Category: Physics

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Albert Einstein, atoms, Canceled Science, dark energy, Edwin Hubble, Energy, expansion rate, field equations, galaxies, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay W. Richards, life, light, photons, quantum theory, space, spectroscopic instruments, stars, supernovae, The Privileged Planet, universe}

The Delicate Balance of Dark Energy

_{Eric Hedin
August 13, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

5}

The nature of dark energy brings to light one of the most powerful pieces of evidence for just how special our universe is to support life. Read More ›

Artistic depiction of many worlds interpretation showing several Earth-like planets across parallel universes

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, Acts of the Apostles, Betteridge’s Law, Born rule, branching, Chiara Marletto, Closer to Truth, David Albert, David Deutsch, David Wallace, decoherence, entanglement, Everettians, formalism, Gedankenwelt, Haag’s theorem, headlines, Hugh Everett, interviews, journalists, many-worlds interpretation, mathematics, Oxford University, particle physics, physics, possibilities, quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, quantum probabilities, quantum theory, qubits, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Rudolf Haag, Standard Model, sufficient reason, thought-world, universal wavefunction}

Searching for a World, Any World, in the Many-Worlds Interpretation

_{Bruce Gordon
August 13, 2026

Mathematics, Physics

17}

Journalists have a general rule for headlines called “Betteridge’s Law” that seems to apply in this case. Read More ›

Conceptual hand writing showing And The Survey Says.... Business photo text doing poll and bring the results discuss with others Speakers alarming script signals announcement message convey

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, argumentum ad populum, background knowledge, Big Bang, Big Mysteries Survey, Black Holes Inside and Out, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, Brian Keating, brute facts, Copenhagen, likelihoods, naturalism, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Physics Magazine, polling, principle of sufficient reason, Stephen Meyer, surveys, The Story of Everything, theism, UC San Diego, universe}

Polling the Physicists: What the Big Mysteries Survey Shows, and What It Does Not

_{Bruce Gordon
August 4, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

8}

The nature of the surveys to which Phil Halper appeals is that they measure what physicists believe. They cannot measure what the evidence actually supports. Read More ›

Human (animal) cell under microscope. 3d illustration

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, 3D bioprinting, amino acid chain, assembly process, atomic layer deposition, atomic printer, biomolecules, boundary condition., cells, cellular components, chemistry, Cornelius Hunter, electric fields, electromagnetic forces, embryonic development, genetic code, idea, information, intelligent design, interatomic level, LED screens, life as information, matrix, Michael Polanyi, organs, particles, physics, pixels, protein structure, Richard Sternberg, wholeness}

Cellular Design: More than Information, It Is the Manifestation of an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 10, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physics

7}

I’ll attempt to describe an additional aspect of living organisms that highlights their “wholeness” and negates the possibility of reducing life to information. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
June 26, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, aeons, assumptions, Bars-Steinhardt-Turok model, black holes, Boltzmann brain, bouncing cosmologies, concentric low-variance circles, conformal cyclic cosmology, consciousness, cosmic microwave background, cyclic cosmologies, dark matter, de Sitter horizon entropy, disorder, Douglas Scott, Edward Tryon, entropy, erebon, fine-tuning, gravitational wave epoch, Hawking radiation, intelligent cause, Mount Everest, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Roger Penrose, Sean McDowell, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, Tod equations, trilemma, universe, Weyl Curvature Hypothesis}

Fantasy in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

_{Bruce Gordon
June 26, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

19}

Penrose was right, then, that fashion, faith, and fantasy have led much of modern cosmology astray. He was more right than he knew. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
June 24, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Aeon, Baylor University, bouncing cosmologies, conformal cyclic cosmology, Conservation of Information, Cumrun Vafa, cyclic cosmologies, dark energy, David Olive, Don Page, empirical record, erebonic field, erebons, eternal recurrence, faith, fantasy, fine-tuning, geometers, Gordon Kane, John Polkinghorne, John Roberts, John Roe, Krzysztof Meissner, Laurie Brown, Michael Denton, Michael Dickson, Northwestern University, Page curve, Paul Tod, Phil Halper, Phillip Johnson, physics, quantum theory, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dalitz, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Sean McDowell, Simon Saunders, Stephen Meyer, The Nature of Nature, The Story of Everything, Weyl Curvature Hypothesis, William Dembski}

Fashion and Faith in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

_{Bruce Gordon
June 24, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

24}

This brings us, at last, to the remaining “cyclic” proposal, that of Roger Penrose, which is perhaps the most quixotic of all. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 22, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Dean Rickles, dual aspect monism, fine-tuning, Graham Phillips, illusion, John Archibald Wheeler, Leonard Susskind, many universes, materialism, materialists, multiverse, Paul Davies, Princeton University, quantum mechanics, Sydney University, Templeton Ideas, theoretical physicists, universe}

Quantum Mechanics Has Destroyed Classical Materialism

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 22, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

5}

Whatever this fundamental level of reality that combines mind and matter is, it is — by definition — deeper than human thought can reach. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, apology, Applied Mathematics Letters, compensation argument, errors, humans, humor, intelligent design, Kirk Sewell, laymen, life, materialists, mathematics, natural causes, peer-reviewed literature, Physics Essays, Rick Romager, sarcasm, Science and Culture Today, scientific rigor, Second Law of Thermodynamics, YouTube videos}

A Note on the “Compensation” Argument

_{Granville Sewell
June 16, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

3}

This debate is not really too complicated for the layman to understand, though it seems to be too simple for many scientists. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Battle of the Big Bang, beginning, black hole, conformal cyclic cosmology, earth, egg cell, Ethan Siegel, experts, faith and science, first cells, Hebrews, intelligent design, John Wheeler, Lee Smolin, Nobel Prize, physicists, physics, Planck era, Roger Penrose, Singularity, tachyonic physics, The Road to Reality, theism, universe, Wikipedia}

When the Experts Disagree on the Origin of the Universe…

_{Eric Hedin
June 11, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

5}

As with life, the beginning of our universe entailed special conditions, not only of the laws of physics, but also of the arrangement of its component atoms. Read More ›

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post

Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Big Bang, creator, electromagnetic waves, experimental results, funding, honesty, humility, James Hartle, kingdom, Nobel Prize, philosophers, photoelectric effect, physics, Planck time, predictions, Roger Penrose, scientists, servants, Singularity, spacetime, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, technology, The Road to Reality, theism, transcendent cause, universe}

New Physics Is Always Tentative; Here’s Why

_{Eric Hedin
June 8, 2026

Physics, Scientific Reasoning

6}

The prime example of all difficulties for new theories in physics relates to the ultimate origin of everything. Read More ›