Tag: galaxies

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
February 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __featured1, Alex O’Connor, atheists, background theory, Bayesian reasoning, constants, cosmologists, cosmology, E. F. Hutton, Eric Hedin, fine-tuning, fingerprints, Friedrich Schleiermacher, galaxies, God of the gaps, gravity, Hans Halvorson, human centrality, Leonard Susskind, Luke Barnes, multiverse, philosophy of science, physicist, quantum mechanics, scientific reasoning, Sean Carroll, theism, theists, Victor Stenger}

The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers

_{Bruce Gordon
February 13, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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Carroll is a prolific physicist and cosmologist who has been a prominent popularizer of science. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alan H. Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, cosmology, designer substitute, galaxies, general relativity, gravity, hydrogen, Isaac Newton, mathematics, Michael G Strauss, mind, natural laws, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Planck time, quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, Singularity, stars, universe}

Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

_{Eric Hedin
January 26, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

6}

To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›

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Author
Aaron Zimmer

Date
May 8, 2025

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, electron, fine-tuning, galaxies, intelligent cause, life, molecules, multiverse, natural constants, planets, scientists, stars, universe}

The Purpose of Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Aaron Zimmer
May 8, 2025

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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True, without fine-tuning there would be no life, but that’s only because life depends on everything else, like atoms and stars. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Aristotle, atoms, behaviorism, Benjamin Libet, brain, breathing, conception, consciousness, eliminative materialism, galaxies, glaciers, heartbeat, hydranencephaly, identity theory, Justine Sergent, machine, molecules, neurons, neuroscience, perception, planets, pseudoscience, René Descartes, Roger Sperry, Scientific American, soul, trees, Werner Heisenberg, Wilder Penfield, Yair Pinto}

Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

8}

If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, cosmic rays, cosmos, dark matter, Energy, foresight, galaxies, Geraint Lewis, intelligent design, junk DNA, Luke Barnes, Milky Way, particles, photons, planets, predictions, proton, purpose, radiation, science fiction, spaceships, stars, universe}

Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

_{Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

7}

Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", atoms, galaxies, intelligence, intelligent cause, life, molecules, multiverse, mystery, natural constants, physicists, Physics to God, planets, Richard Feynman, scientific knowledge, stars, universe}

Fine-Tuning Is the Solution to the Mystery of the Constants

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 21, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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In his discussion of the constants in 1985, physicist Richard Feynman described the great challenge and mystery the constants pose to a final theory, Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, galaxies, gravity, intelligent cause, intelligent design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, William Lane Craig}

Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 16, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

4}

At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 14, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, children, earth, electromagnetic force, family, galaxies, helium, humans, hydrogen, life, natural forces, organisms, parents, photons, planets, stars, strong nuclear force, universe, weak nuclear force}

What Can We Infer About the Source of Life?

_{Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

If I may, I would submit that a familial relationship exists between the author of life and what has been made. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 6, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, cosmos, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, galaxies, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Privileged Species, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of the Cell, William A. Dembski}

From Galaxies to Atoms, a Vast Web of Fitness for Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 6, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

“The miracle of the cell completes the overall fitness paradigm that unites galaxies with atoms in a vast web of fitness for life.” Read More ›

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Author
Jean-Pierre Luminet

Date
May 7, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, astronomers, Baruch Spinoza, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, Georges Lemaître, German, quantum mechanics, static universe}

When Einstein Met Lemaître

_{Jean-Pierre Luminet
May 7, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

9}

Einstein’s response shows the same unwillingness to change his position: he accepted the mathematics, but not a physically expanding universe. Read More ›