Tag: Boltzmann brain

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, Boltzmann brain, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, cosmologists, Everettian universe, fine-tuning, Hartle-Hawking model, Ijjas-Steinhardt model, inflationary string landscape, intelligent design, John Leslie, knowledge, Lawrence Krauss, metalevels, observer-selection effect, past-eternality, quantum cosmology, quantum mechanics, Samson, Sean Carroll, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, temporal beginning, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, Vilenkin model}

So, You Say that No Cosmologists Have Ever Claimed the Universe Came from Nothing?

_{Bruce Gordon
September 23, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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Like mighty Samson of old, in a single-handed effort physicist Bruce Gordon responded to 1,870+ comments. 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

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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
Brian Miller

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Bible, Boltzmann brain, Donald Trump, dragons, Elie Feder, life, measure problem, molecules, physical constants, physical laws, Physics to God, planets, quantum fluctuations, rivers, Roger Penrose, stars, universe}

The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

_{Brian Miller
January 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 9, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Boltzmann brain, Brian Miller, Elie Feder, faith and science, ID the Future, intelligent design, Judaism, measure problem, multiverse, Physics to God, podcast, Talmud}

Feder, Zimmer on the Boltzmann Brain Problem and the Measure Problem

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 9, 2025

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If a grand multiverse contains everything that’s possible, it ends up explaining nothing. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 4, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Boltzmann brain, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, complex and specified information, cosmic fine-tuning, George Ellis, Leonard Susskind, materialists, movies, multiverse, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Newspeak, Ockham’s razor, Paul Davies, proton, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabine Hossenfelder, specified complexity, Spider-Man, Stephen Meyer, universe, William A. Dembski}

Spider-Man, the Multiverse, and Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
January 4, 2022

Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physics

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In the new Spider-Man movie, the multiverse not only makes an appearance but plays a crucial role in the plot. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Boltzmann brain, cosmic fine-tuning, dualism, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Searle, Michael Polanyi, Michael Shermer, multiverse, origins science, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, worldview}

Meyer: Every Worldview Must Have Its Prime Reality

_{Science & Culture
September 30, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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What about the multiverse to explain the fine tuning of the laws and constants of physics? It is a solution of sorts, but it comes at a tremendous cost. Read More ›

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Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __cedited, analogy, architecture, Boltzmann brain, codons, Darwinian evolution, entropy, Eugene Koonin, hopeful monster, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, letters, Michael Behe, multicellularity, multiverse, natural selection, nucleotides, PNAS, proteome, semantic information, words}

Proteome Is Analogous to Language

_{Science & Culture
March 14, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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A paper likens the proteome to a language with a “quasi-universal grammar” possessing the minimum complexity necessary to function as a cell. Read More ›