Category: Physics, Earth & Space
Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design
Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics.
William Shatner and Our Privileged Planet
Shatner‘s revelation may be interpreted as an environmentalist creed, but I rather see it as a poetical formulation of the fine-tuning of Earth for life.
The Search for ET Artifacts Misses the Elephant
Now that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is fully operational, there is renewed chatter about the possibility of discovering extra-terrestrial life.
Intelligence Is Unnatural, and Why That Matters
One of the advantages we have in our study of nature is our ability to observe an entire “unpolluted” universe.
David Berlinski on the Immaterial, Alan Turing, and the Mystery of Life Itself
If scientists thought that life’s origin and nature would soon yield to scientific reductionism, they have been disappointed.