Is there a Prime Mover in science? By Prime Mover in this context, I will use the phrase, “That than which nothing greater can be conceived of.” In the context of science is there any kind of prime mover? It seems that no matter what the answer might be you still can, at least for the foreseeable future, say, “What created or was responsible for the Big Bang? And then you could ask what was responsible for what caused the BB down and down the rabbit hole as you infinitely regress?
This video, “The Trouble with Atheism” at 17:05 has an interesting exchange between Rod Liddle, narrator, and Bernard Carr, cosmologist.
LIDDLE: Bernard Carr, Cosmologist, is a physicist and studies how the laws of the universe operate., He says that the laws of nature are so finely tuned to enable complex life to exist that it is extremely unlikely that is…(bad audio) that it at least raises the possibility of a Tuner.
CARR: (explains that Pyramid of Complexity and that it is highly unlikely that this would come be there.
LIDDLE: How did this come about, this rather terrific luck?
CARR: Of course, one of the first explanations that comes about is that there was a Tuner, or a Creator, or, if you like, God And, obviously, people of a theological disposition the idea that the Fine Tuning is evidence of God, of course is wonderful.
LIDDLE: But, of course, there are other wonderful explanations as to why our universe is so finely tuned. One such idea is the multi-verse.
CARR: We have the possibility that our universe might just be one of many, many universes; this is called the multi-verse
LIDDLE: So the average person layperson, the notion of the multi-verse stretches the imagination to a far greater degree even, that the notion of a Creator.
CARR: Well, that’s a very interesting point, because if you do have millions of other universes, if you do have this multi-verse it’s clear that you no longer need the Creator because you can simply say it’s a selection of fate that we have to be in one of the universes that allows, us, life to arise. Now in that sense I think you might say that the multi-verse is the last refuge of the atheist.
POINT OF ORDER: I don’t want to argue theism vs atheism. What I’m interested in is why a multi-verse situation would eliminate infinite regression? One, again, you could asl where the multi-verse came from? It seems that the only explanation one could come up with is that the multi-verse “Always was and always will be.”
I’m asking for input on a prime mover in science and why a multi-verse would be the final answer, as Carr stated or implied?
This video, “The Trouble with Atheism” at 17:05 has an interesting exchange between Rod Liddle, narrator, and Bernard Carr, cosmologist.
LIDDLE: Bernard Carr, Cosmologist, is a physicist and studies how the laws of the universe operate., He says that the laws of nature are so finely tuned to enable complex life to exist that it is extremely unlikely that is…(bad audio) that it at least raises the possibility of a Tuner.
CARR: (explains that Pyramid of Complexity and that it is highly unlikely that this would come be there.
LIDDLE: How did this come about, this rather terrific luck?
CARR: Of course, one of the first explanations that comes about is that there was a Tuner, or a Creator, or, if you like, God And, obviously, people of a theological disposition the idea that the Fine Tuning is evidence of God, of course is wonderful.
LIDDLE: But, of course, there are other wonderful explanations as to why our universe is so finely tuned. One such idea is the multi-verse.
CARR: We have the possibility that our universe might just be one of many, many universes; this is called the multi-verse
LIDDLE: So the average person layperson, the notion of the multi-verse stretches the imagination to a far greater degree even, that the notion of a Creator.
CARR: Well, that’s a very interesting point, because if you do have millions of other universes, if you do have this multi-verse it’s clear that you no longer need the Creator because you can simply say it’s a selection of fate that we have to be in one of the universes that allows, us, life to arise. Now in that sense I think you might say that the multi-verse is the last refuge of the atheist.
POINT OF ORDER: I don’t want to argue theism vs atheism. What I’m interested in is why a multi-verse situation would eliminate infinite regression? One, again, you could asl where the multi-verse came from? It seems that the only explanation one could come up with is that the multi-verse “Always was and always will be.”
I’m asking for input on a prime mover in science and why a multi-verse would be the final answer, as Carr stated or implied?
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