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In reply to the discussion: Religion and evolution [View all]tama
(9,137 posts)65. Nothing to bite
no beef, just a a fluffy bun of sales prop of a book. Argument from authority is not enough, not in any direction.
Have you read it and if so, can you tell does "standard models" refer to THE standard model, and which other theories, that explain the "fine-tuned" values of physical constants in the way that they cant be any other? And what is his interpretation of the "measurement problem"?
Wikipedia tells that the author has retired from scientific work and is working as a preacher of the so called skeptical movement, which I consider a semi-religious movement of scientism.
There was plenty to bite in the OP, to critically fine tune the arguments, but you give nothing to the hungry.
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