Tag: The Privileged Planet

Night scene of the Milky Way and stars at Zion National Park

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 15, 2023

Categorized
Physics and Cosmology

Tagged
astrobiology, Atheism, correlation between habitability and discoverability, cosmic fine tuning, cosmic habitable age, deism, discoverability, earth-like planets, exoplanets, extra-terrestrial life, fine tuning, Galactic Habitable Zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, Intelligent Design, local fine tuning, Pantheism, perfect solar eclipses, rainbows, red dwarf stars, science-friendly universe, sun-like stars, The Privileged Planet, Theism}

A Privileged Place for Life and Discovery

_{Guillermo Gonzalez

March 15, 2023

Physics and Cosmology}

On this ID the Future host and geologist Casey Luskin continues his conversation with astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez about the many ways Earth’s place in the cosmos is fine tuned for life. In this second half of their conversation, Gonzalez zooms out to discuss the galactic habitable zone and the cosmic habitable age. Luskin says that the combination of exquisite cosmic and local fine tuning strongly suggests intelligent design, but he asks Gonzalez whether he thinks these telltale clues favor theism over deism? That is, does any of the evidence suggest a cosmic designer who is more than just the clockmaker God of the deists who, in the words of Stephen Dedalus, “remains within or behind or beyond or above his Read More ›

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Author
Bijan Nemati

Date
January 4, 2023

Categorized
Intelligent Design

Tagged
astrophysics, Atheism, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, Christianity, Colorado School of Mines, Cornel University, Darwin on Trial, Evolution: a Theory in Crisis, Fred Hoyle, God, Hugh Ross, Intelligent Design, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Islam, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Michael Denton, NASA Origins program, Natural Theology, observational astronomy, particle physics, Paul Nelson, Phillip Johnson, physics, space interferometer, Stanford Linear Accelerator, telescope array, The Fingerprint of God, The Privileged Planet, Theism, transcendence, University of Colorado, Why It Matters}

Astrophysicist Bijan Nemati on Why Intelligent Design Matters

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January 4, 2023

Intelligent Design}

On today’s ID the Future, astrophysicist and intelligent design proponent Bijan Nemati shares the first part of his story of science and faith. Those who follow Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture may know Nemati from his appearance in the popular ID documentary The Privileged Planet. Born and raised in Iran, he moved to the United States shortly before the Iranian revolution, became an atheist in college, but eventually found his way to a strong religious faith, in part through his exposure to the scientific evidence for intelligent design, first in biology and then in cosmology. Along the way he landed a high-level job with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and became a leading expert in space interferometer telescopes Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 12, 2022

Categorized
Intelligent Design

Tagged
Ann Gauger, autism, Biologic, butterfly metamorphosis, coral reefs, Darwin on Trial, Darwin’s Black Box, Dissent from Darwin list, Entomology, Evolution, Icons of Evolution, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, natural beauty, Neo-Darwinism, Paul Nelson, Phillip Johnson, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, women in science}

Ann Gauger: A Scientist’s Journey into the Intelligent Design Movement

_{Ann Gauger

December 12, 2022

Intelligent Design}

On today’s ID the Future, biologist and intelligent design researcher Ann Gauger tells host Eric Anderson the rest of her story about how she was drawn into the intelligent design movement. The two discuss everything from the challenges she faced making it in a male-dominated field to the evidential power of beauty in the natural world. But how did she end up in the ID movement? After stepping out of a promising career as a research scientist to focus on her family and meeting the needs of an autistic child, she assumed that her life as a scientist was behind her. But then several years later she began reading the work of Darwin skeptics and intelligent design trailblazers—Phillip Johnson, Jonathan Read More ›

Panoramic view of the Earth, sun, star and galaxy. Sunrise over planet Earth, view from space. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 24, 2022

Categorized
Intelligent Design

Tagged
Casey Luskin, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, crustal recycling, earth, Earth’s core, Earth’s crust, Earth’s magnetic field, Earth’s mantle, earthlike planets, Geology, Guillermo Gonzalez, habitable planets, How to Build a Habitable Planet, Intelligent Design, Lucky Planet Carl Sagan, Mars, nebular hypothesis, paleomagnetism, planetary science, plate tectonics, rare earth, Science and faith, solar wind, terraforming, terrestrial planets, The Privileged Planet, Venus}

Casey Luskin on the Intelligent Design of Earth for Life

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October 24, 2022

Intelligent Design}

On today’s ID the Future geologist Casey Luskin explains how Earth contains many intricate geological processes required for life. He argues that, taken together, this points to intelligent design rather than dumb luck. This episode is the first half of a talk Dr. Luskin presented at the 2022 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith. Stay tuned for Pt. 2 and a Q&A with his original audience.

