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Tag: Rare Earth principle

Extraterrestrial life

If life were common in the universe, that would point to design

Overcoming so many hurdles for so many life forms would surely require intelligence:

Posted on June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Author News Comments(6)
Fine tuning Intelligent Design

Templeton winner Marcelo Gleiser endorses the Rare Earth principle

Gleiser: So when people talk about Copernicus and Copernicanism—the ‘principle of mediocrity’ that states we should expect to be average and typical, I say, “You know what? It’s time to get beyond that.”

Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Author News Comment(1)

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