1.0Politics and Religionhttps://hushbeck.com/blogElgin Hushbeckhttps://hushbeck.com/blog/author/admin/The Privileged Planet - Politics and Religionrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="A8xduTiMBh"><a href="https://hushbeck.com/blog/2004/05/the-privileged-planet/">The Privileged Planet</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://hushbeck.com/blog/2004/05/the-privileged-planet/embed/#?secret=A8xduTiMBh" width="600" height="338" title="“The Privileged Planet” — Politics and Religion" data-secret="A8xduTiMBh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I also finished Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richard’s “The Privileged Planet.” While not as good as Brian Greene’s, it was still an interesting read on many levels. Their basic aim is to challenge the Copernican Principle, which is the claim that there is nothing unusual or special about the planet we live on. Their basic […]