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Author
Bijan Nemati

Date
February 28, 2022

Categorized
Physics and Cosmology

Tagged
astronomy, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, coronagraph, cosmology, diffraction effect, early galaxies, early universe, earth-like planets, exoplanets, expansion of universe, extra solar planet atmospheres, extrasolar planets, fine tuning, habitability, habitable planets, Immanuel Kant, infrared astronomy, intelligent, Isaac Newton, James Webb space telescope, James Webb telescope, Jay Richards, NASA, near infrared, perfect eclipses, photon noise, planet formation, planet formation theory, protoplanetary discs, protoplanets, red shift, solar system formation theory, star formation, The Privileged Planet, transit spectroscopy, transit technique}

Bijan Nemati on What the James Webb Telescope May Discover

_{Bijan Nemati

February 28, 2022

Physics and Cosmology}

Today’s ID the Future explores with physicist and space telescope expert Bijan Nemati the amazing discoveries that may await us when the singularly powerful James Webb space telescope goes on line in summer 2022. Nemati and host Jay Richards, co-author of The Privileged Planet, discuss the telescope’s ability to see far deeper into space than any previous telescope, and further into the past. If all goes well it will be able to see so far into the past, Nemati says, that we will get glimpses of the universe close to when galaxies were first forming, not long after the Big Bang. These glimpses may confirm our most current ideas of early cosmic history and galaxy formation, or turn them on Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 27, 2021

Categorized
Science

Tagged
astrobiology, continental subduction, crustal recycling, Geology, Intelligent Design, Lucky Planet, magnetic stripes, midocean ridges, ocean sediment, paleomagnetism, planetary fine tuning, planetary geology, plankton, plate tectonics, rare earth, rock microscope slide, rock thin section, seafloor spreading, The Dynamic Earth, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, uniformitarianism, University of Johannesburg, volcanoes}

Casey Luskin Talks Tectonics, Design and Hidden Beauty

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September 27, 2021

Science}

On today’s ID the Future host Emily Reeves talks with geologist and intelligent design theorist Casey Luskin about his PhD. Luskin says his dissertation wasn’t focused on intelligent design at all; but the knowledge he gained and the methodology he employed well might provide him grist for ID-oriented work down the road. The wide-ranging conversation takes Luskin and Reeves from his geological work in Africa and the method known as uniformitarianism to plate tectonics, paleomagnetism, crustal recycling, and some books on how Earth appears fine-tuned for life. Luskin also tells about some astonishing beauty that lies hidden right under our feet, and how we can discover it for ourselves.

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Author
Jay Richards

Date
August 9, 2021

Categorized
Faith and Science

Tagged
Atheism, Carl Sagan, Christian charity, Christian invention of hospitals, Christian invention of universities, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, Determinism, false dilemma, Free Will, golden rule, hypocrisy, imago dei, inherent human dignity, James Watt, Judeo-Christian religion, Materialism, moral absolutes, moral code, moral truths, mythology, Pre-Copernican cosmology, self-reliance, survival of the fittest, The Privileged Planet, Theism}

Jay Richards Dismantles Carl Sagan’s Passive Theist

_{Jay Richards

August 9, 2021

Faith and Science}

On today’s ID the Future, philosopher Jay Richards and host Eric Anderson wrap up their conversation about a video where Carl Sagan plumps for atheism. At one point Sagan suggests that if we give up on the belief in God, then we realize that we’re on our own and instead of waiting around for God to save us, we can roll up our sleeves and save ourselves and our planet. Richards notes that Sagan’s argument involves a strawman view of the Judeo-Christian worldview, which is miles apart from the idea of sitting around doing nothing while waiting for God to save us. As Richards and Anderson discuss, it’s no coincidence that the Christian West invented universities, hospitals, and science. What Read More ›

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Author
Jay Richards

Date
August 6, 2021

Categorized
Faith and Science

Tagged
agnosticism, Atheism, Carl Sagan, conceptions of God, God, Intelligent Design, Jay W. Richards, laws of physics, Materialism, methodological materialism, objective reality, philosophical materialism, purpose, redefining God, relativism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen C. Meyer, The Privileged Planet, Theism, transcendent creator}

Jay Richards Talks God, Carl Sagan, and Word Games

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August 6, 2021

Faith and Science}

On today’s ID the Future, philosopher Jay Richards, co-author of The Privileged Planet, continues a conversation with host Eric Anderson about Carl Sagan and a short video clip where Sagan fields questions about God. Sagan points out that there are different conceptions of God, but Jay asks, what’s his point? There are different conceptions of nature. That doesn’t mean that nature isn’t out there and that there aren’t true and false things that can be said about it. Also, when the vast majority of people speak about God, they have in mind a powerful, conscious Creator of nature. Sagan plays definitional games by redefining the meaning of “God.” Listen in to learn how, to what purpose, and to hear what Read More ›

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Author
Jay Richards

Date
August 2, 2021

Categorized
Intelligent Design

Tagged
agnosticism, Aristotle, Atheism, book of nature, C.S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, Copernican Principle, cosmic beginning, cosmos, discoverability, earth, eternal universe, extrasolar planets, fifth element, fine tuning, founders of modern science, Galileo, general revelation, Gloria Patri, habitability, Intelligent Design, Jay W. Richards, Kepler, Materialism, pale blue dot, Pantheism, Pre-Copernican cosmology, Psalm 19, purpose, Science and faith, scientific revolution, space exploration, The Privileged Planet, Theism}

Jay Richards: Before Carl Sagan Said It, Science Debunked It

_{Jay Richards

August 2, 2021

Intelligent Design}

On today’s ID the Future, Privileged Planet co-author Jay W. Richards sits down with host Eric Anderson to discuss the gold rush of extrasolar planet discovery and how the Privileged Planet hypothesis has held up since 2004. Richards teases an anniversary edition of The Privileged Planet in the works, and he and Anderson discuss the statement that Carl Sagan is perhaps most famous for. Richards explains how science had already disproven the famous Sagan claim by the time the astronomer first uttered it to millions of viewers in his documentary series Cosmos.