The Laws Of Physics ...

In The 1990s I Began To Study The Prospects That Life Could Spread From Mars To Earth Or Maybe Earth To Mars And That Maybe Life Began On Mars And Came To Earth, And That Idea Seemed To Have A Lot Of Traction And Is Now Accepted As Very Plausible.

The Anthropic Principle Is An Unfortunate Name As It Implies Something About Humanity.

If We're Looking For Intelligence In The Universe I Think Everybody Assumes That This Has To Start With Life And So The Question Is: "how Likely Is It That There Will Be Life Elsewhere In The Universe?"

Science, We Are Repeatedly Told, Is The Most Reliable Form Of Knowledge About The World Because It Is Based On Testable Hypotheses. Religion, By Contrast, Is Based On Faith. The Term 'doubting Thomas' Well Illustrates The Difference.

The Burgeoning Field Of Computer Science Has Shifted Our View Of The Physical World From That Of A Collection Of Interacting Material Particles To One Of A Seething Network Of Information. In This Way Of Looking At Nature, The Laws Of Physics Are A Form Of Software, Or Algorithm, While The Material World-the Hardware-plays The Role Of A Gigantic Computer.