13 APR 2012 by ideonexus St. Augustine on Christian Explanations for Origins
Remarkably insightful statement from 426 AD about how Christians look foolish when they try to apply the literal interpretation of Genesis to the natural world.
Folksonomies: science,religion,origins,explanation
12 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Origin of Life is Speculative
We have no fossil record of the origin of life, we are left only to attempt to recreate it in the lab, but we won't know if we got the process right.
Folksonomies: biology,life,origins,archaeology
02 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Why "Origin of Species" was So Devastating
Before it's publication, science had no story of our origins to compete with the Bible.
Folksonomies: enlightenment,bible,heresay,origins
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus M-Theory Describes a Universe That Creates Itself
How it does this, I don't fully understand from this passage.
Folksonomies: physics,origins,quantum physics,m-theory
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus The Strong Anthropic Principle
Our existence puts constraints on the very laws of nature.
Folksonomies: evolution,physics,philosophy,creationism,origins,laws of nature
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus The Weak Anthropic Principle
A quick definition and explanation of this theory of why we live in a universe where we could emerge.
Folksonomies: evolution,philosophy,creationism,origins
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus Origins of the Big Bang Theory and Evidence For It
The logical conclusion drawn by a Catholic Priest and the Cosmic Background Radiation (CMBR) we see left over from the event.
Folksonomies: physics,origins,big history,big bang,big bang theory
16 SEP 2011 by ideonexus The Watch Implies a Watchmaker
The original quote that inspired the argument still in use by creationists today.
Folksonomies: philosophy,creationism,origins
06 SEP 2011 by ideonexus An Insightful Ancient Observation on the Origins of Things
Anaxagoras correctly notes that things come into being as compounds of existing things and dissolve back into compounds.
Folksonomies: death,philosophy,origins
01 JUN 2011 by ideonexus Aristotle on Chance in Nature
An ancient perspective on the question of naturalism and creationism.
Folksonomies: intelligent design,creationism,origins