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
Recently, Sean Carroll (cosmologist and atheist, whom I have met a couple times at physics events) and St. William Lane Craig (philosopher and Christian apologist) had a debate about this topic: "God and Cosmology: The Existence of God in Light … Continue reading
Another question from St. Paul, the reader from New Zealand: I hope that you are well and that you are having fun with your work. I see that you posted our email exchange on your blog, it was a great … Continue reading
In a previous post, I argued that falsifiability is not the be-all and end-all of Science. There are valid scientific beliefs that are not falsifiable. However, there is something to the idea that beliefs should be falsifiable. One way to … Continue reading
