Tag: hydrogen
For Fire, Our Planet Is Just the Right Size
Self-evidently, the gravity on the surface of a planet limits the maximum size of large terrestrial organisms.
Applying Bayes’ Theorem to Biological Design
Suppose we want to know the odds that a particular individual won last week’s Mega Millions jackpot in the United States.
A Bayesian Approach to Intelligent Design
I have come to think of evidence in Bayesian terms and this has in turn impacted the way I think about the biological arguments for ID.
Bits and Bytes at the Bottom
A funny thing happened on the way to modern scientific materialism’s victory party.
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.