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The Privileged Planet

Privileged Planet
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Photo: Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, via NASA.

Richards, Gonzalez: Privileged Planet Evidence Mounts

The bias in favor of science, you might say, tells you something about the mind behind the cosmic design. Read More ›
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Photo: International Space Station, NASA/Roscosmos.

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

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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Photo: Photographic image of a black hole, by Event Horizon Telescope [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

How Black Holes Figure in the Argument for Cosmic Intelligent Design

This month the world thrilled at the first ever image of a black hole, this one in the galaxy M87. Read More ›
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Richards: “Designed for Life, Designed for Discovery”

Imagine a scenario where you don’t know the ancient age of the cosmos, but rather, only that it has an age, whatever that might be. Read More ›
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Photo: Jay Richards, author of The Privileged Planet, teaching at the 2018 Summer Seminars.

Your Last Weekend to Work on Summer Seminars Application

The Summer Seminars on ID are not only cost free — including air travel as needed — they are the only opportunity most university students will have to study the evidence for design in nature. Read More ›
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The Privileged Planet
Photo: The Earth and the Sun, as seen from the International Space Station, by NASA.

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

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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Photo: A sample of cerium, a rare earth element, by Jurii [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›
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Image: A planetoid collides with the early Earth, by Don Davis (work commissioned by NASA) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Earth Rock from the Moon: Treasure in the Lunar Attic Confirms a Design Prediction

The Discovery Principle led me to consider looking to the Moon to study the origin of life empirically. Read More ›
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The Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, photo by Stan Kwan.

Dallas and Westminster Conferences Tackle Science-Religion “Warfare Myth”

As Jay Richards recounts, James Tour was absolutely “on fire” at the Dallas Conference, ferociously critiquing facile materialist origin-of-life theories. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer and Eric Metaxas at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, via YouTube.

Dallas Conference on Science and Faith Is a Hit, as Meyer, Metaxas, Tour Welcome Surprise Guest

More than a thousand people filled Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas this past weekend. Read More ›

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