The other day I linked folks back to an article I wrote three years ago titled “You’re not special because the universe is really, really big.” This resulted in Jeff Lowder taking note of this humble, old article and offering a comment. (As an aside, the article is tickled pink to be receiving all this attention […]
cosmology
Do you really believe the universe’s origin was uncaused, or were you just speculating?
In my previous article “Komolgorov Complexity…” I presented one atheist scenario to explain the origin of the universe: Atheist scenario: A universe exists as a result of springing into existence uncaused out of nothing. This really bothered Adam Hazzard. At first he accused me of presenting this as the atheist position, which I didn’t. I […]
God, atheism, and the de-centered universe
My post on Neil deGrasse Tyson laid the foundations for an “argument from cosmic indifference” that I will be considering closely in the week (or weeks) to come. It is a powerful argument (rhetorically if not logically) though it is rarely put into formal terms. I am going to evaluate it closely. But first I […]