Why (some) physicists think a multiverse exists
As stated by Ethan Siegel, it sounds like nonsense. But Siegel makes it sound like physics, which is certainly a feat.
View ArticleThe Spiderman movie tackles the evidence (or not) for a multiverse
Luskin: Apparently under the Newspeak of materialism, proposing an infinite ensemble of universes that we can’t observe is the “simplest” explanation. Some authorities feel otherwise — noting that the...
View ArticleIs Darwinism an “Empty Theory”?
At Evolution and News, there’s a link to a 2017 article tackling the problems of inflationary theory in the field of cosmology. What I find so interesting is the second to last paragraph in this six...
View ArticleRemember how endless cycles of universe were supposed to show that the...
While we are here, wouldn’t an infinite universe include the possibility that it doesn’t exist? Playing with infinity is playing a dangerous game.
View ArticleCan the Higgs boson give believers their multiverse? Shot and chaser
The obvious difficulty is that the multiverse drags in inconceivable complexity in order to solve comparatively common, minor issues of the sort that science always faces. People don’t think of that...
View ArticleAt Mind Matters News: Astrophysicists lock horns over whether multiverse must...
Inflation is only one factor; other sources weigh in on issues around math, testability, reality-based thinking, and, inevitably, what God would do.
View ArticleSteve Meyer on why a supposed multiverse is no answer to the extreme...
Meyer on multiverse cosmologists: "The speculative cosmologies (such as inflationary cosmology and string theory) they propose for generating alternative universes invariably invoke mechanisms that...
View ArticleRescuing the multiverse as a science concept… ?
Barnes on the multiverse: In the cycle of the scientific method, the multiverse is in an exploratory phase. We've got an idea that might explain a few things, if it was true. That makes it worthy of...
View ArticleAt Big Think: How the Multiverse could break the scientific method
Theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser raises the issue that the multiverse hypothesis suffers from the unscientific property of non-falsifiability. Embedded in his article is a solid acknowledgement of...
View ArticleAt Big Think: Why the Multiverse is a “God-of-the-gaps” theory
Marcelo Gleiser writes: "The Multiverse has been proposed as an answer to the question, “Why does our Universe exist?” Its proponents believe the Multiverse can explain our origins without having to...
View ArticleAt Mind Matters News: Is ours one of a few working universes among countless...
No. For one thing, Meyer says, even though the multiverse attempts to explain fine tuning, it actually ends up presupposing unexplained prior sources of fine tuning.
View ArticleAt Mind Matters News: Sabine Hossenfelder asks, is the multiverse science or...
Introducing her new book, Existential Physics, Hossenfelder makes a strong case that the multiverse is not right or wrong; it’s fun but not really science.
View ArticleAt Evolution News: The Multiverse: From Epicurus to Comic Books and Beyond
A profound difference between appealing to the multiverse and appealing to God, is that the historical and personal evidence for God throughout human history is multilayered and pervasive, whereas the...
View ArticleAt Evolution News: Meyer and Klavan: How the Multiverse Ruins Science…and...
David Klinghoffer writes: Stephen Meyer had a fascinating conversation with podcaster Andrew Klavan and his son Spencer Klavan. The topic: how the multiverse theory destroys not only science (as Meyer...
View ArticleHas string theory really fallen this time?
Paul Sutter: "They argue that all possible configurations of compact dimensions are realized, each one with its own unique universe and set of physical laws, and we happen to live in this one because...
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