Category: Physics

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
February 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __featured2, Alex O’Connor, atheists, background theory, Bayesian reasoning, constants, cosmologists, cosmology, E. F. Hutton, Eric Hedin, fine-tuning, fingerprints, Friedrich Schleiermacher, galaxies, God of the gaps, gravity, Hans Halvorson, human centrality, Leonard Susskind, Luke Barnes, multiverse, philosophy of science, physicist, quantum mechanics, scientific reasoning, Sean Carroll, theism, theists, Victor Stenger}

The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers

_{Bruce Gordon
February 13, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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Carroll is a prolific physicist and cosmologist who has been a prominent popularizer of science. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 11, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, Bible, cosmologists, electromagnetic force, engineering, fine-tuning, gears, Genesis, gravitational force, Hugh Ross, intelligent design, life, logical necessity, mechanical watches, multiverse, natural agency, naturalism, parameters, physical parameters, probability, Psalmist, Psalms, religious faith, Sean Carroll, The Creator and the Cosmos, theism, theists, theology, time-keeping, universe, watchmaking, wheelbarrow, world view}

Wheelbarrows, Watches, and Designers: More on Sean Carroll

_{Eric Hedin
February 11, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

7}

Describing luxury mechanical watches as “marvels of engineering and design” is not a religiously motivated claim. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 10, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, atheists, cosmology, designer, earth, Earth-mass stars, elements, existence, experimental evidence, fine-tuning, intelligent life, laws of nature, life, low-mass stars, materialism, multicellular life, multiverse, natural processes, observational evidence, Sean Carroll, stars, sun, theoretical physicists, universes}

Why a Multiverse Doesn’t Refute Fine-Tuning

_{Eric Hedin
February 10, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

5}

With the multiverse hypothesis, a key supposition is that the physical parameters within alternative universes somehow vary over an undefined range. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
February 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, BIO-Complexity, civilization, computers, Darwinists, disorder, earth, encyclopedias, entropy, equations, evolution, information, intelligence, intelligent design, iPhones, machines, order, physics, probability, Science and Culture Today, Second Law of Thermodynamics, solar energy, sun, tautology, tornado}

A Friend Asks: For Darwin Skeptics, What Does the Second Law Argument Accomplish?

_{Granville Sewell
February 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

The only law of science that the development of civilization on a barren planet could violate is the (generalized) second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alan H. Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, cosmology, designer substitute, galaxies, general relativity, gravity, hydrogen, Isaac Newton, mathematics, Michael G Strauss, mind, natural laws, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Planck time, quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, Singularity, stars, universe}

Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

_{Eric Hedin
January 26, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

6}

To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 14, 2026

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Bayesian inference, Bayesian reasoning, causal ramification, chance, cosmic design, fine-tuning, fine-tuning arguments, improbability, intelligent design, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, King’s College London, multiverse, observation biases, philosophy, physical laws, physicists, physics, probability, Roberto Fumagalli, theism, universe}

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Defends Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 14, 2026

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Fumagalli does not in the end state whether he himself lands on the multiverse hypothesis, cosmic design, or unknown physics as the best explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 2, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, beach, berries, black hole, carbon dioxide, chance, electromagnetic force, forces of nature, fundamental forces, fusion, gravity, hemoglobin, house of cards, matter, mineral salts, oxygen, particles, Periodic Table, physical limitations, physical resources, physics, protostar, stars, statistical interference, strong nuclear force, trajectory, universe, water, weak force}

What the Forces of Nature Can Do — And What They Can’t

_{Eric Hedin
January 2, 2026

Intelligent Design, Physics

7}

Our universe not only has limited physical resources, but also informational limits, and the only way to overcome these is by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atomic nucleus, Cambridge University, earth, electron, evolutionary process, fundamental forces, fundamental forces (series), gravity, intelligent design, New York City, nutrients, particle physics, physicists, physics, Standard Model, weak force}

The Weak Force: “Most Intricate and Subtle” of All

_{Eric Hedin
December 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Physics

9}

The existence of the weak force wasn’t even suspected until about a hundred years ago, and now we find that we can’t live without it! Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 3, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, asymmetry, Brian Miller, Ellie Feder, ID the Future, intelligent cause, laws of nature, math, mathematics, Max Tegmark, multiverse, physics, Physics to God, podcasts, Science Uprising, selection, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2025

Cosmology, Physics

3}

According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 3, 2025

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, cosmic fine-tuning, electrons, Elie Feder, fine-tuning, gravitation, gravitational constant, gravity, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, laws of nature, life, lottery, Max Tegmark, nucleus, physical existence, physics, Physics to God, superintellect, Theory of Everything, universe}

Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

_{Brian Miller
December 3, 2025

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

7}

There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›