Tag: Goldilocks

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Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physics
Tagged
, biology, chemistry, comets, documentaries, Eric Esau, evidence, faith and science, fine-tuning, Fred Hoyle, galaxy, Goldilocks, Isaac Newton, movies, New York Times, Oxford University, physical laws, physical parameters, physics, planets, Return of the God Hypothesis, simulation theory, Stephen Meyer, sun, The Story of Everything, tickets, Timothy McGrew, Tulane University, UC San Diego, universe, University of Pittsburgh}

A Goldilocks Universe, Designed for Us: New Film in Theaters on April 30

_{Science & Culture
March 18, 2026

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physics

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As philosopher Timothy McGrew puts it, we live in a universe “bearing everywhere the fingerprints of its Creator.” Read More ›

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post

Date
December 12, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, Durham University, goal-directedness, Goldilocks, historians, multiverse, particles, Philip Goff, thought, universe}

Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Science & Culture
December 12, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
November 27, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, carbon, cosmic inflation, Durham University, elements, Goldilocks, information theory, intelligent design, multiverse, Phillip Goff, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, universe}

A Philosopher Rejects the Multiverse but Embraces Mythology

_{Eric Hedin
November 27, 2023

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

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Ascribing sentience or cosmic purpose to forces or the particles on which they act is to step out of the realm of science into the realm of myth-making. Read More ›

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
December 14, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, advanced life, aliens, astronomers, atheism, bacteria, Bible, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), cosmic microwave background radiation, creation, deaths, faith, galaxies, Goldilocks, history, human genome, hydrogen, Ivy League, Joseph Stalin, miracles, surface tension, theoretical physics, universe}

A Miraculous Existence

_{Marvin Olasky
December 14, 2022

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

4}

Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›

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Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, book reviews, books, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, George W. Bush, Goldilocks, intelligent design, Marvin Olasky, New York City, public policy, science, Steve Buri, Virginia, World Magazine}

Marvin Olasky Joins Discovery Institute as New Senior Fellow

_{Science & Culture
February 28, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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“I’ve long admired Discovery’s courageous work on intelligent design,” said Olasky. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, chemists, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, Goldilocks, Harvard University, heat, hydrothermal vents, James Tour, Jeffrey Bada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John Sutherland, Lawrence Krauss, monomers, Nature (journal), nucleotides, Peter Ward, polymers, RNA, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, UV radiation, water}

Nature Article Admits Unanswered Origin-of-Life Questions, Exposing Broken Promises of ID Critics

_{Casey Luskin
February 15, 2021

Evolution, Origin of Life

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In 2016, physicist Lawrence Krauss promised, “We’re coming very close” to explaining the origin of life via chemical evolutionary models. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cells, cellulose, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, Goldilocks, humans, leaves, lignin, metallurgy, parsimony, photosynthesis, surface tension, water, wood}

Nature’s Magic and Its Breathtaking Parsimony

_{Michael Denton
August 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Without this ensemble of fitness in nature, there would be no wood, no fire, no metallurgy, no modern technology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Carboniferous Period, charcoal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness, Goldilocks, iron, lignin, metallurgy, metals, Nature, oxygen, photosynthesis, physiology, radiation, steam engine, trees, wood}

The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

_{Michael Denton
August 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, combustion, fire, Fire-Maker series, Goldilocks, gravity, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, nitrogen, oxygen, planetary design, respiration}

For Fire, Our Planet Is Just the Right Size

_{Michael Denton
July 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

3}

Self-evidently, the gravity on the surface of a planet limits the maximum size of large terrestrial organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Robert A. Alston

Date
May 26, 2020

Categories
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Alexander Vilenkin, carbon, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmic microwave background radiation, Edwin Hubble, electromagnetism, existence, Fred Hoyle, Georges Lemaître, Geraint Lewis, Goldilocks, gravity, Kalam cosmological argument, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, quantum cosmology, strong nuclear force, universe, weak nuclear force, William Lane Craig}

Book Excerpt: The Big Bang and the Fine-Tuned Universe

_{Robert A. Alston
May 26, 2020

Philosophy, Physical Sciences

9}

What can we infer about the cause of the universe, about what brought it into being? Read More ›