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Fine tuning

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 3, 2019
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Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Are the “redundant” particles of the universe evidence of fine-tuning?

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2019
Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
Rob Sheldon: Despite McMaster U. thinking this odd, and believing (hoping?) for a failure of the Standard Model, I see this as a necessary means of storing the information in the hot Big Bang, and demonstrating the ultimate fine-tuning of the cosmos. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 15, 2019
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Science
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What elements of fine-tuning of our universe (vs. the multiverse) would pass this test of science truth?

Denyse O'Leary
July 15, 2019
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Science
Ethan Siegel: Even the most successful scientific theories imaginable will, by their very nature, have a limited range of validity. But we can theorize whatever we like, and when a new theory meets the following three criteria... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 1, 2019
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Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Is finding extraterrestrial life inevitable and does it prove the existence of God?

Denyse O'Leary
July 1, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Hugh Ross: The discovery of life in another planetary system would indicate another instance of such divine intervention, meaning our universe would contain not just one origin-of-life miracle, but two. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 17, 2019
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: Toxic gases would slow emergence of life on exoplanets

Denyse O'Leary
June 17, 2019
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
Researchers: The habitable zone for complex life around many stars could be much smaller than previously thought once the concentrations of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide on planets is considered. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 15, 2019
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse
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Logic vs. the multiverse: Gunter Bechly offers some insights

Denyse O'Leary
June 15, 2019
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse
For example, how can we “partition an infinite multiverse so to arrive at the finite probabilities we observe and require (e.g. for quantum mechanics) because in an infinite multiverse everything that can happen happens an infinite (with the same cardinality) number of times?” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 3, 2019
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Why must fine-tuning be classed as a problem, not just a fact?

Denyse O'Leary
June 3, 2019
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
A good deal of effort goes into explaining away the fine-tuning of our universe and our Earth for life. But note the intellectually disastrous theses that are casually accepted as alternatives. What if we just accepted it? The way we accept the significance of 1/137. Read More ›