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Intelligent Design theism

Orwell’s 1984 as an argument for God’s existence

Atheism is not only fundamental to the Party’s power but is also its central weakness: If there is evidence for any higher power in the universe, the Party cannot be what it claims. Objective reality, apart from the Party’s version, then certainly exists.

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Author News Comments(14)
Culture Darwinism Intelligent Design

Michael Egnor on the relationship between Darwinism and totalitarianism

Egnor: Philosopher Hannah Arendt is, in my view, the most perceptive analyst of totalitarianism. In her magnum opus, The Origins of Totalitarianism, she points out that Darwinism played an essential role in the rise of totalitarian governments in the 20th century.

Posted on July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Author News Comments(8)
Culture Information Intelligent Design

Information: How can a totalitarian state be an information society?

China may be the biggest and most sophisticated experiment in history along those lines.

Posted on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 Author News Comments(10)
Artificial Intelligence Intellectual freedom Intelligent Design Mind Naturalism

Test: If naturalists are right, totalitarian states should be just as creative as free ones

A Chinese university is dumping intellectual freedom from their charters yet China hopes to be the world’s top AI power. Is there a contradiction here?

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Author News Comments(89)
Intelligent Design Naturalism Peer review

Research fraud in China: The weak spot of totalitarianism?

The central weakness of totalitarianism is that it exalts the powerful lie over the fact. But nature doesn’t reward that behavior. It may take a long or short time for the system to collapse (and other systems can collapse for other reasons). But the insistence that 2+2=5 if the Party says so is a lethal flaw.

Posted on November 21, 2019March 11, 2022 Author News Comments(6)

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