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In What Sense Is Origin of Life a Scientific Question?

Recently, a friend recommended a paper on theories of the origin of life. (Yet another one?) But this one proved most interesting…

We’re allowed to consider that intelligent design may have got life going provided we locate it somewhere between Star Wars and Star Trek.

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Physicists propose to test the finetuning of the universe

Their thesis is based on cosmic inflation theory and on the behavior of dark matter, whose nature remains unknown.

It is not more “metaphysical” to say that the universe shows apparent evidence of design than to say it does not. The bias in insisting otherwise is evident.

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