Design, magical thinking, Mike Licona, Podcast, The Design Inference, William Dembski, Winston Ewert
What exactly is the very best evidence for a designing agent behind nature? There are a number of contenders and, interestingly, not all ID proponents agree. Source
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20Aug 2024 by Post

Considering the Fine-Tuning Argument from Probabilities

Bayesian analysis, chance, design hypothesis, divine psychology, evil, fine-tuning, genetic diseases, intelligent cause, Intelligent Design, intelligent life, likelihood, natural disasters, physical constants, Physics, Earth & Space, prime principle of confirmation, probabilities, Robbin Collins, Suffering, universe
Many authors formulate the fine-tuning argument using probabilities and Bayesian analysis (e.g., Swinburne, Collins, Roberts, Barnes). Source
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19Aug 2024 by Post

Examining the Fine-Tuning Argument by Elimination

chance, Cosmological Natural Selection, design, elimination, fine-tuning, intelligent agent, Intelligent Design, intentional design, Lee Smolin, multiverse, physical constants, physical necessity, physicists, Physics, Earth & Space, probabilities, universe, william lane craig
In his article “Has the Multiverse Replaced God?” William Lane Craig presents the fine-tuning argument using the process of elimination. Source
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16Aug 2024 by Post

Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

Aaron Zimmer, atheistic scientists, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, elimination, fine-tuning, fundamental particles, galaxies, gravitational force, gravity, intelligent cause, Intelligent Design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, william lane craig
At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Source
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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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03Jul 2024 by Post

What Is Pseudoscience? A Philosopher Tries to Figure It Out

astrology, Atheism, Christof Koch, creationism, David Chalmers, Evidence, fine-tuning, homeopathy, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Intelligent Design, Kåre Letrud, Massimo Pigliucci, Neuroscience & Mind, Nonsense on Stilts, parapsychology, philosophers, philosophical preference, Philosophy of Pseudoscience, pseudoscience, Skeptical Inquirer, UFOs
One is tempted to wonder whether “room for disagreement” is a polite term for Not Yet Cancelled. Source
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