Tag: Max Tegmark

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 3, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, asymmetry, Brian Miller, Ellie Feder, ID the Future, intelligent cause, laws of nature, math, Mathematical Universe Hypothesis, mathematics, Max Tegmark, multiverse, physics, Physics to God, podcasts, Science Uprising, selection, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2025

Cosmology, Physics

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According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 3, 2025

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, cosmic fine-tuning, electrons, Elie Feder, fine-tuning, fundamental constants, gravitation, gravitational constant, gravity, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, laws of nature, life, lottery, mathematical existence, Max Tegmark, meta-measure problem, nucleus, orbitals, physical existence, physics, Physics to God, Schrödinger’s equation, Simple Universe Premise, social security number, superintellect, Theory of Everything, Typical Universe Premise, universe}

Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

_{Brian Miller
December 3, 2025

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, Brian Miller, cellular structures, computer scientists, Daniel Witt, David Deutsch, DNA, Eric Hedin, Evolution News, George F. R. Ellis, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, information, Jay Richards, Jonathan Wells, life, mathematical biology, mathematicians, Max Tegmark, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, mind, organisms, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, Platonism, Roger Penrose, The Immortal Mind, time and space, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

_{David Klinghoffer
June 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
February 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

_{Daniel Witt
February 28, 2025

Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, Christof Koch, consciousness, Dogs, Duke University, hard problem of consciousness, Max Tegmark, MIT, neuroscience, New York City, Paul D. MacLean, triune brain theory, Yale University}

Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center, ChatGPT, Discovery Institute, Max Tegmark, MIT, Robert J. Marks II}

Robert J. Marks Pours Cold Water on ChatGPT Hype

_{Science and Culture
February 25, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

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Are you tired of hearing about ChatGPT yet — "basically high-tech plagiarism," as Noam Chomsky has said? 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, Marvin Minsky, 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

14}

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

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Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, artificial intelligence, C.S. Lewis, Dan Brown, future, Hesiod, history, ID the Future, john lennox, Max Tegmark, MIT, mythology, Oxford University, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, science fiction, theology, transhumanism}

Oxford Mathematician John Lennox Reviews AI Predictions Through the Ages

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

1}

With Robert J. Marks, Dr. Lennox discusses AI’s cousin, transhumanism, its surprising history, and its potentially very dark future. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 28, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, Daniel Dennett, Donald Hoffman, evidence, Francis Crick, Giulio Tonioni, Hedda Hassel Mørch, John Searle, Max Tegmark, mind, neuroscience, panpsychism, Patricia Churchland, post-modern, Roger Penrose, science, Sean Carroll, Steven Novella}

Post-Modern Science: The Illusion of Consciousness Sees Through Itself

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 28, 2017

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind

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“It’s quite plausible” is treated as equivalent to evidence, eliding the question of how exactly we come to “consciously believe” anything. Read More ›