two-dice-bouncing-with-sparks-concept-for-probability-and-ra-746986118-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Bruce Gordon Date May 19, 2026 CategoriesFine-tuningIntelligent DesignPhysics 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 15 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 ›
NorthpoleofMercury--NASA Type post Author Bruce Gordon Date March 17, 2026 CategoriesCosmologyFaith & SciencePhilosophy 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 17 To use Clark Glymour’s example, Einstein's general theory of relativity explained the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion. Read More ›
