Tag: space
The Case of Tim Peake Shows the Perils of “Awe”
Astronaut Tim Peake raised British eyebrows by seeming to endorse intelligent design.
Space Archaeology — How About Cellular Archaeology?
ʻOumuamua is a fascinating object, and certainly deserves further investigation. How could we discern design from non-design?
“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet
Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space.
“Spontaneous Creation”: Meyer on Stephen Hawking’s Category Error
He asked poignantly in A Brief History of Time, “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?”
Evidence of ETs? Delightful! Bring It On
Never fear: whatever our purely hypothetical response to a purely hypothetical event, it can be reconciled with evolution.