Animal and Extraterrestrial Artifacts: Intelligently Designed?
Journal Title: Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy - Year 2010, Vol 7, Issue 0
Abstract
Invoking examples from the animal world and analyzing purported evidence of existence of extraterrestrials, author argues that intelligent design theory is not presently rejected because of the scientific community prejudices (as proponents of this theory claim), but because there exist plausible alternative explanations.
Authors and Affiliations
Loren Petrich
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