22Aug 2022 by Post

Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

Big Bang, Big Crunch, Brian Koberlein, cosmology, cyclic universe, fluctuations, gravitational waves, infinity, inflationary theory, James Webb Space Telescope, mathematics, Paul J. Steinhardt, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Princeton University, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, science, Standard Model, universe
The recent flutter over whether the James Webb Space Telescope’s data stream is a plus or a minus for the Big Bang raised interesting cosmological issues. Source
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18Aug 2022 by Post

Language: Darwin’s Eternal Mystery

Alfred Russel Wallace, Big Bang, Bonfire of the Vanities, Carrara marble, cosmogony, Descent of Man, Evolution, Genesis, George Lemaître, Headlong Hall, James Burnet, Johann Gottfried Herder, language, Lord Monboddo, Melincourt, Michelangelo’s David, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Neuroscience & Mind, Noam Chomsky, Oxford English Dictionary, Philological Society of London, Richard Lewontin, Sir Oran Haut-ton, Steady State, The Kingdom of Speech, Theory of Everything, Thomas Love Peacock, Tom Wolfe, Ueber den Ursprung der Sprache
A whole host of “certified geniuses” have failed to crack the human language problem, and this must count as a blow to Darwinian ideas of evolution. Source
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19Jul 2022 by Post

Count the Stars: Webb Space Telescope and the God Hypothesis

Abraham, atheists, Big Bang, Brian Keating, cosmology, Dennis Prager Show, Faith & Science, heavens, Intelligent Design, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, space, stars, Stephen Meyer, UC San Diego
I was listening to the Dennis Prager Show and found to my delight that his guest was our friend Brian Keating, the distinguished UC San Diego cosmologist. Source
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12Jan 2022 by Post

Paul Steinhardt’s Cyclical Cosmology Fails to Challenge a Cosmic Beginning 

Abraham Loeb, Anna Ijjas, Big Bang, brane, Charlie Wood, contraction phase, cosmic beginning, cosmology, cyclical cosmology, entropy, Faith & Science, homogeneity, inflation phase, inflationary theory, Intelligent Design, isotropy, Paul Steinhardt, Physics, Earth & Space, Quanta Magazine, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Penrose, Stephen Meyer
The conclusion that the universe had a beginning is far more parsimonious and consistent with the evidence. Source
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28Oct 2021 by Post

Are Singularities a Part of Science?

Albert Einstein, Arjuna Das, atheists, Big Bang, black holes, extra-natural objects, Faith & Science, field equations, general relativity, infinity, Justice, mathematics, Matt Dillahunty, mercy, Michael Egnor, morality, Physics, Earth & Space, singularities, supernatural, Theology Unleashed, Thomas Aquinas, zero
"Any paper that discusses or describes singularities in the field equations of general relativity is discussing extra-natural objects." Source
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19Oct 2021 by Post

Attempt to Explain Away the Beginning of the Universe Fails to Distinguish Imagination from Reality

Alan Guth, Big Bang, Bruno Valeixo Bento, causal set, causal set cosmology, cosmology, entropy, Ethan Siegel, Flatiron Institute, gravitational contraction, Intelligent Design, NASA, oscillating model, Paul Sutter, Physics, Earth & Space, Planck length, Pluto, Stav Zalel, Stephen Meyer, Stony Brook University, universe
Here I will address another desperate attempt to avoid a cosmic beginning, this one by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. Source
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16Oct 2021 by Post

Critics Respond to Stephen Meyer’s New Book (Without Mentioning Him by Name)

Alan Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, BGV, Bible, Big Bang, Christianity, CMBR, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmic microwave background radiation, cosmology, critics, Ethan Siegel, Evolution, Harry Potter, inflationary theory, Intelligent Design, Judaism, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, universe, Voldemort
The critics, including Ethan Siegel, appear to see Meyer much like Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. Source
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05Oct 2021 by Post

Meyer: No Escape from a Mind Behind the Universe

atheists, bestsellers, Big Bang, Brian Miller, cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, John Lennox, Lawrence Krauss, mathematicians, Philosophy of Science, physicists, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science Uprising, Sean Carroll, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, USA Today
Cosmologists of an atheist disposition have been seeking an escape hatch from the implications of the Big Bang. Source
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