About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
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 →
A Christian reader named Paul wrotes to me from New Zealand with the following common question. With permission, I am posting his question and my answer on my blog. St. Paul writes: A few months ago I discovered your blog … Continue reading →