#4 Story of 2022: Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning

Anna Ijjas, beginning, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, Charlotte Hsu, cosmology, Ethan Siegel, Faith & Science, God Hypothesis, Intelligent Design, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Nina Stein, Null Energy Condition, Paul Steinhardt, philosophy, Phys.org, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Penrose, spacetime, Stephen Meyer, theism, University of Buffalo, Will Kinney
If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Source
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The Year in Review: Intelligent Design Grows in Influence and Depth

Artificial Intelligence, BIO-Complexity, biological information, Center for Science & Culture, conferences, Discovery Institute, Engineering Research Group, Evolution, Evolution News, Foresight (book), Howard Glicksman, human existence, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, mathematics, Mind Matters News, natural processes, Nobel laureates, peer-reviewed journals, private events, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, science, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos, __k-review
Our researchers will continue to support and communicate what represents the earliest stages in the next great scientific revolution. Source
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Stephen Meyer and Company Answer Questions about Science and Faith

Cambridge University, Chance and the Sovereignty of God, Culture, Darwin's Doubt, Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, faith, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, New York Times, Newcastle University, Podcast, Redeeming Mathematics, Redeeming Philosophy, Redeeming Science, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sattler College, science, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, University of Strathclyde, Vern Poythress, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Westminster Theological Seminary
The conference was jointly sponsored by Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture and Westminster Theological Seminary. Source
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Keating, Krauss, Tour: Three Jewish Scientists with Remarkably Different Perspectives

atheists, Brian Keating, Catholicism, Christianity, cosmologists, Culture, debate, Design Inference, faith, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Into the Impossible, James Tour, Judaism, Lawrence Krauss, natural philosophers, New Atheists, philosophy, proselytizing, Rice University, Stephen Meyer, Toronto, UC San Diego
Here is a fascinating and very different pair of scientific, religious, and philosophical conversations, both with UC San Diego physicist Brian Keating. Source
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Let’s Help “Professor Dave” Understand the Precambrian

Anabarites, bilaterians, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrotubulus, Carboniferous, Cloudina, Conotubus, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran, embryos, Evolution, Fortunian, fossils, Gaojiashania, Intelligent Design, Kimberella, Mongolia, Namacalathus, Namapoikia, paleontology, Permian, Precambrian animals, Professor Dave, Protohertzina, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Tommotian, Trilobozoa, wormworld
We have much to teach the non-professor, and I trust that he is grateful for the education being rendered to him here. Source
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“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

acritarchs, Avalon Assemblage, bilaterians, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, Caveasphaera, China, Cladonia chlorophaea, Cloudina, cnidarians, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, demosponges, Dickinsonia, Doushantuo fossils, embryos, Eumetazoa, Evolution, fossils, Gregory Retallack, Haootia quadriformis, Helicoforamina, homology, Ikaria, Intelligent Design, Internet, Joe Botting, Kimberella, Lantianella, Megasphaera, Metazoa, microfossils, Nama Assemblage, Namacalathus, New York Times, paleontology, Precambrian animals, Professor Dave, Spiralicellula, sponges, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, straw man, Tribrachidium, Vernanimalcula, White Sea assemblage, Xiuningella, Yilingia, YouTubers
A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Source
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Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

animals, birds, body plan, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, cladists, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, Evolution, Fortunian, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, homology, insects, Nick Matzke, paleontology, phylum, plesiomorphic, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, symplesiomorphy, synapomorphy, The Blind Watchmaker, wings, YouTubers
We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Source
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Debunking “Professor Dave’s” Hit Piece Against Stephen Meyer

Australopithecines, Basilosauridae, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, Charles Marshall, common descent, cynodonts, Darwin's Doubt, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, Donald Prothero, Evolution, fossil record, hominids, hominins, humans, Intelligent Design, John Hawks, Jurassic Big Bang, Kazanian revolution, land mammals, mammaliaforms, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New York Times, Nick Matzke, Pakicetidae, pelycosaurs, Raoellidae, Richard Sternberg, Romer’s Gap, science denial, science teachers, sea mammals, Stephen Meyer, therapsid event, Therapsids, transitional fossils, walking whales, YouTubers
This YouTube video runs to about an hour and a quarter, so I will be answering him once again in a series, minute by minute. Source
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Our Education Isn’t Free: Let’s Say “Thank You!” for It Together

Ann Gauger, biological origins, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science & Culture, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, editor, Education, Emily Reeves, Evolution, Evolution News, Granville Sewell, Günter Bechly, Heroes, Intelligent Design, Internet, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Paul Nelson, readers, scholarship, science, Stephen Meyer, teachers, typos
The culture out there is the violent waves and stormy winds that oppose us, and would plunge us to the bottom of the sea if they could. Source
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