Fideism and Empiricism

Apostrophe Abuse             I have affirmative proof of the imminent collapse of civilization.  In Britain there was something called “The Apostrophe Protection Society.”  They just announced:  “We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won.”  In case you think I make this stuff […]

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Fine-tuning

We sometimes refer to the “fine-tuning” of the universe as a way to denote the necessity of various constants being exactly what they are, for the universe to exist as it does.  This includes the forces identified as acting upon physical bodies, including gravity, the strong and weak nuclear forces, and electromagnetism.  It also includes, […]

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