Not only car engines can be finely tuned. It turns out that the closer scientists look at the inner workings of the cosmos, the more they find that our own universe is precisely tuned to support life. Books such as “Just Six Numbers” (Martin Rees), “The Goldilocks Enigma” (Paul Davies), and “The Grand Design” (Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow), highlight the special features of our world — forces, constants, and ratios — that, if even slightly altered, would make life impossible. In this show, we talk with well-known astrophysicist, Bernard Haisch, author of the best-selling books, The God Theory and the Purpose-Driven Universe (http://www.thegodtheory.com) to evaluate three options for explaining the source of this fine-tuning: chance; the existence of 10500 other universes (the “multiverse”)” or God. Tune in to see which option seems to make the most sense. The answer this astrophysicist gives may come as a surprise. Listen to...
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Are we “robot vehicles” (Richard Dawkins) or “immortal spiritual beings?” On this show we address this question in a conversation with spiritual teacher Michael Mackintosh (www.livinginmagic.com) who reveals how an amazing out-of-body experience propelled him on a journey from a hopeless predicament in Cambridge, England to live his current dream life in Hawaii. Find out how changing your perspective can set you on the course for dreaming bigger dreams, and even making them come true. Listen to the Show...
On this show, Professor Bruce Rosenblum of the University of California -Santa Cruz, and co-author of the best-selling book, Quantum Enigma -Physics Encounters Consciousness,(www.quantumenigma.com), talks with host Philip Mereton (www.heavenattheendofscience.com) about the origin and meaning of science’s most heralded theory, quantum mechanics. On this show the listener will learn that the world is not made of hard, massy stuff, but something much stranger — a mathematical equation that needs consciousness to become something. The quantum enigma remains an intriguing mystery still awaiting a solution. Listen to the Show...
Modern science teaches that consciousness arose from matter, mindless stuff. But can the opposite be true? Perhaps consciousness is at the root of experience. On this show we talk with Richard Smoley, one the world’s foremost authorities on mystical philosophy, and author of The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe. Needless to say, Mr. Smoley provides a unique perspective on the role of consciousness in the make-up of our world. Listen to the Show...
Modern scientists are looking for the God particle to fill out their standard model of the cosmos. Christians are waiting for the return of their own God to complete their vision of a new world. For both scientists and Christians the missing piece to the puzzle remains elusive. But are these quests really that different? Tampa Bay minister Louis Kaloger joins us to discuss this topic and others on today’s show. Listen to the Show...
Scientific theories are given greater weight than matters of faith or mere belief because theories are testable. We know that gravity is an attractive force because objects dropped from leaning towers fall down, not up; we know that light travels at 186,000 miles per second because scientists measured this speed; we know that the core elements of the physical world possess features of both matter and waves because the famous double-slit experiment shows elementary particles to have this double-identity. If a theory or belief is testable it means that it is open to questioning, and therefore able to possess a deeper validity. Some observers (e.g., the late Karl Popper) believe that the notion that the world is a dream is not testable and therefore not a scientific theory. But dream-theory is easily testable. Many of us have had the experience of “seeing stars” after a powerful sneeze, a fall off a...
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