Category: Dirk Schulze-Makuch

27May 2024 by Post

The Conviction that ET Is Out There Survives Every Setback

alien life, artificial superintelligence, astrobiologists, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, extra-terrestrial intelligence, faith, fine-tuning, galaxy, gamma ray bursts, Great Filter Hypothesis, Intelligent Design, Occam's Razor, Paul Davies, Physics, Earth & Space, Roger Penrose, stars

The usual practice in science would rule out mundane explanations first. But clearly, that is a road not taken. Source

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29Aug 2022 by Post

Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

astrobiology, Astrobiology Magazine, biological activity, calcium, carbon, Carnegie Institute, chlorine, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, earth, elements, hydrogen, intelligence, Intelligent Design, magnesium, Mars, microbes, minerals, NASA, nitrogen, origin of life, oxygen, phosphorus, Physics, Earth & Space, potassium, Robert Hazen, selenium, Stephen Jay Gould, sulfur, The Privileged Planet, Titan, Washington State University

It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Source

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