Tag: Standard Model

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, antielectron, atomic nucleus, beta decay, bosons, Cambridge University, Chien-Shiung Wu, Darwinian selection, David Tong, down quark, earth, electron, evolutionary process, fundamental forces, fundamental forces (series), gravity, Higgs field, intelligent design, neutrino, New York City, nutrients, parity violation, particle physics, physicists, physics, radioactivity, Standard Model, up quark, 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
, Aix–Marseille University, Carlo Rovelli, dark matter, fine-tuning, Higgs Boson, hype, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Karl Popper, multiverse, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, physicists, physics, quantum gravity, science philosophers, 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, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 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 and Culture
June 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

5}

"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, Big Crunch, Brian Koberlein, cosmic inflation, fluctuations, gravitational waves, infinity, James Webb Space Telescope, Paul J. Steinhardt, Princeton University, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, universe}

Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

_{Science and Culture
August 22, 2022

Cosmology, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

5}

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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post

Date
August 18, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, astronomers, astrophysicists, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, galaxies, Georges Lemaître, James Webb Space Telescope, London, Lost in Math, Paul Steinhardt, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, The Big Bang Never Happened, University of Kansas, Yale University}

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

_{Science and Culture
August 18, 2022

Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics

4}

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, Mr. Spock, 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

8}

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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 1, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __nedited, Abraham Loeb, Alan Guth, Anna Ijjas, Big Bang, Cosmic Background Radiation, cosmic inflation, fine-tuning, Imre Lakatos, Lawrence Krauss, multiverse, nature, Paul J. Steinhardt, Rob Sheldon, Sean Carroll, Standard Model, Stephen Hawking, string theory}

Cosmic Inflation Theory Loses Hangups About Scientific Method

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 1, 2017

Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Metaphysics

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Science writer Dennis Overbye calls the inflation controversy a crisis in cosmology. But maybe it is more of a crossroads. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 14, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Higgs Boson, Natalie Wolchover, Principle of Mediocrity, Standard Model, Wayne Rossiter}

What Becomes of Science When the Evidence Does Not Matter?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 14, 2017

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Fine-tuning of the universe is so unpleasant a subject for materialists that it cannot really become a controversy. Read More ›