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Title: The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery by Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Wesley Richards ISBN: 0-89526-065-4 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ridiculous attacks show revolutionary nature of this book
Comment: The authors of the Privileged Planet present an interesting, and revolutionary, hypothesis, namely that the universe is fine-tuned and the earth is specifically designed and placed in order to make scientific discovery more likely. Their analysis of the fine-tuning of physics and the universe is thorough and provocative. They examine the makeup of the earth, it's atmosphere, it's place in our solar system, that system's place in the galaxy, and our galaxy's relation to the rest of the cosmos and build a strong case for a purposely designed universe.
Yet, rather than engage the authors in thoughtful dialogue about their unique and interesting ideas, critics are attacking them for all manner of unrelated issues. Not only that, critics are levelling unfounded, serious personal attacks on them.
The Spanish Inquisition has nothing on the modern day Darwinian Inquisitors. Don't dare to challenge the scientific status quo or you will find yourself the victim of an internet smear campaign to ruin your reputation and destroy your credibility.
Just read the radical reviews on this page that call the authors of The Privileged Planet racist because they are challenging modern scientific dogma and you can see that their proposition has obviously undermined the materialist underpinnings of modern day science.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Real Privilege to Read! Get it!
Comment: This book is larger than life. It is one of those rare books on which, I suspect, fundamental issues turn, like Newton's Principia or Darwin's Origin of Species. Gonzalez and Richards combine a breadth of scientific detail with philosophical sophistication and nuance. But the book still manages to be a pleasure to read!
I first heard about this book during a presentation I attended in which one of the co-authors discussed its main thesis and arguments. Everything I heard souned fresh and was well-supported, and thus I have been eagerly awaiting its publication. Needless to say, this book has even exceeded my expectations!
The Privileged Planet is a seminal contribution to the growing debate over purpose and intelligent design in the universe. Most of the action in the last few years has taken place in biology, with the inevitably rancorous debates over neo-Darwinian evolution. It's very refreshing to read a book on design that doesn't having anything to do with that debate.
The list of endorsers for this book is truly impressive, so one need not take my word for it. The Privileged Planet will give many of our elite scientists a lot to discuss over the coming years. This is not to say that non-scientists won't be talking about it, either, since it is well-written and can be understood by a general audience.
Rating: 5
Summary: Honesty Shines Through
Comment: After reading a number of writings by scientists who lean towards an intelligent designer and also a number by those who support blind chance as a maker, I find that there seems to be a certain ring of "sincere honesty" to be found among the former, whereas the sheer speculation and real lack of suporting evidence for evolution leaves the latter in a position that almost makes forces them to seem dishonest in there theories. The Privileged Planet reflects this honesty to which I refer.
Some have dismissed the Anthropic principle, reversing the reasoning to support evolution, yet, if the chances are that because of the sheer number of possible planets in the universe, life had to arise on one of them that was perfect for life (Earth) in an unguided way, then would it not also be reasonable to think that in a biologists perfect laboratory (out of all the labs worldwide) that a living cell could be developed from scratch (even with a highly intelligent designer and his technology). This has not happened in recent decades and doesn't seem likely it will happen in the anywere near future. A human being in full bloom with his conciousness and mental ability is a completely different matter. Honesty will have to lead us to accept the absolute neesessity of a designer
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Title: The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design by William A. Dembski, Charles W. Colson ISBN: 0830823751 Publisher: Inter Varsity Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: What Darwin Didn't Know by Geoffrey Simmons, William Dembski ISBN: 0736913130 Publisher: Harvest House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Darwinism, Design, and Public Education (Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series) by John Angus Campbell, Stephen C. Meyer ISBN: 0870136755 Publisher: Michigan State University Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Doubts About Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design by Thomas Woodward ISBN: 0801064430 Publisher: Baker Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing by William A. Dembski, John. Wilson ISBN: 1932236317 Publisher: ISI Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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