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The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery

Written by: Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards
Narrated by: Todd Barsness
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Is Earth merely an insignificant speck in a vast and meaningless universe? On the contrary: The Privileged Planet shows that this cherished assumption of materialism is dead wrong. In this provocative book, Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards present a staggering array of evidence that exposes the hollowness of this modern dogma. They demonstrate that our planet is exquisitely fit not only to support life, but also to give us the best view of the universe, as if Earth were designed both for life and for scientific discovery. Readers are taken on a scientific odyssey from a history of tectonic plates, to the wonders of water and solar eclipses, to our location in the Milky Way, to the laws that govern the universe, and to the beginning of cosmic time. The Privileged Planet contains astounding findings that should lead any individual to reevaluate and even to reconsider our very purpose on what so many have dismissed as nothing more than an accident of cosmic evolution.

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good technically but inexpertly read

this is a complex topic and there are many many good points raised. i'm not enough of an expert to know whether it's all true.
really disappointed by the reader who doesn't seem to have a good vocabulary. reading the word 'causal' as 'casual' for example - and not just once.
i still recommend it.

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Repetitive

I was very excited and interested in what this book had to offer but the combination of the narrator and the books repetitive method of enforcing its point made it extremely hard to get through. After being halfway done I gave up. I believe a more concise narrative could have been achieved to deliver the content without losing any value.

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