Tag: Alexander Vilenkin

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Date
February 18, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, Big Bang, Closer to Truth, cosmological constant, cosmologists, dark energy, Energy, evolutionary science, gravity, intelligent design, matter, physicists, Rob Sheldon, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Scientific American, universe}

Vilenkin: A Physicist in Flight from Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
February 18, 2024

Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If you are not an ideological materialist, it would make more sense just to assume that our universe is designed because of the clear evidence for fine-tuning. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, atheism, Avi Loeb, character assassination, Charles Lineweaver, Christoph Adami, Darwin-skeptics, Dave Farina, David Berlinski, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, enzymes, evolution, genetic fallacy, Ian Tattersall, Inference (journal), James Shapiro, James Tour, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Jeremy England, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Cronin, Martin Rees, Noam Chomsky, polymers, polynucleotides, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Richard Dawkins, RNA, specified information, The Workhorse of the Cell}

James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

_{Casey Luskin
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 2, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Alan Guth, Alan Sandage, Alexander Vilenkin, Arthur Eddington, Arvind Borde, beginning, Big Bang, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, creation, Fred Hoyle, Hermann Bondi, intelligent design, law of gravity, Lawrence Krauss, Paul Steinhardt, Robert Jastrow, Stephen Hawking, string theory, universe}

Efforts to Resist the Big Bang and Its Implications for Cosmic Design

_{Brian Miller
March 2, 2022

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Unsurprisingly, many academics have attempted to overturn the conclusion of a beginning through the most creative of means. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 8, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, BGV, Big Bang, Big Think, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, causality, Ethan Siegel, Kalam cosmological argument, photon, quantum mechanics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Hawking, universe}

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Again Desperately Attempts to Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

_{Brian Miller
November 8, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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If the model were plausible, the level of fine-tuning would represent even greater evidence of design than it was intended to avoid by removing the beginning. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 16, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alan Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, BGV, Bible, Big Bang, Christianity, CMBR, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmic inflation, cosmic microwave background radiation, critics, Ethan Siegel, Harry Potter, intelligent design, Judaism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Critics Respond to Stephen Meyer’s New Book (Without Mentioning Him by Name)

_{Brian Miller
October 16, 2021

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The critics, including Ethan Siegel, appear to see Meyer much like Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. Read More ›

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Author
Robert A. Alston

Date
May 26, 2020

Categories
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Alexander Vilenkin, carbon, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmic microwave background radiation, Edwin Hubble, electromagnetism, existence, Fred Hoyle, Georges Lemaître, Geraint Lewis, Goldilocks, golf ball, gravity, Kalam cosmological argument, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, ping-pong ball, quantum cosmology, strong nuclear force, universe, weak nuclear force, William Lane Craig}

Book Excerpt: The Big Bang and the Fine-Tuned Universe

_{Robert A. Alston
May 26, 2020

Philosophy, Physical Sciences

9}

What can we infer about the cause of the universe, about what brought it into being? Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 17, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Alan Guth, Albert Einstein, Alexander Vilenkin, atheism, Big Bang, Doppler shift, Fred Hoyle, galaxies, General Theory of Relativity, Hubble’s Law, Mount Wilson Observatory, Primeval Atom, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, theism, universe, Vesto Slipher}

Proper Credit — Who Discovered Hubble’s Law?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 17, 2019

Astronomy, Cosmology, Physical Sciences

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Many leading scientists of the day realized the implication of the cosmic expansion — there was a beginning! Read More ›