Tag: planets
Carl Sagan Aside, Earth Is Significant
Does the view from a vast distance have any relationship to the significance of a human cultural achievement?
The Purpose of Cosmic Fine-Tuning
True, without fine-tuning there would be no life, but that’s only because life depends on everything else, like atoms and stars.
Extraterrestrial Life Would Demonstrate Human Exceptionalism
I hope we do find life elsewhere. It would be another step in our advancement as a species.
Biologist Michael Levin Is at It Again, Now Pushing at the Mind-Brain Equation
When caterpillars are in their chrysalises, their brains physically dissolve (along with the rest of their bodies) and are rebuilt as butterfly brains.
The Growing Evidence of Earth’s Privilege
Astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez begins a two-part conversation with host Casey Luskin.