from http://www.xkcd.com/1352/. We have now come to the end of my series about whether or not the universe had a beginning. This is part of a longer series dissecting the debate between St. William Lane Craig and Sean Carroll. I … Continue reading
Updated to ask readers more directly for their thoughts, if you have any... A random thought. Suppose we ask whether the world has a Beginning or an End, or whether it is eternal is one or both directions. It seems … Continue reading
Down in the comments section of this post, reader St. TY has the following kind thing to say about me: What an excellent blog. I have been looking for one like this for a long time. I tell what I … Continue reading
Speaking of the God of the Gaps™, I was myself accused of believing it just the other day. I was at dinner with Raphael Bousso, Eva Silverstein, Ori Ganor, and some other physicists, and they were discussing fine-tuning and questions … Continue reading
Then there is the phrase "The God of the Gaps"™. In any long discussion on "Science and Religion", this phrase must eventually be deployed by one or the other party, either by the skeptic (with a triumphal tone as of … Continue reading
