Tag: universe
Reader’s Question: Planets in the Early Universe
The problem with the early universe is that it was a much more dangerous place.
Book Excerpt: The Big Bang and the Fine-Tuned Universe
What can we infer about the cause of the universe, about what brought it into being?
Free Webinar, May 16: Compliant or Critical? Scientific Authority in the Age of COVID-19
“Follow the science!” we’re told. “Listen to the scientists!” Should we submit to such calls, or insist on thinking for ourselves?
The Science Guild’s Mask Is Falling Off
Theoretical physicist Richard Feynman quipped that “science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
Robert J. Marks: Coronavirus and the “Primacy of Information”
This is the kind of insight that halts you in your tracks: “Human biology is so finely tuned that less than a kilobyte of information can stop the world.”
