Infinite Universe – Uncommon Descent

No Big Bang – Universe Always Was

Thought it all started with a big bang? Well, not so fast. If a new theory turns out to be true, the universe may not have started with a bang. In the new formulation, the universe has never been a singularity, nor an infinitely small and infinitely dense point of matter. In fact, the universe Read More…

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The Effect of Infinite Probabilistic Resources on ID and Science (Part 1)

If the infinite universe critique holds, then not only does it undermine ID, but every huckster, conman, and scam artist will have a field day.

Origenes @100 Mo A (subjective) opinion, like to say a painting is beautiful, is chosen, and expresses what it is that... – Is there such a thing as...
johnnyb "why does the humble onion have one five times the size of that of the much larger and more complex... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
mohammadnursyamsu For religious people to promote objective morality, is a big lie. People always have problems with subjectivity, they do not... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus PS: One stunt is to pretend that there is one objective moral trut;, that there are no objective moral truths.... – Is there such a thing as...
Fasteddious It is troubling to hear that MIT, that bastion of all thing STEM, is more woke than Princeton. – Here’s more on Canceled prof Dorian...
kairosfocus Sandy, yes, that is why ordinary people need sound anchoring and need to be ever vigilant about would be usurpers... – Is there such a thing as...
Fasteddious I have a problem with the inflationary multiverse. As I understand it, the supposed inflation field spits out bubble universes... – Physicist Brian Miller reflects on claims...
kairosfocus PS: Locke: [2nd Treatise on Civil Gov't, Ch 2 sec. 5:] . . . if I cannot but wish to... – Is there such a thing as...
Sandy The subjectivism, relativism and emotivism such fallacies support have failed on the merits. Which does not prevent them from being... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus ET, at core level, duty to neighbour enfolds the decalogue; but it lays out an approach that allows the willing... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus PS: We duly note the continued side-stepping of the establishment of the point that even objectors to the first duties... – Is there such a thing as...
Fasteddious Sorry, but the second syllogism is wrong: - If there is no god, then all things are permitted. - All... – Laszlo Bencze responds to the view...
Fasteddious Of course there are fossil minds; those are the ones who believe in materialistic, Darwinian evolution. – At Mind Matters News: There is...
kairosfocus JVL, you have studiously avoided the response to your shopping list of distractors approach. For the record: 71: >>you [by... – Is there such a thing as...
martin_r Seversky , you missed the point (again) Think about this one: Odd, isn’t it, that ancient invading viruses would turn... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
Sandy should women be allowed to vote? You are naive or evil . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rtxG93cPlus Ummm . . . are you saying... – Is there such a thing as...
Sandy If 100% of genomes are fully functional then why The ignorance of evolutionary biologists was proven by their fall into... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
jerry If 100% of genomes are fully functional then why does the humble onion have one five times the size of... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
JVL ET: The 10 Commandments is a good place to start for objective morality. It's a start but it leaves a... – Is there such a thing as...
Seversky If 100% of genomes are fully functional then why does the humble onion have one five times the size of... – Here’s a lay-friendly explanation of the...
Querius What I don't understand is how a quantum gravity (if it even exists) could exist outside of space and time,... – Physicist Brian Miller reflects on claims...