Tag: The Privileged Planet
New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design
According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.”
Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?
Today we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the solar eclipse that, on May 29, 1919, physicist Arthur Eddington observed, seeking to test the General Theory of Relativity.
Richards, Gonzalez: Privileged Planet Evidence Mounts
The bias in favor of science, you might say, tells you something about the mind behind the cosmic design.
Gonzalez: “Worlds Like This Are Hard to Come By”
How special the Earth is has become ever more apparent, in ways that allow life to flourish, but more than that.
How Black Holes Figure in the Argument for Cosmic Intelligent Design
This month the world thrilled at the first ever image of a black hole, this one in the galaxy M87.