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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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Date
April 20, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Brian Keating, creator, history, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, multiverse, quantum cosmology, Return of the God Hypothesis, solar system, Stephen Hawking, universe, University of Cambridge, USA Today}

Meyer: Quantum Cosmology, the Multiverse, and Stephen Hawking

_{Science and Culture
April 20, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences

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Newton, Kepler, and other founders of modern science were inspired to search out and find the rational order hidden in nature because they were theists. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Biola University, Canceled Science, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmos, earth, Eric Anderson, Eric Hedin, galaxy, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, solar system, The Privileged Planet}

Our Finely Tuned Planet Suggests More than Dumb Luck

_{Science and Culture
March 31, 2021

Physical Sciences, Physics

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When one takes all the evidence together, a better explanation for our finely tuned place in the cosmos is a fine-tuner, a designing intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 23, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, carbon, erosion, Great Oxidation Event, limestone, mantle, Michael Denton, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, nitrogen, phosphorous, plate tectonics, scientific papers, solar system, subduction, sulfur, The Wonder of Water, volcanos}

What Subduction Teaches About Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
February 23, 2021

Intelligent Design

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My PhD research was on the early plate tectonic history on earth. Plate tectonics involves the movement of plates on the surface of the earth. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 3, 2021

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alice in Wonderland, Avi Loeb, black hole, earth, evolution, Harvard University, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Mars, Milky Way, Nobel Prize, Singularity, solar system, supernatural}

Is the Designer a Black Hole?

_{Michael Egnor
February 3, 2021

Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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Supernatural agents that exert natural effects are perfectly valid objects of scientific inquiry. Read More ›

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Date
January 15, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 'Oumuamua, aliens, astronomer, astrophysicist, Avi Loeb, design detection, design filter, explanatory filter, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials, Harvard University, intelligent design, Live Science, Michael Egnor, podcast, solar system, William A. Dembski}

Avi Loeb: “Nature Does Not Produce Such Things”

_{Science and Culture
January 15, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Loeb describes his journey to a radical position on the strange interstellar visitor that’s been dubbed 'Oumuamua. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
June 7, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, earth, evolution, galaxy, heavy elements, life, planets, Research, solar system, sun, supernova, universe}

Reader’s Question: Planets in the Early Universe

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
June 7, 2020

Physical Sciences

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The problem with the early universe is that it was a much more dangerous place. 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

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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
April 16, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Abraham Loeb, atmosphere, BIO-Complexity, distance, Hubble Space Telescope, hydrogen, interstellar dust, Milky Way, Neptune, oxygen, rockets, satellite TV, solar system, space travel, super-earths, The Privileged Planet, Uranus}

Is Space Travel Our Destiny?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
April 16, 2020

Physical Sciences

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I was motivated to do this study after two papers were published in 2018 on the difficulty of launching rockets from super-earths. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
April 14, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, American Scientist, astrobiology, Charles Lineweaver, Christopher McKay, Discovery Institute, earth, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial life, galactic habitable zone, Hugh Ross, Icarus, intelligent design, interplanetary dust particles, James Kasting, Jay Richards, meteorites, Milky Way, Physics Today, Science (journal), SETI, solar system, The Privileged Planet, University of Washington}

Rare Earth at Twenty — And My Connection

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
April 14, 2020

Astronomy, Planetology, Rare Earth

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In principle, the conjoining of the many Rare Earth factors could overwhelm the available probabilistic resources and serve as evidence for Earth’s design. Read More ›