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Intelligent Design Physics

A physicist reflects on miracles, surprisingly sympathetically

From a religious perspective, miracles are direct actions by God. They need not involve violations of laws of nature.

Posted on January 3, 2021 Author News Comments(3)
Intelligent Design Mind Naturalism Philosophy

Free will makes more sense of our world than determinism—and science certainly allows for it

Scientists weigh in on both sides but accepting free will allows us to avoid some serious problems around logic and personal freedom.

Posted on October 20, 2020 Author News Comments(7)
Cosmology Intelligent Design Physics

Researcher: We need a new Theory of Everything, one with no “things”

We’d have to guess that Stephen Wolfram’s attempt at a Theory of Everything didn’t solve all the problems. At any rate, by the time we get down to “a theory of every thing requires that one not start with a thing,” it’s not easy to distinguish science from Zen. But then maybe that’s the idea.

Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Author News Comments(9)
Intelligent Design Multiverse

The Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Tech explains why he does not believe in a multiverse

He recommends Bohmian mechanics, saying that it “accurately extends and reinterprets Bohr’s original ideas of complementarity, putting them on a more solid mathematical footing”.

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Author News Comments(9)

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