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^{Jean-Pierre Luminet
April 23, 2024
Intelligent Design}

The Big Bang Revolutionaries

_{Jean-Pierre Luminet
April 23, 2024
Intelligent Design}

Hubble and Einsten are often credited, but the real heroes of the Big Bang revolution are the Russian Alexander Friedmann and Belgian priest Georges Lemaître. The Big Bang Revolutionaries amends the record, telling the remarkable story of how these two men, joined by the mischievous George Gamow and in the face of conventional scientific wisdom, offered a compelling view of a singular creation of the universe in what Lemaître termed a “primeval atom.” Read More ›

^{George F.R. Ellis
June 11, 2018
Intelligent Design}

Wandering Towards a Goal

_{George F.R. Ellis
June 11, 2018
Intelligent Design}

How can a universe that is ruled by natural laws give rise to aims and intentions? Whether or not a human observer exists, the natural laws would continue to operate as they are indefinitely. The key difference between physics and biology is function or purpose. There is, in the standard scientific interpretation, no purpose in the existence of the Moonor an electron or in a collision of two gas particles. Read More ›

^{Geraint F. Lewis and Luke A. Barnes
October 6, 2016
Intelligent Design}

A Fortunate Universe

_{Geraint F. Lewis and Luke A. Barnes
October 6, 2016
Intelligent Design}

Over the last forty years, scientists have uncovered evidence that if the Universe had been forged with even slightly different properties, life as we know it — and life as we can imagine it — would be impossible. Join us on a journey through how we understand the Universe, from its most basic particles and forces, to planets, stars and Read More ›

^{John G. West. Featuring Michael Denton
November 10, 2014
Intelligent Design}

Privileged Species

_{John G. West. Featuring Michael Denton
November 10, 2014
Intelligent Design}

Are humans the accidental products of a blind and uncaring universe? Or are they the beneficiaries of a cosmic order that was planned beforehand to help them flourish? Privileged Species is a 33-minute documentary by Discovery Institute that explores growing evidence from physics, chemistry, biology, and related fields that our universe was designed for large multi-cellular beings like ourselves. Featuring geneticist and Read More ›