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Paul Sutter

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 29, 2023
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Intelligent Design, Multiverse
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Has string theory really fallen this time?

Denyse O'Leary
January 29, 2023
Intelligent Design, Multiverse
Paul Sutter: "They argue that all possible configurations of compact dimensions are realized, each one with its own unique universe and set of physical laws, and we happen to live in this one because life would be impossible in most or all of the others. That’s not the strongest argument to come out of physics, but I’ll save a dissection of the idea for another day." Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
December 19, 2022
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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At Astronomy.com: The universe may be more unstable than you think

Eric Hedin
December 19, 2022
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
So, physics researchers have found more fine-tuning: yet another feature of our universe upon which our entire existence is contingent. When combined with the many other fine-tuned parameters of physics necessary for life to exist, we have growing reason to doubt that "luck" is the explanation. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 29, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Science
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At UnDark: Is risk aversion ruining science?

Denyse O'Leary
April 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Science
Sutter: I’ve met many junior scientists who were given similar advice, and senior scientists — now that I number among their ranks — confide that their top priority is in achieving deltas: a physics jargon word that they use here to refer to tiny, incremental advances of their current research. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 12, 2022
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Asked at Space.com: Could gravity itself be the origin of dark matter?

Denyse O'Leary
April 12, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Paul Sutter: A new model of the very early universe proposes that the graviton, the quantum mechanical force carrier of gravity, flooded the cosmos with dark matter before normal matter even had a chance to get started. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 25, 2022
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Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Peer review
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Universities? Do poor science career prospects contribute to far out theory and Cancel Culture?

Denyse O'Leary
March 25, 2022
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design, Peer review
Far out theory (e.g., “Advanced aliens engineered the Big Bang…) may be one way of standing out in the crowd — and Cancel Culture is definitely a way of thinning that crowd. Sutter’s suggestions are worth pondering. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 19, 2021
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Big Bang
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Physicist Brian Miller reflects on claims that the universe had no beginning

Denyse O'Leary
October 19, 2021
Big Bang
Miller: Sutter asserts that Bento and Zalel’s article offers a credible response against the evidence for a cosmic beginning. Yet this claim is only based on what might be possible in the realm of the imagination. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 3, 2019
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Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Astrophysicist: Nothingness” may be the answer to our cosmic questions; Rob Sheldon responds

Denyse O'Leary
June 3, 2019
Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Physics
Rob Sheldon: This article illustrates the reason why the scientific method is going extinct, not just in Darwin's circular logic, but also in physics and cosmology. Read More ›