20Jan 2025 by Post

Conservation of Information: The History of an Idea

Ada Lovelace, Analytical Engine, BIO-Complexity, Celestial Mechanics, Charles Babbage, closed system, computer science, Conservation of Information, Edgar Allen Poe, Energy, Evolution, H. A. Rowland, Intelligent Design, large language models, Law of Conservation of Information, Léon Brillouin, Leonard Susskind, Library of Alexandria, Maelzel’s Chess Player, Peter Medawar, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Robert J. Marks II, search, search algorithm, The Limits of Science
Conservation of information” is a term that appears in both the physics and the computer science literature. 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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04Apr 2023 by Post

Qualified Agreement: How Scientific Discoveries Support Theistic Belief

Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, biology, Christianity, compartmentalism, cosmology, creator, Epistemology, faith, Faith & Science, Francisco Ayala, Frederik van Niekerk, humanity, intellectuals, Intelligent Design, Judeo-Christian tradition, metaphysics, natural selection, Nico Vorster, NOMA, non-overlapping magisteria, physics, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Robert Boyle, Robert Grosseteste, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Sir Isaac Newton, soul, William of Ockham, Worldview
For many intellectuals, a scientifically informed worldview was a materialistic worldview. It is not hard to see why they held this opinion. Source
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