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June 2020

June 23, 2020

Four really challenging quotations

First, I share two quotations from two very vocal atheists. The first comes...

June 13, 2020

Some hear mere noise, while others hear a tune

Continuing with some notes from Alister E. McGrath, A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest...

June 12, 2020

Making sense of “surprising” facts

Some passages from Alister E. McGrath, A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God...

June 11, 2020

“One of humanity’s greatest achievements”

I know, I know. Scientists don't know anything. They've been wrong almost every...

June 10, 2020

“But it’s still possible, right?”

Here are few more or less unrelated quotations that I've drawn from Geraint...

June 07, 2020

A brief note on the suggestion of multiple universes

One explanation of the apparent fine tuning of the universe is to suggest...

May 2020

May 06, 2020

Why not Kafka every day?

Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in...

April 2020

April 25, 2020

“Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe”

I have many interesting books in my library, among them James N. Gardner,...

April 17, 2020

Copernicus and a Very Old Universe

I share here two passages that I've extracted from my reading of John...

April 14, 2020

Some notes on cosmic “fine-tuning”

I offer here a few passages that I've extracted for my notes from...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

George Washington, and “Gratitude for the Dirt Beneath Our Feet”

Two weeks ago, I published an article in the Deseret News with the...

November 26, 2019

Some expressions of scientific humility

Here are some brief quotations from Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor and Deputy Head...

November 26, 2019

From nearly a decade ago

This was my Thanksgiving Day column in the Deseret News for 2010: ...

November 25, 2019

Apple Pie and the Big Bang

I published this column in Salt Lake City's Deseret News on Thanksgiving Day...

November 15, 2019

Fine-Tuning and Dimensionless Physical Constants

I have some bad news and some good news. First, the bad: ...

October 2019

October 13, 2019

The Starry Heaven Above and the Moral Law Within

I published the column below in the Deseret News back in 2012: ...

October 02, 2019

“The astonishing array of ‘just so’ coincidences”

First, I offer a couple of passages from James N. Gardner, Biocosm: The...

May 2019

May 01, 2019

A truth: “Even without gills, we need oceans”

I posted something yesterday ("Water Worlds") on oceans and water. And, having just...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

It’s still true

On Wednesday, I posted a blog entry here under the title of “All too...

April 24, 2019

“All too convenient ‘coincidences'”

“Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth -- the universe looks...

April 18, 2019

A bit more on two of the four fundamental forces

I posted an item the other day entitled "Some preliminary notes on fine-tuning...

April 17, 2019

“Not long after the Big Bang, chemistry as we know it took its first baby steps”

First, two items about water or water-like liquid in space: "Meteoroid Strikes...

April 16, 2019

Some preliminary notes on fine-tuning and the “four fundamental forces”

I'm trying to get these things clear in my mind for a long-term...

April 14, 2019

“Beyond our common-sense understanding”

“From 1953 onward, Willy Fowler and I have always been intrigued by the...

March 2019

March 08, 2019

The Gutzon Borglum of the Gaps

Humans always want to know “why.” Especially children. It seems that it's an...

March 04, 2019

Of super-intellects and a super-intellect

It reads like a detective story from the television screen. The very...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

“The universe looks suspiciously like a fix”

A potpourri of science-related items that caught my attention today: "3 explanations...

August 2018

August 25, 2018

“If the universe had not been made with the most exacting precision”

From my virtual "notebook," a couple of items regarding our home planet: ...

August 23, 2018

The Cosmos and “The Day of the Jackal”

Notes from an uncompleted manuscript: The quantum theorist Hugh Everett was evidently...

April 2018

April 12, 2018

What’s Needed for Life (Revisited)

The Israeli-American Gerald L. Schroeder earned B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the...