Tag: extraterrestrial life
Avi Loeb: “Nature Does Not Produce Such Things”
Loeb describes his journey to a radical position on the strange interstellar visitor that’s been dubbed ‘Oumuamua.
Tour, Meyer on the Multiverse, and More
In this third of three episodes with Stephen Meyer, James Tour draws from questions sent in by listeners to his own podcast.
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.
The Biggest Myth So Far in Cosmos 3.0 — Baruch Spinoza as Science Hero
Scholarship on Spinoza in the last decade has increasingly recognized that he opposed the observational (empirical) and mathematical analyses of nature.
The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?
The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith.