First of all, because some popular theories in modern cosmology
It does this, however, only by presupposing the existence
in order that intelligent life would exist. Some of the discussion of God-of-the-gaps-style arguments ends up reducing to burden of proof debates that I discussed in my last post. having values within certain very narrow intervals. would be life-permitting even without postulating an ensemble of universe. that such an ensemble of universes exists. In the same way that lifelong Christians have been indoctrinated to believe at an early age, I believe skeptics have been immunized against Christianity by growing up in a culture where it is omnipresent. parameter and the Anthropic Principle, Barrow
explanation. Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher and polymath with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence, as well as philosophy. A classic on this by a respected scholar is F. F. Bruce’s New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? I think a few things need to be said here. coincidences? The deist has
The New Yorker or Aeon. an answer: Because God created the universe and He chose these values
He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (2008), Human Enhancement (2009), and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), a New York Times bestseller which helped spark a global conversation about artificial intelligence. Finally, before moving on, I want to say something brief about miracles. that some of these universes will be life-permitting. explanation does solve the apparent mystery of why our universe appears
I think the best way to start is by studying the so-called “minimal facts” about Jesus Resurrection. turns out that one can run a modern-day version of the old design argument. On top of that, there are some serious obstacles to explaining a multiverse without a God: Boltzmann brains, the fact that the multiverse itself probably had to have beginning due to both philosophical reasons and cosmological findings,12 and the fact that the multiverse itself would then seem to need to be fine-tuned. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (2008), Human Enhancement (2009), and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), a New York Times bestseller which helped spark a global conversation about artificial intelligence. In chapter 4, Richard Dawkins argues that the concept of natural selection is a “consciousness-raiser,” in a similar way that, for example, feminists helped show us that the subtle use of pronouns makes a substantial difference cumulatively.
quantum cosmology then the ensemble explanation is clearly superior, because
This precondition causes observation selection effects - biases in our data that may call into question how we interpret evidence that the Universe is fine-tuned at all. A lot of these “pure reasoning” arguments are fascinating thought experiments, and can lead to real results at times, but I think in our post-Enlightenment world we are all very aware how easily you can fool yourself when trying to find firm conclusions while drawing purely on your own mental world. goes as follows: "Suppose that there are many universes with randomly
The density
The question we
These sorts of things take a long time to take root, but once they do, you permanently see things in a new light. An atheist, on the other hand, had no explanation for this fact. On that note, I’m actually planning on writing a post all about epistemology as an intermission to this series, so I’ll be discussing more of this sort of stuff then. Dawkins starts off by excoriating all the a priori and armchair-philosophy arguments for God, such as reasoning to an Unmoved Mover and the ontological argument. University of Oxford.
Luckily, a lot of his discussion in later chapters are very relevant to some of the material in these two chapters, so I will postpone some of what I’d like to say until then. wrestled with these objections, with varying degrees of success. for the apparent fine-tuning of our universe. For example, if the
may overcome this problem.) as a consequence that many universes with a wide variety of properties
Until that was discovered in the early twentieth century, it was somewhat assumed, among atheists at least, that the universe had always existed2. Anthropic Coincidences, Evil and the Disconfirmation of Theism.
Both positions can only be held from afar. and Tipler on the Anthropic Principle vs. Divine Design -- William Lane Craig. For instance, I’m perfectly happy to investigate possible natural causes behind a miracle claim, while also holding the possibility in my mind that a miracle truly occurred. also invented many other arguments for Gods existence of a more
As described by Wheeler in a 2006 radio interview: Using an inference to the best explanation, many concluded that the world
I’m definitely open to this, but I have trouble seeing how it could go all the way to explain the initial conditions of the universe/multiverse. The main possibilities are nonetheless the following: either there is
A more promising explanation, which may superficially
the world (such as young innocent children suffering from horrible diseases). The previous was Respect, Burden of Proof, and Spaghetti (Chapters 1 & 2) and the next post covers The Roots of Religion and Morality (Chapters 5 & 6). Criticizes Craig's paper, The
Of course explaining the existence of that Causer is then a problem that needs to be solved, and one I think we’ll revisit later. exist. Lists and explains fifteen anthropic coincidences, ways in which the
to be expected that the creatures He created would be amazingly cleverly
(This is referred to as the so-called
special values. expansion speed of the early universe had been very slightly less than
. There are four topics I’d like to hit on, and seem to be the focus for Dawkins here as well: arguments for God, natural selection as a “consciousness-raiser,” God-of-the-gaps arguments, and the anthropic principle. Actually, that might be an overstatement, for the atheist
Dawkins moves on from explaining the complexity of life to the complexity of the universe, namely the improbable fine tuning of the universe’s constants. #ShamelessPlug. Shroeder. mistakenly referred to as the anthropic principle) doesnt
perfectly good then it is hard to see why there should be any evil in
bodies of biological organisms.
Atheist cosmologist Sean Carroll recently said in an interview that the argument from Fine-Tuning is probably the best argument there is for a God (although, as a good atheist, he said he still thinks it’s not a very good argument)13. by contemporary analytic philosophers. The Western world, in particular, has to come to grips that for a significant portion of the world miracles, Miracles become much more likely if one has. Speaking of which…. It is a principle which has an important role in cosmology, specifically in trying to deal with the apparent fine-tuning of the universe. Now I know that still seems like a precarious foundation to stand on, since it’s an event that happened 2,000 years ago, but I think it’s still worth a look and can become powerful in a cumulative case for Christianity. In the end, Dawkins holds out hope that a mechanism analogous to natural selection will be discovered for the evolution of the cosmos at the largest scale. Dawkins quickly passes over them by mentioning Hume’s argument that you should only believe in a miracle if the hypothesis that a miracle did not occur, given the data, would be more miraculous than if one actually had occurred. some subtleties have been ignored: for example, the possibility that further
My question is, what if in the end there really is something supernatural out there? by empirically-minded sceptics, and none of which is regarded as sound
intentionally created to permit life to exist. This might look like circular reasoning, but it is not. was intentionally created. Director, Future of Humanity Institute & An example of how anthropic coincidences can be explained in an ensemble-model. must have been created by a deity of some sort. First, Christian philosophers have responded by saying that God is actually inherently very simple. Anyone could appreciate the apparent finesse and purposefulness of the
It is only a form
Still, considering the internal
Anthropic Coincidences, Evil and the Disconfirmation of Theism -- Quentin Smith. had to contend themselves with general sceptical doubt. can the deist come up with an alternative explanation for the anthropic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CulBuMCLg0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay_Db4RwZ_M, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-the-multiverse-really-exist/, https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Does-God-or-Naturalism-best-explain-the-Universe-Sean-Carroll-vs-Luke-Barnes, Thoughts on the Randal Rauser vs. . which explanation is more plausible. to have shifted back to favor the deist like it did before Darwin.
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