Tag: physics

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Author
Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón

Date
October 11, 2021

Categorized
Physics and Cosmology

Tagged
active information, Bayesian statistics, biostatistics, computational science, constants of nature, cosmology, Daniel Díaz, fine tuning, fine-tuned universe, Formula 409, intervals of infinite length, maximum entropy, no free lunch theorems, Ola Hössjer, physics, reduction to practice, Robert J. Marks, searching large spaces}

How Finely Tuned Is Our Universe?

_{Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón

October 11, 2021

Physics and Cosmology}

On this ID the Future, Baylor University computer engineering professor Robert J. Marks hosts Ola Hössjer of Stockholm University and Daniel Díaz of the University of Miami to discuss a recent research paper the three contributed to the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, “Is Cosmological Tuning Fine or Coarse?” It turns out that’s no easy question to answer rigorously, but this is where the new paper comes in. In this episode the three unpack the long answer. What about the short answer? It’s akin to a description in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “Space,” it informs us, “is big. Really big.” Measuring how finely tuned our universe is for life is all about searching large spaces of possibilities; Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 3, 2021

Categorized
Academic Freedom

Tagged
abiogenesis, Academic Freedom, academic integrity, Atheism, Ball State University, cancel culture, censorship, cosmology, fine tuning, Intelligent Design, origin of life, origin of the universe, physics, the Big Bang, Theism}

Physicist Eric Hedin Discusses His New ID Book, Canceled Science

_{Eric Hedin

March 3, 2021

Academic Freedom}

Today’s ID the Future spotlights Canceled Science: What Some Atheists Don’t Want You to See. Host Robert Crowther and author Eric Hedin begin by revisiting the atheist attack on Professor Hedin and his Ball State University course, the Boundaries of Science. The course was an interdisciplinary honors course exposing students to some basic astrophysics and cosmology, as well as to some of the big questions raised by such discoveries as the Big Bang and the fine-tuning of the laws and constants of physics for life. The course included mention of world-leading scientists who saw evidence of design in some of these findings, as well as mention of scientists who denied any evidence of design in nature. Atheist Jerry Coyne and Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 13, 2017

Tagged
__edited, Big Think, Brian Miller, fine-tuning, Hard Problem of Life, information, John Wheeler, origin of life, Paul Davies, Philip Perry, physics, Santa Fe Institute}

Why Information is the Basis of the Universe

_{Brian Miller

November 13, 2017}

On this episode of ID The Future, Sarah Chaffee talks with physicist Dr. Brian Miller about a recent article that argues that the fundamental basis of the universe is information. In this episode, Miller explains how physicists have come to rethink the role of information, moving from a materialist view in which information is seen as a byproduct of matter to a view in which information is seen as fundamental to the fabric of the cosmos.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2017

Tagged
__edited, Atheism, biology, Brian Josephson, conservatives, Darwin, Darwinism, Evolution, fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, physics, Sam Tanenhaus, Science, self censoring}

A Journalist Misreads Intelligent Design. A Nobel-Prize Winning Scientist Backs It.

_{David Klinghoffer

July 24, 2017}

On this episode of ID: The Future, Evolution News & Science Today editor David Klinghoffer takes issue with the suggestion that conservatives tend to view science as “a kind of fakery,” and that they embrace intelligent design primarily out of religious, anti-science motives. Then Klinghoffer considers the case of physicist and Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson, who came out in support of intelligent design on PBS’s Closer to Truth.

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Author
ID the Future

Date
February 25, 2016

Tagged
__edited, David Snoke, physics, Thermodynamics}

Dr. David Snoke: The “Maxwell’s Demon” Thought Experiment

_{ID the Future

February 25, 2016}

On this episode of ID the Future, hear part 3 of a lecture given by David Snoke at a conference sponsored by the Christian Scientific Society. In this segment, Dr. Snoke, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pittsburg, discusses the “Maxwell’s demon” thought experiment and evaluations the odds of an information processing system occurring spontaneously.

Dr. David Snoke: Information and Entropy

_{February 23, 2016}

On this episode of ID the Future, hear part 2 of a lecture given by David Snoke at a conference sponsored by the Christian Scientific Society. In this segment, Dr. Snoke, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pittsburg, discusses the relationship between information and entropy.