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complex specified information. limited perspective in, 143–144
See specified complexity multiverse theory, 150
computer analysis, 128 resonant energy level, 148–149
computers, DNA likened to, 118, uniformity of physical laws, 144
119–120 See also creator
consciousness Cote, Bill, 134
absolute nature of, 159 cows, 17–18
brain, 156, 159–162, 166 Coyne, Jerry, 42
covering of, 210 creationists, 45–46, 67, 213
dreams, 155 creator
empirical science, 156–157 anti-religious bias, 145
epiphenomenon, 159–160 Brahma as secondary, 211
evolution of, 210 convergence, 80
illusionary, 157–158 evolution, influence on, 90
nonmaterial nature of, 153, 156–157, front-loading, 193
158–159, 186 intelligent design and, 72, 193
panpsychism, 160–161 thoughts of, 11, 79, 205–206
permanent nature of, 202 uniformity of physical laws, 144
personality, 202–203 See also God; theodicy
as selectors of reality, 144, 186 Cremo, Michael, 2, 61, 212
soul as, 155, 161 Crick, Francis, 68, 109
See also soul; superconsciousness criminal justice, 21
constant elements, laws of, 19 Crookes, William, 178
Contact (movie), 69–70, 71 crossbreeding. See breeding, artificial
convergence cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), 191
as evidence for evolution, 79, 206 Curie, Marie, 174, 175–177
as evidence of God, 80 Curie, Pierre, 174, 175–177
examples of, 76–78 cytochrome C, 122–123
cosmology
anthropological principle, 143, 145 D
anti-gravitational force, 150
Big Bang theory, 6, 145, 147, dark matter/energy, 144
149–150 Darwin, Charles
binding energy, 147–148 breeding by, 13
dark matter/energy, 144 The Descent of Man, 43
distribution of matter, 149–150 influence of, 1, 20–21
electromagnetism and gravity, religious beliefs of, 9–10, 11
145–147 theological arguments of, 205–206
intelligent design, 143, 150–151 voyage on HMS Beagle, 10–11, 42