Category: Physics, Earth & Space
Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe
The material universe must be caused, and it cannot be the cause of its own existence.
Naturalism and Self-Refutation
How much does Gödel’s incompleteness theorem weigh? What is the physics of non-contradiction? How many millimeters long is Tom Clark’s argument for naturalism?
Fun! Cosmos and 2015 Censor of the Year Neil deGrasse Tyson Get a Second Season
The fabulist Dr. Tyson returns, and we commit ourselves in advance to being there to watch and check his facts.
From CNN, Vapid Science News Headline of the Day: “Ingredients for Life Found” in Space Rocks
“Not exactly proof” of extraterrestrial life, they say? It’s not a “proof” at all.
Studying Tabby’s Star, Scientists Use the Design Filter — Non-Intelligent Causes Win This Round
Here’s a case where astronomers ruled out intelligent causes, despite their initial excited hopes.