Tag: intelligent life

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Big Bang, blackbody spectrum, consciousness, Ethan Siegel, fine-tuning, gravitation, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, intelligent life, life, materialists, microwave background radiation, miracle, naturalism, neutrons, nuclear fusion, physics, protons, re-ionization, universe}

A “Quantum Miracle” that Leads to Life

_{Eric Hedin
May 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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To eventually form stars, planets, and life, neutral atoms are a definite prerequisite. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, black holes, cosmogony, Cosmological Natural Selection, elements, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, intelligent life, Jay Richards, Lee Smolin, life, planets, scientific discovery, silicon, stars, superconductivity, The Privileged Planet, universes}

Were We Made to Make Black Holes?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 12, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 20, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, chance, design hypothesis, evil, intelligent cause, intelligent life, likelihood, natural disasters, physical constants, probabilities, suffering, universe}

Considering the Fine-Tuning Argument from Probabilities

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 20, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Many authors formulate the fine-tuning argument using probabilities and Bayesian analysis (e.g., Swinburne, Collins, Roberts, Barnes). Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Adam Frank, Arthropoda, Biogenetic Law, biosphere, Chordata, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent life, Jacques Monod, life, monophyly, probability, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference, Tree of Life, universal common descent, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities

_{Paul Nelson
March 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

3}

How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, biosignatures, birds, cosmos, dolphins, extraterrestrial life, Forensics, intelligence, intelligent life, intention, lion, National Geographic, space aliens, wildebeest}

The Silence of the Space Aliens

_{David Coppedge
August 30, 2022

Planetology, Rare Earth

5}

The SEETI thinkers are looking for signs of intention. Even in global death, they believe they could separate natural causes from intelligent causes. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 1 Corinthians, Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), design detection, earth, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, intelligent life, John Leslie, life, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Science, solar system, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theology, William A. Dembski}

Carl Sagan: “An Intelligence That Antedates the Universe”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s the evidence from Sagan’s fiction and other popular writing that is especially provocative. Read More ›

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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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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 20, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, astronomers, Charlottesville, Encyclopedia Galactica, intelligent design, intelligent life, science, SETI, Steven Novella, Tabby's Star, Yale University}

Foe of Intelligent Design Makes a Great Case for ID Science

_{Michael Egnor
February 20, 2020

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

5}

Steven Novella is a Yale neurologist who has consistently denied that ID is a valid scientific inference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 29, 2019

Categories
Biology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, animal life, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, earth, Ethan Siegel, evolution, Forbes, foresight, global warming, human origins, intelligent design, intelligent life, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, Science Uprising, Stephen Meyer, sun}

Life’s Hard Stop: Fortune? Or Foresight?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 29, 2019

Biology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Here’s another “incredibly fortunate” thing about the Cambrian explosion and about evolution generally. Read More ›