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Is a Fortunate and Highly Improbable Energy Resonance (that Makes Carbon Atoms—and Us—Possible) a Coincidence or a “Put-Up Job”?

Physicist John Polkinghorne thinks it’s a put-up job, and explains:

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Quote of the Day

Physicist Paul Davies: If almost any of the basic features of the universe, from the properties of atoms to the distribution of the galaxies, were different, life would very probably be impossible. Now, it happens that to meet these various … Continue reading

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The Anthropic Principle—and Young Earth Creationism

New Scientist today has an article on yet another curious coincidence in the universe, which, if it were not so, would see no life in it. The article explains: IT’S not just the nature of dark matter that’s a mystery … Continue reading

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