Tag: Ethan Siegel

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 13, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, animal species, astrophysicists, awareness, Dogs, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, Ethan Siegel, human mind, inner states, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, physical reality, physics, sentience, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Nagel}

What (If Anything) Physics Can Say About Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 13, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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What about objects? If we want to argue that they have consciousness too, we need to define the term differently from the experiential way we usually do. 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, blackbody spectrum, consciousness, Ethan Siegel, fine-tuning, gravitation, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, intelligent life, life, materialists, microwave background radiation, miracle, naturalism, neutrons, nuclear fusion, physics, protons, re-ionization, 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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, americans, authoritarianism, conformity, COVID-19, crime, drunk driving, Ethan Siegel, expertise, freedom, hospitals, hubris, humility, ideology, lockdowns, military, punishment, schools, security, Supreme Court, vaccine mandates, Vaccines}

Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 3, 2025

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 29, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anna Ijjas, beginning, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, Charlotte Hsu, Ethan Siegel, God Hypothesis, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Nina Stein, Null Energy Condition, Paul Steinhardt, Phys.org, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Penrose, spacetime, Stephen Meyer, theism, University of Buffalo, Will Kinney}

#4 Story of 2022: Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning

_{Brian Miller
December 29, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
Tagged
, Big Think, carbon, decoherence, electric fields, electrons, Energy, Ethan Siegel, fields, graphene, Lawrence Krauss, matter, particle physics, particles, photon, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, universe}

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Sells “Something from Nothing”: I’m Not Buying

_{Rob Sheldon
September 19, 2022

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science

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In order to push this, he has to make some pretty big changes to our normal dictionary definition of what "nothing" means. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 9, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anna Ijjas, beginning, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, Charlotte Hsu, Ethan Siegel, God Hypothesis, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Nina Stein, Null Energy Condition, Paul Steinhardt, Phys.org, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Penrose, spacetime, Stephen Meyer, theism, University of Buffalo, Will Kinney}

Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning, a Key Argument in Meyer’s God Hypothesis

_{Brian Miller
August 9, 2022

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Read More ›

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Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Adam Frank, astrophysicists, Big Think, cosmic inflation, dark matter, Ethan Siegel, general relativity, multiverse, quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, universe}

Astrophysicists Battle over Whether the Multiverse Must Exist

_{Science and Culture
March 11, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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"If cosmic inflation and quantum field theory are both correct, then the Multiverse arises as an inevitable consequence of the two." 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 19, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alan Guth, Big Bang, causal set cosmology, entropy, Ethan Siegel, intelligent design, NASA, Paul Sutter, Pluto, Stephen Meyer, Stony Brook University, universe}

Attempt to Explain Away the Beginning of the Universe Fails to Distinguish Imagination from Reality

_{Brian Miller
October 19, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Here I will address another desperate attempt to avoid a cosmic beginning, this one by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. 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 ›