The work of an Iowa State University assistant professor has made its way into the Smithsonian Institute. A 60-minute documentary titled “The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe” will premiere at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History on June 23. The film is based on a book co-authored by Guillermo Gonzalez, an ISU assistant professor of Read More ›
Original Article The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe (60mins) Illustra Media, Inc., Narrated by John Rhys-Davies; produced, written, and directed by Lad Allen. Based on the book of the same name by Guillermo Gonzalez & Jay W. Richards. January 26, 2005Over 450 people were shocked by strong currents of energetically innovative thought. After viewing the Tampa Read More ›
The Privileged Planet Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards, 444 pages, Regnery Publishing, Washington, D.C., 2004; ISBN 0-89526-065-4; hardcover, $27.95. Is there life elsewhere in the universe? The Privileged Planet gives a new spin to the argument that conditions on Earth are essentially unique. Authors Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards suggest Earth was designed for scientific discovery. They introduce Read More ›
The Privileged Planet. Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards. Washington, D.C. Regnery Publishing Inc., 2004. 446 pages. $27.95 hardcover. Do we owe our existence on Earth to chance or design? Do we occupy a privileged spot in space and time, primed for life and discovery? Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez and philosopher/theologian Jay W. Richards firmly stand in the design camp. In Read More ›
Original Article If there’s anything an election year teaches us, it is that even the truth, in the wrong hands, can be spun into almost anything. This isn’t much of a surprise for politicians. But scientists? The legendary astronomer Carl Sagan once claimed, “Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are Read More ›