God Hypothesis: Exploring the Ultimate Mystery

biology, cosmology, epilogue, Eric Metaxas, Faith & Science, faith and science, information, Intelligent Design, interviews, objections, paperback, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, resources, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific discoveries, Stephen Meyer, universe
Eric Metaxas interviews Meyer about the ultimate mystery of the universe as drawn from recent scientific discoveries in physics, cosmology, and biology. Source
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Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Butterflies

abrupt appearance, animal phyla, butterflies, caddisfly, Cambrian Explosion, Darwinian theory, Early Cretaceous, Eocene, Evolution, Florissant, Fossil Friday, fossil record, Hesperiidae, Intelligent Design, Lepidoptera, macrolepidopterans, Mesozoic, moth, Nymphalidae, paleontology, Papillionidae, Pieridae, Prodryas persephone, Tertiary Butterfly Explosion
This phenomenon could rightfully be called a Tertiary Butterfly Explosion analogous to the Cambrian Explosion of animal phyla. Source
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God Hypothesis: New Paperback with Reply to Critics

arguments, Brian Keating, cosmology, epilogue, Faith & Science, faith and science, information, Intelligent Design, interviews, objections, paperback, physicists, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, resources, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, UC San Diego, website
We're sharing some of the best interviews Meyer has given in support of the book. Here is a great exchange with UC San Diego physicist Brian Keating. Source
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There Was Berra’s Blunder; Now Lieberman’s Lapse

Berra's Blunder, biology, Bruce Lieberman, Casey Luskin, Corvette, Darwinists, dinosaurs, engines, Evolution, extinction, Intelligent Design, Kinks, Lieberman’s Lapse, mammals, paleontologists, Phillip Johnson, promissory note, railroad, Ray Davies, Royal Society Open Science, steam engine, steam locomotive, steam train, Tim Berra, University of Kansas
Tim Berra thought evolution was like the diversification and progress seen in Corvette models. Now, another evolutionist makes an analogy for extinction. Source
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Engineering Principles Explain Biological Systems Better than Evolutionary Theory

antiquity, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, atomism, biology, Charles Darwin, Copernican Revolution, Engineering, Evolution, Francisco Ayala, genetics, Hippocrates, Intelligent Design, Lucretius, materialism, Modern Synthesis, natural processes, Neo-Darwinism, philosophy, Plato, population genetics, Romans, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology
Hippocrates proposed in the late 5th or early 4th century BC a model for heredity and adaptation that Charles Darwin described as nearly identical to his own. Source
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Local Fine-Tuning and Habitable Zones

Anthropic Principle, astrobiology, biology, black holes, climatology, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmological constant, cosmological initial conditions, density of gas, density of stars, exobiology, fine-tuning, Frederik van Niekerk, fundamental forces, galactic disk, gas metallicity, geophysics, global tuning, habitability, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, life, local tuning, Nico Vorster, physical constants, physicists, Physics, Earth & Space, planetary dynamics, Science and Faith in Dialogue, solar system, stellar evolution, supernova rate, universe, Weak Anthropic Principle
In considering fine-tuning, physicists assume that the constants and initial conditions (and possibly the physical laws) could have been different. Source
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