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2005
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Bradley Monton, "God, Fine-Tuning, and the Problem of Old Evidence" (2005)
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Abstract:
The fundamental constants that are involved in the laws of physics which describe our universe are finely-tuned for life, in the sense that if some of the constants had slightly different values life could not exist. Some people hold that this provides evidence for the existence of God. I will present a probabilistic version of this fine-tuning argument which is stronger than all other versions in the literature. Nevertheless, I will show that one can have reasonable opinions such that the fine-tuning argument doesn’t lead to an increase in one’s probability for the existence of God.
Keywords: fine-tuning argument, argument from design, ur-probability
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Robert B. Laughlin, "Reinventing Physics: the Search for the Real Frontier " (2005)
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The Chronicle of Higher Education" February 11, 2005, Volume 51, Issue 23, Page B6. http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=nmsi7ebjjeu402lhjrlke4ae7wxpakvx
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The Associated Press, "Britain Grants 'Dolly' Scientist Cloning License" (2005)
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"THE NEW YORK TIMES" February 9, 2005.
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J.W. Moffat, "Cosmic Microwave Background, Accelerating Universe and Inhomogeneous Cosmology" (2005)
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http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0502/0502110.pdf
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Maggie McKee , "Methane on Mars causes controversy" (2004)
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NewScientist.com 21 September 2004
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6425
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Bob Holmes, "Alive! The race to create life from scratch" (2005)
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12 February 2005 NewScientist.com news service
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Steve Talbott, "Logic, DNA, and Poetry" (2005)
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"The New Atlantis", Number 8, Spring 2005, pp. 61-72; http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/8/talbott.htm
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Oliver Morton, "Biology's New Forbidden Fruit" (2005)
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"The New York Times", February 11, 2005.
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Jenny Hogan, "A whiff of life on the Red Planet" (2005)
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From http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7014
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Kenneth Chang, "Life on Mars? Could Be, but How Will They Tell?" (2005)
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"The New York Times" March 29, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/science/space/29mars.html?
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Simon Singh, "Even Einstein Had His Off Days" (2005)
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"The New York Times" January 2, 2005.
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Brian Berger, "NASA Researchers Claim Evidence of Present Life on Mars " (2005)
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html
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Fred Reed, "The Metaphysics of Evolution" (2005)
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed59.html
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Lawrence M. Krauss, "A skillful retelling of the story of our universe's birth" (2005)
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A Review of Simon Singh, Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (HarperCollins/Fourth Estate: 532 pp., $27.95), "Los Angeles Times" March 6, 2005;
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-bk-krauss6mar06,1,6271161.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
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Brian Greene, "Interview" (2005)
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http://www.bookbrowse.com/index.cfm?page=author&authorID=989&view=interview
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"New Theory Of How Planets Form Finds Havens Of Stability Amid Turbulence" (2005)
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"Science Daily" 2005-03-19 Source: Indiana University http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050309144659.htm
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Charles H. Lineweaver and Tamara M. Davis, "Misconceptions about the Big Bang" (2005)
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ScientificAmerican.com; http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=0009F0CA-C523-1213-852383414B7F0147
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John Updike, "The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe" (2005) pdf
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"Physics Today" April 2005, vol. 58, issue 4, p. 39.
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Philip Ball, "Black holes 'do not exist'" (2005)
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[email protected] 31 March 2005; http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050328/full/050328-8.html
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Frank Close, "The Quantum Universe" (2005)
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Nature, 24 March 2005, vol. 434, s. 438-439; a review of "Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Complexity" edited by John D. Barrow, Paul C.W. Daview & Charles L. Harper, Jr, Cambridge University Press 2004.
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Nicholas Wade, "A Gene for Romance? So It Seems (Ask the Vole)" (2005)
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"The New York Times" July 19, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/science/19gene.html?th&emc=th
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Victor J. Stenger, "Davies's third way" (2005)
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"Science & Theology eNews" May 25, 2005; http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?article_id=544&category=commentary --- Paul Davies suggests a life principle is "built into the nature of the universe." Is he correct?
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Nicole Rempel, "Behavioral Modifications in Insects Induced by Parasites and Pathogens"
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http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_1997/rempel.html
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Eleanor Randolph, "Carnivorous Dragonflies" (2005)
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"The New York Times" July 9, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/09/opinion/09sat3.html?th&emc=th
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John Updike, "The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe" (2005)
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"Physics Today Online" http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-58/iss-4/p39.html
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Shaoni Bhattacharya, "Killer tree-ants snare prey in gruesome traps" (2005)
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"New Scientist" http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7289
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Dennis Overbye, "Hunting for Life in Specks of Cosmic Dust" (2005)
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"The New York Times" July 19, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/science/space/19essa.html?
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John D. Barrow and John K. Webb, "Inconstant Constants: Do the inner workings of nature change with time" (2005)
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"Scientific American"
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Dennis Overbye, "Remembrance of Things Future: The Mystery of Time" (2005)
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"The New York Times" June 28, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/science/28time.html?th&emc=th
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Joyce Howard Price, "Advance made in stem-cell debate" (2005)
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"The Washington Times" August 20, 2005; http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050820-122747-2417r.htm
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"Mass extinction theory on the rocks" (2005)
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"New Scientist" 23 July 2005, issue 2509, page 17; http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18725095.000
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Paul Davies, "Chance or creation? Only the multiverse knows for sure" (2005)
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"Science & Theology News" January 1, 2005; http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?category=guide&guide=The%20Multiverse&article_id=146
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Eric Cohen, "The Real Meaning of Genetics" (2005)
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"The New Atlantis" Summer 2005, pp. 29-41; http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/9/cohen.htm
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Kimberly Roots, "Physicist plucks away at our tightly strung universe. Stanford university physicist Leonard Susskind on a “theory of everything”" (2005)
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"Science & Theology News" January 1, 2005; http://www.stnews.org/package-5-147.htm
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Harriet Brown, "The Other Brain Also Deals With Many Woes" (2005)
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"The New York Times" August 23, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/health/23gut.html
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Dennis Overbye, "On Gravity, Oreos and a Theory of Everything" (2005)
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"The New York Times" November 1, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/science/01prof.html?pagewanted=1&incamp=article_popular
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Alok Jha, "Fuels paradise? Power source that turns physics on its head" (2005)
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"The Guardian" Friday, November 4, 2005; http://www.guardian.co.uk/renewable/Story/0,2763,1627425,00.html
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Dennis Overbye, "Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein's Strangest Theory" (2005)
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"The New York Times" December 27, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/science/27eins.html?th&emc=th
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"Masters of the multiverse. Who’s who in studying this field" (2005)
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"Science & Theology News" January 1, 2005; http://www.stnews.org/package-5-144.htm
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"Come out, come out, wherever you are"
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"The Guardian" Thursday, August 25, 2005; http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1555324,00.html
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"Multiverse moments of truth. The multiverse idea was the product of a long process of development, with many scientists involved" (2005)
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"Science & Theology News" January 16, 2005; http://www.stnews.org/package-5-2572.htm
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"Types cast" (2005)
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"The Guardian" Thursday August 25, 2005; http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1555325,00.html
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