Tag: general relativity

Two dice bouncing with sparks. Concept for probability and random choice. Casino gambling and gaming.

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
May 19, 2026

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __trending, Anthony Aguirre, Battle of the Big Bang, beans, Caltech, Christopher Hitchcock, cosmos, Daniel Díaz-Pachón, debates, dice, dimensional analysis, fine-tuning, Frank Wilczek, Fred Adams, general relativity, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, normalizability, Ola Hössjer, parameter space, Phil Halper, physics, Planck scale, posterior probability, prior probability, probability, Robert Marks, Robin Collins, Standard Model, Stephen Meyer, theism}

Halper and Meyer on Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Bruce Gordon
May 19, 2026

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Phil Halper has argued against a position that no one holds, and his argument as a whole lays claim to the very capacity his objection denies. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 30, 2026

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mathematician’s View of Evolution, Albert Einstein, Albuquerque, best seller, Big Bang, David Berlinski, DNA, Energy, Eric Esau, Fathom Entertainment, fine-tuning, fundamental forces, general relativity, helium, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, James Tour, john lennox, living cell, materialism, matter, Michael Behe, Michael Kent, New York Times, Peter Thiel, physics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sandia Laboratories, scientific discoveries, Secrets of the Cell with Michael Behe, space, stars, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, universe}

New Movie Reveals the “Hidden Hand Behind Our Universe”

_{Granville Sewell
March 30, 2026

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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A great deal of evidence indicates that the universe (space, time, matter, and energy) came into existence from nothing about 14 billion years ago. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 27, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, church, compassion, contradictions, electrons, Elizabeth Urbanowicz, emotional intelligence, Energy, faith and science, general relativity, graduate students, light, Mass, quantum mechanics, Scripture, sensitivity, space, stars, students, Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design, tensions, undergraduates, understanding, Young Earth Creationism}

Brian Miller on Emotional Intelligence in Science, Scientific Tensions, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
March 27, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The context is when students with a religious background enter the sciences at the undergraduate or graduate level. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
March 17, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, assumptions, background information, Bayes factor, Bayes’s theorem, Bayesian confirmation theory, Bayesian reasoning, Clark Glymour, confidence, denominators, Dutch book argument, epistemic probabilities, evidence, fine-tuning, fine-tuning argument, general relativity, General Theory of Relativity, hypothesis, likelihood, likelihood ratio, marginal probability, mental state, Mercury, naturalism, Nevin Climenhaga, normalization factor, panpsychism, pantheism, posterior probability, prior probability, probabilities, psychological states, Sean Carroll, subjectivism, subjectivist Bayesianism, The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers (series), theism, universe}

Bayesian Methodology and the Fine-Tuning Argument

_{Bruce Gordon
March 17, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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To use Clark Glymour’s example, Einstein's general theory of relativity explained the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion. 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

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

Abstract image representing quantum mechanics and the mysterious world of subatomic particles, quantum, mechanics, physics

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, conspiracy theory, Eric Weinstein, general relativity, governments, Johns Hopkins University, Leonard Susskind, physical world, physics, Piers Morgan, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, taxpayers, theoretical physicists, Wall Street Journal, YouTubers}

“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 15, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anselm, atheism, Big Bang, Edward Feser, general relativity, ignorance, intelligent design, Ontological Argument, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas}

God Hypothesis: In Defense of Stephen Meyer’s Book Title

_{Michael Egnor
December 5, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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What Dr. Meyer did was enter the atheist camp, take up their flawed tools, and defeat them with their own weapons. Read More ›

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Date
October 23, 2022

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, general relativity, Nancy Cartwright, pop psychology, social psychology, Texas, University of Durham}

Can Physics Account for Our Whole Reality?

_{Science & Culture
October 23, 2022

Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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Mathematician turned philosopher Nancy Cartwright says no; reality is ultimately too complex for that. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Bernardo Kastrup, birds, cephalopods, Christianity, consciousness, dreaming, general relativity, gravitational waves, humans, intelligent design, Judaism, mammals, mental states, Michael Egnor, neocortex, protists, rapid eye movement, spiders, Thomistic philosophy}

Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor

_{Günter Bechly
August 12, 2022

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders. Read More ›

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Date
April 2, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, brain, consciousness, David Papineau, general relativity, materialism, neuroscience, New Scientist, panpsychism, Philip Goff, physicalism, physicists}

A Sympathetic Account of Panpsychism

_{Science & Culture
April 2, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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“Modern physics was founded on the separation of mind and matter.” Indeed, it was. And if that doesn’t work, materialism is dead. Read More ›