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Astrobiology as a Secular Quest for Meaning

I don’t think this stuff does any harm — as long as it is understood as drama and not given undue importance in science or philosophy. Read More ›
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The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive

The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›
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On YouTube, Dave Farina Gives Avi Loeb the Hamas Treatment

Farina was known to us before for his puerile attack videos aimed at intelligent design proponents. Read More ›
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New Book from DI Press, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, Praised by Three Nobel Laureates

Many widely read scientific writers of our day mistakenly attribute the concepts of the expanding universe and the Big Bang to Edwin Hubble and Albert Einstein. Read More ›
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Meet the Materialist Magicians

As our first case study, let’s look at Gary Nolan. Nolan is a distinguished immunologist at Stanford who believes that aliens are visiting Earth. Read More ›
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James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Read More ›
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Avi Loeb Bumps Up Against Methodological Naturalism 

Jonah Goldberg talked with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb about “Oumuamua, Alien Life & Fighting the Mainstream Science Community.” Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and the God Hypothesis

Mainstream scientists have been speculating about other-than-earthly intelligence for decades. Read More ›
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Is the Designer a Black Hole?

Supernatural agents that exert natural effects are perfectly valid objects of scientific inquiry. Read More ›
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The Most Valuable Aspect of Avi Loeb’s Intelligent Design Case

The most valuable aspect of his case is the stimulus it provides to the question, "If non-human intelligences exist, how would we detect them?" Read More ›

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