Tag: Standard Model

Artistic depiction of many worlds interpretation showing several Earth-like planets across parallel universes

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, Acts of the Apostles, Betteridge’s Law, Born rule, branching, Chiara Marletto, Closer to Truth, David Albert, David Deutsch, David Wallace, decoherence, entanglement, Everettians, formalism, Gedankenwelt, Haag’s theorem, headlines, Hugh Everett, interviews, journalists, many-worlds interpretation, mathematics, Oxford University, particle physics, physics, possibilities, quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, quantum probabilities, quantum theory, qubits, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Rudolf Haag, Standard Model, sufficient reason, thought-world, universal wavefunction}

Searching for a World, Any World, in the Many-Worlds Interpretation

_{Bruce Gordon
August 13, 2026

Mathematics, Physics

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Journalists have a general rule for headlines called “Betteridge’s Law” that seems to apply in this case. Read More ›

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 ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 14, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Bang, Carl Sagan, consensus, cosmology, Cosmos (series), documentary, Neil deGrasse Tyson, origins, PBS, Science and Culture Today, scientists, Standard Model, The Story of Everything, theaters, tickets, universe, worldview}

The Story of the Discovery of the Beginning of All Things

_{Terrell Clemmons
April 14, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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When I talk about worldview, one point I try to hammer on is that “Everything starts with origins.” Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atomic nucleus, Cambridge University, earth, electron, evolutionary process, fundamental forces, fundamental forces (series), gravity, intelligent design, New York City, nutrients, particle physics, physicists, physics, Standard Model, weak force}

The Weak Force: “Most Intricate and Subtle” of All

_{Eric Hedin
December 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Physics

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The existence of the weak force wasn’t even suspected until about a hundred years ago, and now we find that we can’t live without it! Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Carlo Rovelli, dark matter, fine-tuning, Higgs Boson, hype, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Karl Popper, multiverse, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, physicists, physics, quantum gravity, Standard Model, string theory, theoretical physics, Thomas Kuhn}

What Drives All that “New Physics” Hype? Could It Be Fear of Intelligent Design?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Many thinkers are troubled by the massive evidence for fine-tuning of our universe. They want to believe that a multiverse just popped into existence. Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Brian Greene, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, history, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Keas, Michael Ruse, molecular machines, particle physics, Peter Robinson, philosophy of biology, population genetics, punctuated equilibrium, Reductionism, René Thom, science, Science After Babel, Standard Model, Stephen Jay Gould, taxonomy, Tower of Babel, William Dembksi}

New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”

_{Science & Culture
June 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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"Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Adam Frank, Bernardo Kastrup, Big Think, Bruce Greyson, Chronicle of Higher Education, Closer to Truth, consciousness, David Chalmers, death, hard problem of consciousness, life after death, moral choice, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, npr, Scientific American, Standard Model}

Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Read More ›

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Date
August 22, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, fluctuations, gravitational waves, infinity, James Webb Space Telescope, Princeton University, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, universe}

Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

_{Science & Culture
August 22, 2022

Cosmology, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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The recent flutter over whether the James Webb Space Telescope’s data stream is a plus or a minus for the Big Bang raised interesting cosmological issues. Read More ›

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Date
August 18, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, astronomers, astrophysicists, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, galaxies, Georges Lemaître, James Webb Space Telescope, London, Paul Steinhardt, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, Yale University}

Does the James Webb Space Telescope Show that the Big Bang Didn’t Happen?

_{Science & Culture
August 18, 2022

Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics

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The unexpected new data coming back from the telescope are inspiring panic among astronomers. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 17, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, computer simulation, computers, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, Eugene Wigner, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, National Review, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, particle physics, phylogeny, Standard Model, Star Trek}

“Simulation Hypothesis” and Star Trek — Intelligent Design by Another Name

_{Casey Luskin
February 17, 2021

Physical Sciences

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The universe may be intelligently designed and yet not be a simulation. The theory of intelligent design does not rise or fall with the simulation hypothesis. Read More ›