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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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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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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06Mar 2024 by Post

Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

Ann Gauger, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, cosmology, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Education, environmental fitness, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, intrinsic plausibility, Ireland, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Danaher, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, motives, Phillip Johnson, prior probability, probability theory, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, teach the controversy, theistic religion, University of Galway, William Dembski
If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution. Source
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29Jan 2024 by Post

Artificial General Intelligence: The Creation Exceeding the Creator

2001: A Space Odyssey, An Idol for Destruction (series), Ansible, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial general intelligence, Back to the Future, Blaise Pascal, Book of Job, Cambridge University, Darwinian evolution, Dune, Einsteinian relativity, Erika DeBenedictis, Evolution, Ezekiel, Frank Herbert, garden of eden, gravity, H.G. Wells, hoverboards, idolaters, invisibility cloaks, Isaac Barrow, Isaac Newton, Isaiah, King of Tyre, large language models, light sabers, Lucifer, Morning Star, Neuroscience & Mind, Old Testament, physics, Reformation, Satan, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, teleportation, The Time Machine, Ursula K. Le Guin, wormholes, Yuval Harari
Is artificial intelligence at a tipping point, with AGI ready to appear in real time? Or is AGI more like many other themes of science fiction? Source
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15Jan 2024 by Post

“All Things Are Ordered to Their End” 

Aristotle, breathing, causality, Charles Darwin, chemical reactions, Chemistry, chlorophyll, chloroplasts, earth, Faith & Science, final causality, heart, Inertia, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, momentum, Moon, physical constants, physics, rationality, science of purpose, teleology, telos, theologians, Thomas Aquinas
In that one simple phrase, St. Thomas Aquinas, the greatest Christian theologian of all time, echoed the fundamental teaching of Aristotle. Source
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21Dec 2023 by Post

To Understand Nature’s Intentionality, We Must Go Back to the Future

"God of the gaps", Aristotle, body, causation, Christianity, DNA, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, mind, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, proteins, René Descartes, ribosomes, science of purpose, scientism, soul, Stephen Meyer, subject-object metaphysics, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski
It required the truly inimitable intellect of Aquinas to Christianize and modernize what Aristotle had said 1,600 years before him. Source
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28Sep 2023 by Post

Life Without Purpose — The Fundamental Flaw

Alan Watts, Aristotle, biology, biomolecules, Charles Darwin, CHNOPS, embryogenesis, emergence, Etienne Gilson, Evolution, From Aristotle to Darwin and Back Again, function, Galileo Galilei, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, life, Life Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus, origin of life, parts, primordial soup, science of purpose, structure, telos, The Book, Thomas Aquinas, whole, Zen masters
The fundamental flaw in the conventional approach to understanding life is that we think we can fully understand the whole by looking at the individual parts. Source
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