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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 11, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biosignatures, exoplanets, Golden Fleece Award, intelligent life, Kepler mission, New Mexico, Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, Seth Shostak, SETI, SETI Institute, technosignatures, William Proxmire}

SETI Activists Still Don’t Get the Irony

_{David Coppedge
April 11, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Most SETI advocates stringently oppose intelligent design even as they rely on it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 18, 2021

Categories
Astronomy
Evolution
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Copernican principle, Dartmouth College, earth, Encyclopedia Britannica, exoplanets, logic, Marcelo Gleiser, Mediocrity Principle, Nicolaus Copernicus, planets, solar system, The Island of Knowledge}

Astronomer: We Can’t Just Assume Countless Earths Out There

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 18, 2021

Astronomy, Evolution, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The Copernican Principle has been misused to imply that Earth is somehow insignificant. That is a philosophical attitude, unrelated to the science. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 13, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, earth, exoplanets, fuel, gravity, Guillermo Gonzalez, Industrial Revolution, Jay Richards, NASA, rockets, solar system, space travel, super-earths, The Privileged Planet}

Guillermo Gonzalez Extends “Privileged Planet” Arguments to Space Travel

_{Casey Luskin
May 13, 2020

Physical Sciences

3}

A skeptic might ask, “Couldn’t a more technologically advanced civilization develop new sources of fuel that require less mass?” Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
May 23, 2019

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __nedited, Alfred Wegener, Aristotle, biodiversity, Continental Drift, Copernicus, Darwinists, desert, Donald Brownlee, earth, exoplanets, heliocentrism, James Kasting, lithosphere, magnetic field, Mars, Milky Way, Peter Ward, plate tectonics, subduction, sun, Venus, volcanism}

Plate Tectonics: Why Life Is Served on Plates

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
May 23, 2019

Environment & Climate, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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The ground under your feet is literally moving. The continents are drifting apart near an average rate of one inch per year. Read More ›

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Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arthropods, Biomimetics, blood, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cilia, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, exoplanets, fish scales, Hallucigenia, intelligent design, Javier Ortega-Hernández, Live Science, Mars, Michael Behe, mollusks, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Science (journal), Texas A&M, University of Alberta, University of Warwick, white blood cells}

Read Carefully, Nature News Conspires to Refute Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
May 3, 2019

Intelligent Design

7}

The kingfisher bird has to dive after fish rapidly without busting its beak. Japanese scientists looked into the physics of this, and redesigned the noses of their bullet trains. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 30, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, discovery, earth, exoplanets, exploration, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Jay Richards, media, Moon, podcast, rainbows, science, stars, The Privileged Planet}

Gonzalez: “Worlds Like This Are Hard to Come By”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

2}

How special the Earth is has become ever more apparent, in ways that allow life to flourish, but more than that. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 28, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, astrobiology, Children of Light, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, exoplanets, Fire-Maker, fossil fuels, intelligent design, Jay Richards, John Gribbin, Michael Denton, minerals, Moon, Peter Ward, Robert Hazen, solar eclipse, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, University of Washington}

On the 15th Anniversary of The Privileged Planet: An Update

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 28, 2019

Astronomy, Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Rare Earth

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The basic thesis of TPP is that the best places for intelligent observers are also the best places for observing. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
February 22, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, Drake equation, earth, exoplanets, extraterrestrial intelligence, Fermi paradox, Gaia spacecraft, James Webb Space Telescope, Kepler spacecraft, Milky Way, New Horizons, planet, Pluto, solar system, Venus}

Exoplanets and the Fermi Paradox

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
February 22, 2019

Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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Contrary to first impressions, exoplanet discoveries actually strengthen the impact of the Fermi Paradox. Read More ›

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Date
January 16, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biosignatures, Darwinian evolution, Eiffel Tower, exoplanets, extraterrestrials, Golden Fleece Award, Guillermo Gonzalez, information, intelligent design, Jay Richards, JPL, methodological naturalism, Mount Rushmore, NASA, natural phenomena, SETI, technosignatures, The Privileged Planet, Universe Today, William Proxmire, Wired}

Government Funds…Intelligent Design?

_{Science and Culture
January 16, 2019

Physical Sciences

8}

“Technosignatures” is just abstruse enough to evade most Congressional waste hunters. Read More ›

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Date
November 7, 2018

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, A Fortunate Universe, Carl Sagan, cosmos, Donald Brownlee, earth, European Space Agency, exoplanets, Gaia spacecraft, ID the Future, Jimmy Carter, Johannes Kepler, Kepler spacecraft, light-eaters, Luke A. Barnes, Michael Denton, Milky Way, Peter Ward, planetary fine-tuning, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, Voyager Golden Record}

Uncommon Earth: Kepler Supports Denton

_{Science and Culture
November 7, 2018

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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It sound like an anachronistic political endorsement, but it’s true: the Kepler spacecraft is supporting Michael Denton’s fine-tuning campaign with large contributions of data. Read More ›