Category: Physics, Earth & Space
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.
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos Peddle the Myth that Copernicus Demoted Earth
Tyson insists the Copernican demotion story is redemptive because it saves us from religious ignorance.
Another Cosmos Episode, Another Sermon from Pastor Tyson
Eventually, Dr. Tyson gets to Saint Charles. No, we mean that literally. Tyson calls Darwin “the greatest spiritual teacher of the last 1000 years.”
What Astrobiology Teaches about the Origin of Life
It is possible that there is no surviving evidence anywhere on Earth of our planet’s first life.
Thermodynamic Challenges to the Origin of Life
Spontaneous natural processes always tend toward states of greater entropy, lower energy, or both.