Tag: Adam Frank
Astrophysicists Battle over Whether the Multiverse Must Exist
“If cosmic inflation and quantum field theory are both correct, then the Multiverse arises as an inevitable consequence of the two.”
“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet
Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space.
Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is
Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism.
Question for Multiverse Theorists: To What Can Science Appeal if Not Evidence?
They could just as well say that whatever created horses created unicorns, too.
Freedom and Scientific Progress – A Necessary Relationship
A familiar talking point holds that a rigid attitude to science along Darwinist lines is indispensable to technological advance, while academic freedom impedes it.