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Robert J. Marks

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 10, 2021
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Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
theism
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At Mind Matters News: If extraterrestrials didn’t fine tune Earth, maybe there is a God

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October 10, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism
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In the face of a grab bag of ideas like creation by ETs or countless universes (some run by cats), why does the idea of a Creator seem far out? Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 4, 2021
Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Naturalism
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At Mind Matters News: Our Universe Survived a Firing Squad and It’s Just an Accident?

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October 4, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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Ola Hössjer: According to the Weak Anthropic Principle, we should not be surprised to live in a universe that harbors life. But I should add that, in our paper, "Cosmological Tuning Fine or Coarse?," we compute or give an upper bound for the probability of a randomly generated universe to have a certain constant of nature, ending up within its life-permitting interval. We take the Weak Anthropic Principle into account — and still we come up with small probabilities for certain constant of natures or certain ratios or constants of nature. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 3, 2021
Categories
Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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At Mind Matters News: Could advanced aliens have fine-tuned Earth for life?

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October 3, 2021
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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As Robert Marks, Ola Hössjer, and Daniel Díaz discuss, some prominent atheists/agnostics have chosen to substitute advanced extraterrestrials for God. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 21, 2021
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Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: Can there be a general theory for fine-tuning?

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September 21, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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Swedish mathematician Ola Hössjer, who is working on a general theory of fine tuning, sees the beauty of mathematics in the fact that seemingly unrelated features in cosmology and biology can be modeled using similar concepts. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 14, 2021
Categories
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
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Could artificial intelligence change the mind–body problem?

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May 14, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Angus Menuge: I don’t see any reason from these amazing enhancements of the complexity of these [computer] systems to think that the systems would move from not having subjective awareness to having it or from moving to true intentionality about anything beyond themselves. Read More ›