Category: Extraterrestrial life

Spaceship flies near the amazing blue planet earth, view from the window. Travel and tourists in space, concept. Beautiful space view of the Earth with cloud formation. Hotel in space

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 10, 2025

Categorized
Cosmology, Extraterrestrial life, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy

Tagged
Earth's significance, Earthrise photo, Pale Blue Dot photo, Tim Bayne}

A Challenge to Pale Blue Dot-ology: Earth Is Significant

_{The “pale blue dot lost in space” view of Earth seems to brand science as an intellectual property of materialist atheism. And evidence isn’t what keeps it going} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 10, 2025

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Cosmology, Extraterrestrial life, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy}

Perhaps more of us should start calling out these assumptions that arise not from observing nature but from the intellectual commitments of those who make them. Read More ›

Mushroom growing in a landscape of a strange exoplanet

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 27, 2025

Categorized
Extraterrestrial life, Human exceptionalism

Tagged
Casey Luskin, Hannah Devlin, Jo Barstow, K2-18b, Matt Ridley, Pallab Ghosh}

ET Doesn’t Need to Exist in Order to Do His Real Job

_{His real job seems to be to support a lame argument about why humans are not exceptional. But the very idea of his existence works just as well} _{Denyse O'Leary
April 27, 2025

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Extraterrestrial life, Human exceptionalism}

The search for ET itself does the philosophical work of attempting to deflate human “self-importance.” Finding anything is a bonus. Read More ›

alien planet landscape, beautiful forest the surface of an exoplanet

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
April 26, 2025

Categorized
Extraterrestrial life, Human exceptionalism

Tagged
Matt Ridley}

Why Life Beyond Earth Would Prove Human Exceptionalism

_{A science writer thinks that finding life on other planets in our galaxy would somehow put a dent in our “self-importance”} _{Wesley J. Smith
April 26, 2025

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Extraterrestrial life, Human exceptionalism}

Actually, human minds created sophisticated instruments that project our understanding light years away, using the scientific method that we created. Read More ›

View of the surface of the moon.Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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News
Date
September 14, 2024

Categorized
Astrobiology, Business and Finance, Extraterrestrial life, Politics

Tagged
Joel Achenbach}

Is NASA a Spent Force in Space Exploration?

_{A government report implies it is, as private groups are moving into the space business and China is catching up quickly} _{News
September 14, 2024

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Astrobiology, Business and Finance, Extraterrestrial life, Politics}

What if a private craft is the first to discover extraterrestrial life? What laws apply? Read More ›

Old Egyptian hieroglyphs with UFO Aliens on ancient background. Concept humanoid Flying saucer history of Earth. Generation AI

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 7, 2024

Categorized
Extraterrestrial life, Psychology, Science}

Are Beliefs in Space Aliens Really Spiraling Out of Control?

_{A British philosophy prof sees such views as a “widespread societal problem,” comparing them to the J6 riot} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 7, 2024

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Extraterrestrial life, Psychology, Science}

On the whole, Milligan’s worries are not so much unreasonable as they are perennial. People will NOT easily accept that we might be alone in the universe. Read More ›