Fermi Spirograph Type post Date March 30, 2022 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), Cosmos Magazine, electromagnetism, extraterrestrials, Fibonacci sequence, fine structure constant, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, Paul Davies, pi, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, relativity, Richard Feynman, University of Nottingham, Wolfgang Pauli Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe Science and Culture March 30, 2022 Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics 4 Richard Feynman called 1/137, the fine structure constant, “a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man.” Read More ›
free-will Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 23, 2018 CategoriesBiologyNeuroscience & MindPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , __k-review, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, Big Bang, Brian Greene, Cosmos Magazine, determinism, fractals, free will, hylemorphism, John Bell, machines, materialism, nature, particles, quantum mechanics, quantum theory, Singularity, UC Berkeley, Werner Heisenberg Is Free Will an Illusion? Michael Egnor July 23, 2018 Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics 5 if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will. Read More ›