Intelligent Design
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Scientist finds evidence for intelligent design in genetic information, claims it is evidence we live in a simulation
Read more: Scientist finds evidence for intelligent design in genetic information, claims it is evidence we live in a simulationWhen reading the details of this paper, one finds: Are “living inside a computer simulation” people simply Intelligent Design advocates in a different form? More detailed analysis: 1) They assume a total entropy given by the number of states of the underlying atoms *plus* the number of relational states between the atoms created by “writing”…
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RELIGIONS: Special Issue
Read more: RELIGIONS: Special Issue“Exploring Science from a Biblical Perspective,” a special issue of the online, open-access journal Religions, for which I was the invited guest editor, has been completed. The articles cover a range of topics, from the Big Bang to the Panda’s Thumb. A brief Introduction with links to all of the articles is here: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/1023 .…
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Schedule for the February 4, 2023 Meeting at Biola University, “In Defense of Truth”
Read more: Schedule for the February 4, 2023 Meeting at Biola University, “In Defense of Truth”The scientific enterprise has historically rested on the belief that objective truth can be found, or at least well approximated, with sufficient effort and care. The Christian world view also embraces this view. Yet in the past 100 years, our society has moved toward other views, which see this approach as a power play by…
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Review of the meeting on extraterrestrials
Read more: Review of the meeting on extraterrestrialsI’ve heard a lot of positive feedback from those who attended the meeting on Saturday. For those who missed it, the video should be available in a few weeks. Here are some of my impressions and responses. We heard good scientific arguments from Bijan Nemati and Jay Richards that from a purely naturalistic standpoint, the…
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Schedule and Abstracts for the March 10-11 meeting at Biola
Read more: Schedule and Abstracts for the March 10-11 meeting at BiolaOnce again, we have a great lineup. The theme of the meeting is “Emergence, Spontaneous Pattern Formation, and the Origin of Life.” The location will be at the Calvary Chapel on the campus of Biola University in southern California. This meeting is co-sponsored by Biola University and the Southern California Science and Culture Network. To…
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Review of Denton’s Evolution: A Theory Still in Crisis
Read more: Review of Denton’s Evolution: A Theory Still in CrisisA positive case against Darwinism by a co-belligerent Reviewed by David Snoke The Discovery Institute has a long history of sponsoring and collaborating with a large number of highly intelligent, fascinating scientists who stand outside traditional Christian belief as well as outside the mainstream of evolutionary science. In keeping with this tradition, they have recently…