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TagSteven Weinberg (1933– 2021)

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Nebula and galaxies in space. Space many light years far from the Earth. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

God, The Science, The Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution 

The book sets out the reasons for thinking that the universe is the creation of a rational supernatural being, as traditional religion and philosophy have attested

In effect, therefore, this book is a call for a return to the medieval vision of a rational God who created rational creatures equipped to discover the verities of nature. In other words, to do science.

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Silhouette of human with universe and physical, mathematical formulas

Physicists propose to test the finetuning of the universe

Their thesis is based on cosmic inflation theory and on the behavior of dark matter, whose nature remains unknown.

It is not more “metaphysical” to say that the universe shows apparent evidence of design than to say it does not. The bias in insisting otherwise is evident.

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