By MaryJo – A Pilgrim Ponders

Are we alone in the universe? Of course not! Any Urantia Book reader can tell you that the cosmology of The Urantia Book presents a universe that is “teeming” with life. This article in Evolution News: Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Here’s a Real Paradox for You, explores this topic with emphasis on the concept of intelligent design, and most especially the idea that if we are not alone, why we do not have any contact with other life in the universe. It is an interesting article; it might be a little technical, but I think we can all appreciate the ideas presented. We’ll blog on these fascinating ideas below, but first:

“Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel writing at Forbes delivers a bracing chastisement to seemingly scientific efforts to estimate the probability of extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) in the cosmos. The case in point is a preprint paper by Sandberg, Drexler, and Ord of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University, claiming to “dissolve the Fermi paradox.”

“The Fermi paradox represents the problem of why ETI ought to be abundant yet gives no sign of itself.”

“The probability of the origin of life without design or guidance is not unknown.