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^{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards
April 26, 2005
Intelligent Design}

Introduction to The Privileged Planet

_{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards
April 26, 2005
Intelligent Design}

Even more mysterious than the fact that our location is so congenial to diverse measurement and discovery is that these same conditions appear to correlate with habitability. We don't think this is merely coincidental. It cries out for another explanation, an explanation that suggests there's more to the cosmos than we have been willing to entertain or even imagine. Read More ›

^{Mike Martin
November 22, 2004
Intelligent Design}

Are We Alone In the Universe?

_{Mike Martin
November 22, 2004
Intelligent Design}

Is the truth out there somewhere? Speculation about these big questions made the X-Files a cultural phenomenon. Trying to answer them using real science has made the career of Cuban-born astronomer Guillermo González colorful and controversial. A research professor of astronomy at Iowa State University, González is a leader in the new and burgeoning field of astrobiologythe highly interdisciplinary study, he explains, of life in the universe: its origin, distribution, and destiny. Read More ›

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^{Walter Bradley
July 9, 1995
Intelligent Design}

Is There Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God?

_{Walter Bradley
July 9, 1995
Intelligent Design}

Introduction What is implied by the concept of “an intelligently designed universe”? What does it mean on a grand scale to assert that the universe is the product of an intelligent designer? In a scientific age that exalts rationalism and chance, what empirical evidence could possibly support such a claim? As humans contemplating the immense complexity of the cosmos, might Read More ›

^{Robert C. Koons
September 1, 1994
Uncategorized}

Post-Agnostic Science:

_{Robert C. Koons
September 1, 1994
Uncategorized}

1. Anthropic Coincidences In 1973, astronomer and cosmologist Brandon Carter (Carter 1974) delivered a lecture in which he announced an exciting new discovery: the fundamental constants of the physical world must have been very delicately fine-tuned in order to make life possible. Since that time, literally dozens of such remarkable coincidences have been discovered, the so-called “anthropic coincidences.” (‘Anthropic’ is Read More ›