55270825152-a1118117db-o-2 Type post Author Eric Hedin Date June 11, 2026 CategoriesCosmologyPhysics Tagged , atoms, Battle of the Big Bang, beginning, black hole, conformal cyclic cosmology, earth, egg cell, Ethan Siegel, experts, faith and science, first cells, Hebrews, intelligent design, John Wheeler, Lee Smolin, Nobel Prize, physicists, physics, Planck era, Roger Penrose, Singularity, tachyonic physics, The Road to Reality, theism, universe, Wikipedia When the Experts Disagree on the Origin of the Universe… Eric Hedin June 11, 2026 Cosmology, Physics 5 As with life, the beginning of our universe entailed special conditions, not only of the laws of physics, but also of the arrangement of its component atoms. Read More ›
universe Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date June 17, 2025 CategoriesFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Annaka Harris, brains, Carlo Rovelli, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminative materialism, Four Horsemen, idealism, illusion, Lee Smolin, materialists, New Atheists, octopus, panpsychism, quantum mechanics, Sam Harris, self, universe A Conscious Universe? Denyse O’Leary June 17, 2025 Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 6 Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail. Read More ›
black hole Type post Author Guillermo Gonzalez Date September 12, 2024 CategoriesCosmologyIntelligent DesignPhysical SciencesTechnology Tagged , Anthropic Principle, black holes, cosmogony, elements, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, intelligent life, Jay Richards, Lee Smolin, life, planets, scientific discovery, silicon, stars, The Privileged Planet, universes Were We Made to Make Black Holes? Guillermo Gonzalez September 12, 2024 Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology 9 I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Read More ›
moon Type post Author Elie Feder Date August 19, 2024 CategoriesFine-tuningIntelligent DesignPhysical Sciences Tagged , chance, design, intelligent agents, Lee Smolin, multiverse, physical constants, physicists, probabilities, universe, William Lane Craig Examining the Fine-Tuning Argument by Elimination Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer August 19, 2024 Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences 4 In his article “Has the Multiverse Replaced God?” William Lane Craig presents the fine-tuning argument using the process of elimination. Read More ›
Jupiter Type post Author Michael Egnor Date February 28, 2018 CategoriesFaith & SciencePhilosophyPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , __k-review, Aeon, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, electrons, evil, existence, general relativity, goodness, gravity, Immanuel Kant, Lee Smolin, mind, nature, Phillip Goff, soul, strong nuclear force, universe The Universe Reflects a Mind Michael Egnor February 28, 2018 Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics 7 Philosopher Phillip Goff is, intriguingly, on the right track but he errs in his subsequent inference to cosmopsychism. Read More ›
Infinity Room Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 22, 2017 CategoriesCosmologyFine-tuningPhysical Sciences Tagged , __edited, Ethan Siegel, ether, John Horgan, Joseph Carter, Lee Smolin, Michael Egnor, multiverse, natural selection, Paul Steinhardt, Peter Woit, phlogiston, post-modernism The Multiverse Is Science’s Assisted Suicide Denyse O’Leary August 22, 2017 Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences 7 Cosmologists sense the problem and strive to rescue their multiverse from the nagging demands for evidence. Read More ›
