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Avi Loeb

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 8, 2023
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Astrophysicist insists on the need to distinguish ourselves from nature

Denyse O'Leary
March 8, 2023
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
But wait! What fuels the possibility of separating ourselves from nature? Every run-of-the-mill science writer knows that we are merely the 99% chimpanzee that cannot transcend the accidental blob/monad-to-man history of life. This human exceptionalism could be the most radical suggestion that Avi Loeb, no stranger to controversy, has ever made. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 2, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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At Mind Matters News: Leading astronomer gets it all wrong about free will and destiny

Denyse O'Leary
October 2, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
In response to Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb denying free will and all that, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor points out, “Logic and reason aren’t laws of physics and therefore they transcend physical properties.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 25, 2021
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Cosmology, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: The UFOs Carl Sagan was convinced of but couldn’t talk about

Denyse O'Leary
September 25, 2021
Cosmology, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Sagan was denied tenure at Harvard for being, according to Zabel, a little too “out there.” But today, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb openly discusses his thoughts on ETs and UFOs in popular science venues. And, in what sounds like a helpful move, NASA is seeking standards for ET life claims, rather than just denying or avoiding them altogether. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 1, 2021
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Astronomy, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Saturday night: Ex-Pentagon whistleblower warns of UFO 9-11

Denyse O'Leary
May 1, 2021
Astronomy, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
The remarkable thing is that we haven’t found so much as a fossil bacterium in recent Mars samples. The belief that whatever’s weird out there must be aliens is a sheer act of faith. The same people who would dismiss massive evidence for design in the universe and life forms believe in ET with no evidence at all. That’s probably because, at heart, their commitment is one of the few types of religion that naturalism permits. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Fazale Rana: Isn’t Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb’s using design detection to claim Oumuamua is an alien spacecraft?

Denyse O'Leary
April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design
Fazale Rana: Loeb’s work affirms a point that I (and others) have repeatedly made. Science has the toolkit to detect the work of agency in nature. To put it another way, Loeb’s thesis demonstrates that detection of intelligent design in nature is legitimately part of the construct of science. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 18, 2021
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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“‘Oumuamua is a spacecraft!” astronomer has come up with a SENSIBLE idea: Search the Moon

Denyse O'Leary
April 18, 2021
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Avi Loeb has come up with a very reasonable idea for searching for evidence of other civilizations in our galaxy: Look for alien debris on our still, lifeless, atmosphere-free Moon. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 15, 2021
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extinction, Intelligent Design
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A comet, not an asteroid, killed the dinosaurs, say astrophysicists

Denyse O'Leary
February 15, 2021
extinction, Intelligent Design
At Smithsonian Mag: Siraj and co-author Avi Loeb concluded from their analysis that Jupiter's gravitational field was strong enough to bump many such long-period comets from the Oort cloud off course, bringing them very close to the Sun. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 3, 2021
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, Physics
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Avi Loeb suggests that the design of life might have been a black hole. Michael Egnor responds

Denyse O'Leary
February 3, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, Physics
Michael Egnor: Both an intelligent designer (assuming we’re talking about God) and a black hole are supernatural, in the sense that they are not objects in the natural world. This may not surprise you about God, but it is also true of black holes. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 31, 2021
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Design inference, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Here are some reviews of Avi Loeb’s book about space debris Oumuamua as a space alien signal

Denyse O'Leary
January 31, 2021
Design inference, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Some of us still think Loeb is way off the beam about Oumuamua but at least he is talking about how you would know that something is designed. If anyone is interested, it is called the design inference. Read More ›