Tag: Martin Rees

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
, 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 ›

Conceptual art journey to dream. Step into another world, Inside of brain, fantasy, escape from life concept. Made with Generative AI

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Big Bang, books, brain, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Murray, classical music, consciousness, Dan Brown, Darwin on Trial, Darwin’s Black Box, death, Denyse O’Leary, dreams, fiction, genome, Gospels, immaterial genome, immaterial reality, Jeremy England, Larry Sanger, Martin Rees, materialism, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, New Testament, Plato, Plato’s Revenge, Prague, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholics, soul, Stephen Meyer, Taking Religion Seriously, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, universe, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia}

From Charles Murray to Dan Brown, the Culture Is Maturing Toward the Immortal Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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The existence of an immaterial reality, a soul, or a genome, is a concept that has been bubbling up, independently, across a range of minds. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, atheism, Avi Loeb, Darwin-skeptics, Dave Farina, David Berlinski, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, enzymes, evolution, Ian Tattersall, Inference (journal), James Shapiro, James Tour, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Jeremy England, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Cronin, Martin Rees, Noam Chomsky, polymers, polynucleotides, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Richard Dawkins, RNA, specified information, The Workhorse of the Cell}

James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

_{Casey Luskin
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Read More ›

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Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, Big Think, Elon Musk, Marcelo Gleiser, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Oxford University, simulation, simulation theory}

Physicist: Why the “Alien Simulation” Hypothesis Is Bunk

_{Science & Culture
July 11, 2022

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

4}

Assuming that the regression does not continue endlessly, only the First Simulator is real. But then, why do any simulators even bother? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Behe, Bradley Monton, Bruce Chapman, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Elon Musk, ENCODE, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Jay Richards, John West, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Paul Nelson, PhD, Professor Dave, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, theocracy, Thomas Nagel, William A. Dembski, William Shakespeare}

Yawn: Atheist YouTuber “Professor Dave” Rants about Intelligent Design

_{Günter Bechly
May 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In the end, Farina’s potshots against intelligent design and Discovery Institute completely miss their targets. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 12, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Cambridge University, chess, Darwinism, intelligent design, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John West, Martin Rees, SETI, Stephen Hawking, The Magician's Twin, Voyager spacecraft}

C. S. Lewis Unmasks the Pretensions of SETI

_{David Coppedge
April 12, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

8}

How can METI / SETI advocates repudiate intelligent design while depending on the design inference for their work? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Against the Tide, Albert Einstein, atheism, Cambridge University, Carl Sagan, Cornell University, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, debates, Evolution News, experts, faith, German, Harvard University, john lennox, Martin Rees, mathematician, Oxford University, prestige, Richard Dawkins, science, scientists, Yale University}

Against the Tide: When Scientists Stray from Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2020

Philosophy, Physical Sciences

5}

Lennox: "Stephen Hawking was a brilliant mathematician and a genius. But he had no idea about philosophy." 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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 5, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Columbia University, Darwinism, Higgs Boson, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Occam's Razor, Peter Woit, science}

Cosmology Is Naturalism’s Playground. But Does the Fun Mask a Science Decline?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 5, 2017

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Science

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Cosmology has become an art form. Stylish essays are decked out with a very brief skirt of science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 21, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, aliens, astronomer, chess, Darwinism, intelligent design, John Gribbin, Kepler, Martin Rees, Richard Dawkins, The Privileged Planet}

A Privileged Planet — with Space Aliens

_{David Klinghoffer
December 21, 2011

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Cosmologist John Gribbin cleverly inoculates himself against any suspicion -- which would naturally come up given his thesis -- of harboring thoughts of intelligent design. Read More ›