Tag: string theory

Study of quantum energy physics model of molecules and nuclear energy 3d rendering

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Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __trending, academic research, affiliation, cancel culture, conspiracy theorists, David Lindley, Eric Weinstein, Germany, Joe Rogan, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, language, paper mill, physics, Piers Morgan, pseudocience, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, Team Cancel, tone policing, Wall Street Journal}

For Criticizing Her Field, Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Canceled by Her Institution

_{Science and Culture
September 17, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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Her parting words: “A lot of research [in] the foundations of physics is now pseudocience. It hasn't followed the scientific method for decades.” Read More ›

Abstract image representing quantum mechanics and the mysterious world of subatomic particles, quantum, mechanics, physics

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, conspiracy theory, Daniel Kagan Kans, Eric Weinstein, general relativity, governments, Johns Hopkins University, Leonard Susskind, physical world, physics, Piers Morgan, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, taxpayers, theoretical physicists, tinfoil hat, Wall Street Journal, YouTubers}

“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 15, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

7}

If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, black hole, conundrums, designed universe, Elie Feder, mind, multiverse, Niayesh Afshordi, Paul Sutter, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, quantum particles, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Singularity, Stony Brook University, string theory, uncertainty, universe}

The Very “Nature of the Universe” Puzzles Physicists

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 27, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The more physicists know about the universe, the larger loom some questions about ultimate realities. 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

5}

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
September 14, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, ballet, Copenhagen interpretation, cosmic inflation, elementary particles, Elon Musk, eternal inflation, fluctuations, James Webb Space Telescope, many-worlds hypothesis, multiverse, Nobel Prize, physicists, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, science and religion, string theory, universe}

Is the Multiverse Science or Religion?

_{Science and Culture
September 14, 2022

Cosmology, Physics

4}

Or pseudoscience? A no-nonsense theoretical physicist reveals a gift for comedy as she tries to explain theories that place no constraints on what can happen. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 2, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Alan Guth, Alan Sandage, Alexander Vilenkin, Arthur Eddington, Arvind Borde, beginning, Big Bang, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem, creation, Fred Hoyle, Hermann Bondi, intelligent design, law of gravity, Lawrence Krauss, Paul Steinhardt, Robert Jastrow, Stephen Hawking, string theory, universe}

Efforts to Resist the Big Bang and Its Implications for Cosmic Design

_{Brian Miller
March 2, 2022

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

10}

Unsurprisingly, many academics have attempted to overturn the conclusion of a beginning through the most creative of means. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 29, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, artists, Asa Gray, atheism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creativity, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, Eric Metaxas, evolution, evolutionary theory, Hannah Arendt, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Jonah Goldberg, Jordan Peterson, materialists, Michael Flannery, multiverse, Percy Shelley, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, string theory, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, William Graham}

An Artist Examines Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 29, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

We may dispute what Darwin felt or thought in the privacy of his study — but the bulk of his writings fall clearly into advocating for one perspective: naturalism. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, A Fortunate Universe, Al Gore, Big Science, bombing, Cambridge University, Christianity, climate change, Frank Tipler, Freeman Dyson, Gifford lectures, Institute for Advanced Study, intelligent design, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jacques Monod, Nobel Prize, pantheism, physicists, Politics, quantum mechanics, religion, Scotland, space travel, string theory, Templeton Prize, theology, Trinity College, universe, war, William Happer, World War II}

Freeman Dyson: The Passing of an Iconoclastic Physicist

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

6}

Dyson was careful to take an open-minded approach: not fully endorsing design, yet not rejecting it either. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, "leap of faith", Brian Keating, cosmic fine-tuning, improbability, intelligent design, Jay Richards, life, multiverse, parallel universes, PragerU, specification, Stephen Meyer, string theory, theism, UC San Diego}

Multiple Problems with the Multiverse

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2018

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

In a new PragerU video, this is quite a strong statement from UC San Diego physicist Brian Keating. 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

7}

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