Tag: theoretical physics

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Adam, Anil Seth, animals, Baruch Spinoza, Carlo Rovelli, Charles Darwin, David Chalmers, earth, eliminative materialism, evolution, Genesis, hard problem of consciousness, heavens, humans, inanimate matter, Karl Popper, matters, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, neuroscientists, New York University, Noema, philosophers, soul, theoretical physics, Thomas Kuhn, Tim Bayne}

Prominent Physicist Wishes Away the Hard Problem of Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Recently Carlo Rovelli fell into an all-too-common trap for creative thinkers. He offered an opinion on a subject outside his discipline. 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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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, chemical evolution, Clockwork, complexity, consciousness, Elon Musk, fallacy, Harvard University, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, Lee Cronin, materialism, methodological naturalism, molecular biology, naturalism, Nature (journal), ontology, Oxford University, phase transition, quantum entanglement, Reductionism, Rice University, saltation, scientific method, theoretical physics, Unbelievable, worldview}

A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate

_{Günter Bechly
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Origin of Life

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Under the theory of an unguided process of chemical and biological evolution, should a threshold of complexity, clearly identifying life, be expected? Read More ›

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
December 14, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, advanced life, aliens, astronomers, atheism, bacteria, Bible, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), cosmic microwave background radiation, creation, deaths, faith, galaxies, Goldilocks, history, human genome, hydrogen, Ivy League, Joseph Stalin, miracles, surface tension, theoretical physics, universe}

A Miraculous Existence

_{Marvin Olasky
December 14, 2022

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bernard Carr, Cornell University, electromagnetic force, Harvard University, Higgs Boson, Jews, meaning, MIT, multiverse, New York City, Nobel Prize, particle physics, physicists, Princeton University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theoretical physics, U.C. Berkeley, weak nuclear force}

Farewell to Steven Weinberg, Visionary Physicist Who Appealed to the Multiverse

_{Brian Miller
July 30, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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A sad note in Weinberg’s life was that his philosophical framework prevented him from seeing the design behind the physics he studied. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 26, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, biological origins, Christianity, faith, Genesis, intelligent design, interview, materialism, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific revolution, scientists, Stephen Meyer, theism, theoretical physics, universe, World Magazine, worldview}

Meyer Interview in World Magazine: Big Bang as “the First Effect, the First Event”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 26, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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It had not occurred to me that anyone would see the beginning of the universe as a challenge to their faith, but evidently some do. Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Aristotle, computational biology, Cornelius Hunter, determinism, evidence, free choice, future, ID the Future, illusion, laws of nature, Michael Keas, physicists, Pierre-Simon Laplace, podcast, Sabine Hossenfelder, theoretical physics}

Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”

_{Science & Culture
December 1, 2020

Evolution

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German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, brains, David Hume, determinism, evolution, free will, humans, illusion, knowledge, laws of nature, miracles, particles, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Sabine Hossenfelder, St. Paul, theoretical physics, truth}

Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

_{Cornelius Hunter
October 22, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 16, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Bernard Carr, Earth-like planets, electromagnetic force, electrons, George Ellis, gravity, heavy elements, intelligent design, Luke Barnes, oxygen, Paul Davies, Sabine Hossenfelder, supernova, temperatures, theoretical physics}

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Challenges the Evidence for Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Brian Miller and Stephen C. Meyer
October 16, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Hossenfelder’s strongest argument is that many fine-tuning parameters cannot in fact be quantified. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, data, evidence, god's, materialism, materialists, motivation, multiverse, religion, Sabine Hossenfelder, science, scientists, theoretical physics, universe}

Physicist: “Multiverse Is Religion, Not Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2019

Physical Sciences

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The question she leaves unaddressed is why scientists would choose, despite the absence of evidence, despite the fact that the multiverse is “unobservable by assumption,” to believe in a multiverse. Read More ›