Egnor: Cosmological singularities, such as black holes and the singularity from which our universe arose, are wholly supernatural. That is, they are undefined in any materialist/naturalist framework.
Naturalism
Galileo doesn’t deserve to be the victim of zombie history
But it’s really all that a wornout establishment can provide.
Are there really researchers out there who spend 20% of their time refuting ID?
Look, it’s true that the universe shows evidence of intelligent design but nobody is trying to interfere with those researchers just plodding about their job. They’re freaking themselves out to no purpose.
AI replacing humans is consistent with Dawkins’s naturalist philosophy
Which is where the wheels come off.
Jonathan Bartlett on Elon Musk’s myths of the mind
Bartlett: What I found most interesting about the conversation, however, is not the technology itself but the (secular) mythology embedded in Musk’s lengthy descriptions of what he thinks his device can do…
Michael Egnor: Physicist Sean Carroll rejects logic when he rejects free will
This is not an excellent time to be a materialist. Materialism is losing its Cool. It’s not even making sense.
Dane Karsten Pultz: ID is now thriving in Europe
In Scandinavia, ID-related activity is also increasing. The Danish ID organization Origo is just about to release a translation of Dr. Lee Spetner’s The Evolution Revolution and currently a translation of Dr. Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves is also in progress, with the release expected in 2021.
Physicalist philosopher: Consciousness Is Not a Problem. Dualism Is!
But wait, say others, the hard problem of consciousness is not so easily dismissed.
The universe simulates ITSELF?
According to classical reasoning, self-simulation wouldn’t make sense but maybe one must abandon classical reasoning to be in theoretical physics these days. Handy to know.
Rob Sheldon on Darwinian Jerry Coyne’s difficulty in swallowing the new Woke science
“Woke” science is bad science and heavily biassed toward PC answers while abusing the data. What perhaps Coyne doesn’t appreciate, is that the same methods used by woke science are used by Darwinist science, and indeed by any science captured by an ideology.
Freedom as an illusion, with physicist Brian Greene
When New Scientist’s world comes away feeling empowered by stuff like this, what does it mean for the rest of us?
Must historians exclude claims about miracles?
Michael Licona took issue with that.
Moving beyond COVID crazy: Is there evidence for Jesus’s resurrection?
With Sean McDowell and Lee Strobel.
Inference Review devotes issue to COVID-19
While in lockdown, read intelligent commentary.
The mystery of water: In chemistry it is now almost a “religious” controversy
But the real goal is to rule out design in nature, which the controversialists can’t do, hence the “religious” nature of the controversy. A friend writes to remind us that this is basically the stuff of Michael Denton’s book, Wonder of Water.