RE: Review of The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor J. Stenger
December 11, 2010 at 5:57 am
I lost interest in Stenger's work in Philosophy of religion when he was obliterated by Craig in a debate, I might give him another chance and see what he can put on paper.
Can you expand on what he said about Quantum tunneling being responsible for a universe? I'm wondering if it has anything to do with a thought I had a while ago, the importance of Quantum Tunneling in radioactive decay being related to the existence of something rather than nothing? Quantum tunneling happens when the mechanical energy of an object has an uneven energy compared the potential energy of it's 'surroundings' or 'competition', In terms of the singularity it (or any energy at t=0) has an uneven potential or mechanical energy compared to it's competition, giving it a non-zero chance of being subject to tunneling.
IF a boundary in physics is one force in competition with another AND nothing is in competition with something AND all competitions that are unbalanced have a non zero probability of occurring THEN Something necessarily exists.
I don't know if that explains a universe, but I wonder if anyone with more expertise has had similar thoughts.
Oh, and I'd like to see his responses to the criticism of the New Atheists, I have a few serious ones myself, especially regarding Dawkins and Harris
Can you expand on what he said about Quantum tunneling being responsible for a universe? I'm wondering if it has anything to do with a thought I had a while ago, the importance of Quantum Tunneling in radioactive decay being related to the existence of something rather than nothing? Quantum tunneling happens when the mechanical energy of an object has an uneven energy compared the potential energy of it's 'surroundings' or 'competition', In terms of the singularity it (or any energy at t=0) has an uneven potential or mechanical energy compared to it's competition, giving it a non-zero chance of being subject to tunneling.
IF a boundary in physics is one force in competition with another AND nothing is in competition with something AND all competitions that are unbalanced have a non zero probability of occurring THEN Something necessarily exists.
I don't know if that explains a universe, but I wonder if anyone with more expertise has had similar thoughts.
Oh, and I'd like to see his responses to the criticism of the New Atheists, I have a few serious ones myself, especially regarding Dawkins and Harris
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