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Ep 7 "Creation" Ch.4, Part 2

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Dec 30, 2018
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ANECDOTE

The Mind of God

  • Brett Hall read Paul Davies' "The Mind of God" in high school.
  • The book explores if physics laws appear bio-friendly by design.
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Gravitational Constant Example

  • The universal gravitational constant (G) demonstrates fine-tuning.
  • Slightly stronger G, and stars collapse into black holes; weaker, and stars might not form.
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Stenger's Counterargument

  • Victor Stenger argued against fine-tuning in "The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning".
  • He believed a lack of knowledge, not design or special mystery, explains it.
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