Tag: quantum effects

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Abhay Ashtekar, Aron Wall, beginning, Big Bang, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, bounce, conformal cyclic cosmology, cosmic aeons, cosmic inflation, cosmology, cyclic cosmologies, entropy, flatness problem, geodesics, gravity, horizon problem, Kinney-Stein proof, Kinney-Stein result, loop quantum cosmology, Martin Bojowald, mechanism, Mithani-Vilenkin instability, Mithani-Vilenkin instability proof, Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems, quantum effects, quantum singularity theorem, quantum-geometric bounce, Roger Penrose, Second Law of Thermodynamics, singularity theorems, Tolman entropy problem, universe}

Past-Eternal Loop Quantum Cosmology Gets the Bounce

_{Bruce Gordon
May 28, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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Oscillating universes have been discussed in philosophy from time immemorial and in mathematical cosmology for over one hundred years. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 20, 2026

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Tagged
, Alexandria, artificial general intelligence, artificial superintelligence, batteries, Brownshirts, Caltech, competition, Elliot Pryce, engineering, experience machine, family, fans, fiction, fidelity, general intelligence, governments, Gustav Mahler, human beings, humans, intelligences, language, light, machine life, Maine, marriage, Mars, metaphysics, Palo Alto, perpetual light, processors, quantum effects, retirement, Robert Nozick, robots, Science and Culture Today, self-preservation, superintelligence, technology, The Battering Company, theorems, University of Texas}

Requiem for an Artificial Superintelligence

_{William A. Dembski
March 20, 2026

Arts, Computational Sciences, Ethics

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On the morning of his upload, he signed transfer papers, redundancy protocols, continuity covenants, and one handwritten page that no lawyer saw. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, asteroids, coincidences, comets, earth, fine-tuning, geocentric model, Golden Ratio, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, kinetic energy, Mars, Mercury, moons, NASA, physics, planets, quantum effects, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, Venus}

Geometric Design in the Solar System

_{Eric Hedin
August 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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My favorite example of such geometric design arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, atoms, Canceled Science, electromagnetic radiation, Energy, Genesis, Gospel of John, helium, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, intention, matter, Max Planck, mind, Niels Bohr, nuclear fusion, particles, Planck’s constant, protons, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, sun, universe}

Thank God for Quantum Mechanics

_{Eric Hedin
May 11, 2023

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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An example of how quantum effects permit life as we know it operates in the nuclear furnace of the Sun. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 3, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, Eugene Wigner, humans, Integrated information theory, John von Neumann, panpsychism, quantum effects, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Sabine Hossenfelder, Taking on Consciousness, Tackles Panpsychism

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 3, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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She wants to apologize to all carrots who are watching her video — but carrots are not watching and that’s the point. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 27, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, consciousness, Eugene Wigner, human mind, laws of nature, materialism, philosophers, photon, physical world, physicists, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Apart from Non-Material Consciousness, Science Is Impossible

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 27, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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Whether and how we choose to measure something has a big impact, which makers consciousness very difficult to just explain away. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Canada, consciousness, Eugene Wigner, goats, John Bell, John von Neumann, Nigeria, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, termites}

Quantum Physics Axed Materialism. Many Hope the World Won’t Know

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder struggles to explain how quantum mechanics is consistent with materialism. Read More ›