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Podcast: Religion on the Mind
Episode: Fine-Tuning & the Multiverse (#61)
Description: Dan is joined by Methodist minister and astrophysicist David Wilkinson, professor of theology at Durham University and member of the Royal Astronomical Society. They talk about the so-called āfine-tuningā of our universe, the āanthropic principleā / āgoldilocks enigma,ā and multiverse theory as a common non-theist rejoinder for theistic arguments for Godās existence based on this fine-tuning. Whether or not the multiverse can be āproven,ā does it even work as a counterargument, or does it ākick the can down the roadā in some way? This issue is one of the ones that pushes me toward theism and away from atheism and agnosticism, but even...