Category: Fine-tuning

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
March 27, 2026

Categories
Fine-tuning
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, background knowledge, Bayesian formalism, Bayesian reasoning, belief, Big Bang, calculus, conditionalization, cosmology, deductive logic, Dutch book arguments, fine-tuning, Fisherian hypothesis testing, inference to the best explanation, John Maynard Keynes, logic, Mercury, naturalism, Nevin Climenhaga, null distributions, philosophy, precession, probability, propositions, psychological states, rejection regions, Sean Carroll, Socrates, subjective interpretation, syllogism, The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers (series)}

The Objective Probability of the Fine-Tuning Evidence

_{Bruce Gordon
March 27, 2026

Fine-tuning, Philosophy, Physics

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Science and philosophy aim to explain aspects of the world and of our experience, and both offer judgments about what is correct or incorrect. Read More ›

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Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physics
Tagged
, biology, chemistry, comets, documentaries, Eric Esau, evidence, faith and science, fine-tuning, Fred Hoyle, galaxy, Goldilocks, Isaac Newton, movies, New York Times, Oxford University, physical laws, physical parameters, physics, planets, Return of the God Hypothesis, simulation theory, Stephen Meyer, sun, The Story of Everything, tickets, Timothy McGrew, Tulane University, UC San Diego, universe, University of Pittsburgh}

A Goldilocks Universe, Designed for Us: New Film in Theaters on April 30

_{Science & Culture
March 18, 2026

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physics

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As philosopher Timothy McGrew puts it, we live in a universe “bearing everywhere the fingerprints of its Creator.” 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
Larry Sanger

Date
December 23, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Albert Einstein, argument from ignorance, benevolence, Big Bang, Christianity, complexity, constants, David Hume, designer, faith, intelligent design, logos, matter, natural laws, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, universe, William Lane Craig}

No. 10 Story for 2025: Wikipedia Co-Founder on Arguments for God

_{Larry Sanger
December 23, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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I was impressed by a lecture by philosopher of science Stephen Meyer, who presented versions of the cosmological argument and the fine-tuning argument. 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

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

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, asteroids, coincidences, comets, earth, fine-tuning, geocentric model, Golden Ratio, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, kinetic energy, Mars, Mercury, moons, NASA, physics, planets, quantum effects, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, Venus}

Geometric Design in the Solar System

_{Eric Hedin
August 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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My favorite example of such geometric design arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, Children of Light, circulation, coincidences, doctors, electromagnetic radiation, fine-tuning, Fire-Maker, light, metabolism, Michael Denton, photosynthesis, plate tectonics, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, universe, water, wavelength}

We Are Children of Light and Water: Dr. Michael Denton

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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“In this vast range, there’s only one…infinitesimally small band which has the right energy for photosynthesis,” a prerequisite for human life. Coincidence? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, black hole, Elie Feder, mind, multiverse, Niayesh Afshordi, Paul Sutter, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, quantum particles, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Singularity, Stony Brook University, string theory, uncertainty, universe}

The Very “Nature of the Universe” Puzzles Physicists

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 27, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The more physicists know about the universe, the larger loom some questions about ultimate realities. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Big Bang, consciousness, Ethan Siegel, fine-tuning, gravitation, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, intelligent life, life, materialists, miracle, naturalism, neutrons, nuclear fusion, physics, protons, universe}

A “Quantum Miracle” that Leads to Life

_{Eric Hedin
May 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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To eventually form stars, planets, and life, neutral atoms are a definite prerequisite. Read More ›

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Author
Aaron Zimmer

Date
May 8, 2025

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, electron, fine-tuning, galaxies, intelligent cause, life, molecules, multiverse, natural constants, planets, scientists, stars, universe}

The Purpose of Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Aaron Zimmer
May 8, 2025

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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True, without fine-tuning there would be no life, but that’s only because life depends on everything else, like atoms and stars. Read More ›