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The Privileged Planet

Spinoza
Image: Baruch Spinoza, shown about 1665, by an unknown artist / Public domain via Wikimedia.

Clever Move — Cosmos Pushes Pantheism

Easier for slipping it into the public schools! It won't alarm the parents nearly as much as an all-out siege on theism. Very clever, Dr. Tyson. Read More ›
Cosmos Materialism 2
Image: Screenshot from the trailer for Cosmos 3.0, “Possible Worlds.”

Cosmos Franchise Loses Viewers, While Pumping for Materialism

Perhaps partly because the world is preoccupied by COVID-19, a lot fewer people so far have seen the new Cosmos. Read More ›
Proxima Centauri
Image: Proxima Centauri and Proxima Centauri b (artist’s imagining), by ESO/M. Kornmesser / CC BY.

Is Space Travel Our Destiny?

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 ›
Rare Earth
Photo credit: Coast of North Africa, by NASA via International Space Station.

Rare Earth at Twenty — And My Connection

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 ›
family time
Image credit: StockSnap via Pixabay.

Here’s How to Use Precious Family Time, Wisely

Despite their sometimes-nonchalant attitudes as they try to act cool, children do care what their parents think. Read More ›
Walter Bradley
Mystery of Life's Origin
Photo: Walter Bradley at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Introducing Walter Bradley: Friend, Hero, and Coauthor of The Mystery of Life’s Origin

Through solid scientific analysis, Mystery showed there was no explanation for the origin of life. But that was 35 years ago. Has it held up? Read More ›
K2-18b 2

Another “Earth-Like” Planet Found? Or More Fake Science News?

Despite the hype about K2-18b, Discovery Institute astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez concludes, “This is definitely not a habitable planet.” Read More ›
Hacking the Cosmos
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Walsh.

New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design

According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.” Read More ›
eclipse from ISS
eclipse
Photo: Lunar shadow in total solar eclipse seen from the International Space Station, March 29, 2006, via NASA.

Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

Today we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the solar eclipse that, on May 29, 1919, physicist Arthur Eddington observed, seeking to test the General Theory of Relativity. Read More ›
Privileged Planet
evidence
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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