Tag Archives: intelligent design

A Missing Link

Posted on February 6, 2014 by nathanalbright

Last night the United States was treated to a debate between two men who represent two extremes of thought about the momentous question of human origins. Bill Nye (popularly known as “The Science Guy”) is an atheist who is far … Continue reading →

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Imitatio Dei

Posted on July 28, 2013 by nathanalbright

As a student of design in several aspects of life, I find it intriguing that insights from planning and designing (as well as the enjoyment of these arts) help us to better understand the tasks and dilemmas that are faced … Continue reading →

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Reading Berlinksi In Cambridge

Posted on November 8, 2012 by nathanalbright

In a recent article for the Discovery Insitute [1], William Demski comments that many intellectuals at Harvard would read and research Berlinski’s groundbreaking works in intelligent design, but would do so sub rosa so as not to draw criticism and … Continue reading →

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As Simple As ABC

Posted on September 14, 2012 by nathanalbright

Every once in a while, I enjoy finding particularly important news about mathematics, and yesterday I came across a story that is worthy of discussion, even if my ability to explain it is somewhat hampered by difficulties in typing mathematical … Continue reading →

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E Pluribus Unum

Posted on May 6, 2012 by nathanalbright

On what grounds do we have fellowship or unity with others? With regards to desires for unity, we face two very dangerous perils. Either we unify on an extremely superficial or coerced level that we have no depth of fellow … Continue reading →

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The California Science Center, The Intelligent Design Movement, And Me

Posted on September 1, 2011 by nathanalbright

I have often half-joked that I have a gift for being at the wrong place at the wrong time when it comes to making my life easy and comfortable. I was seemingly born for odd “coincidences” where I happen to … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts On Probability

Posted on March 29, 2011 by nathanalbright

One of my favorite parts of mathematics, unsurprisingly perhaps, is probability.  Though Einstein once famously said, “God does not play dice,” there indeed do appear to be areas where chance is given a great deal of sway in the universe.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A User’s Guide to the Universe

Posted on March 4, 2011 by nathanalbright

A User’s Guide to the Universe:  Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty, by Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist This book is targeted at a very specific demographic–a nerdy, ironic reader (probably male) with a bad … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Proof That There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

Posted on February 1, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Updated 02/02/2011:  A Comment on Active Entropy”.] A recent published peer-reviewed paper entitled “The Search For A Search: Measuring The Information Cost of Higher Level Search” is one of the more interesting mathematical proofs of a type that I am … Continue reading →

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A Friendly Critique of the Intelligent Design Movement Thus Far

Posted on January 31, 2011 by nathanalbright

I have long been a fan, and sometimes a minor participant [1], in the Science Wars currently underway between the beleaguered supporters of undirected naturalistic evolutionary processes and the increasingly confident supporters of Intelligent Design. Nonetheless, the vast majority of … Continue reading →

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