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Originally posted by john_bmth
Originally posted by edmc^2
Originally posted by john_bmth
Originally posted by edmc^2
reply to post by camus154
Isn't it the point of enlightenment and great learning is to ask QUESTIONS?
Not when your only answer is BIBLE.
huh! where have you been man?
Reading this forum. Your "logic" is thus:
1) Bible
2) ???
3) Evidence!
The Symbiotic Universe: Life and Mind in the Cosmos by George Greenstein New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988 George Greenstein, professor of astronomy at Amherst College, believes we are faced with a mystery, and one of immense significance. In his fascinating new book, The Symbiotic Universe, he argues that our existence, and indeed that of every other form of life, is an utterly astonishing thing. The deeper one looks, the more surprising it becomes that life ever arose in the cosmos. For in fact our existence depends on a network of unlikely circumstances, a remarkable series of coincidences. That they occurred at all is testimony that ours is fundamentally a universe of life. In looking for an explanation, Professor Greenstein begins with an insight suggested by the theory of quantum mechanics. He proposes that in the fitness of the cosmos for life, we are witnessing the effects of a gigantic symbiosis– a symbiosis between the physical universes on the one hand and life on the other. Between these two there is a union, a great metaphysical dance by which each supports the other. How did it come to pass that against all odds the cosmos succeeded in bringing forth life? It had to –in order to exist.
“So many coincidences! The more I read, the more I became convinced that such ‘coincidences’ could hardly have happened by chance. But as this conviction grew, something else grew as well. Even now it is difficult to express this ‘something’ in words. It was an intense revulsion, and at times it was almost physical in nature. I would positively squirm with discomfort..."
Originally posted by edmc^2
so you don't agree with the scientific evidence presented so far that Universe is Fine Tuned for life?
here - let me post it again some of the evidence:
from the OP:
The Symbiotic Universe: Life and Mind in the Cosmos by George Greenstein New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988 George Greenstein, professor of astronomy at Amherst College, believes we are faced with a mystery, and one of immense significance. In his fascinating new book, The Symbiotic Universe, he argues that our existence, and indeed that of every other form of life, is an utterly astonishing thing. The deeper one looks, the more surprising it becomes that life ever arose in the cosmos. For in fact our existence depends on a network of unlikely circumstances, a remarkable series of coincidences. That they occurred at all is testimony that ours is fundamentally a universe of life. In looking for an explanation, Professor Greenstein begins with an insight suggested by the theory of quantum mechanics. He proposes that in the fitness of the cosmos for life, we are witnessing the effects of a gigantic symbiosis– a symbiosis between the physical universes on the one hand and life on the other. Between these two there is a union, a great metaphysical dance by which each supports the other. How did it come to pass that against all odds the cosmos succeeded in bringing forth life? It had to –in order to exist.
"The Symbiotic Universe" by George Greenstein, professor of astronomy and cosmology.
The answer to that question is still hypothetical because abiogenesis is far from being proven, but yes, if it can happen in a lab under certain conditions, then it can happen on earth under those same conditions.
We adapted to the universe, not the other way round.
“The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known that we were coming.”
"The really amazing thing is not that life on Earth is balanced on a knife-edge, but that the entire universe is balanced on a knife-edge, and would be total chaos if any of the natural 'constants' were off even slightly. You see, even if you dismiss man as a chance happening, the fact remains that the universe seems unreasonably suited to the existence of life -- almost contrived -- you might say a 'put-up job'."
The fact that the universe exhibits many features that foster organic life -- such as precisely those physical constants that result in planets and long-lived stars -- also has led some scientists to speculate that some divine influence may be present.
"The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers (i.e. the constants of physics) seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life".
Originally posted by camus154
Dude, just stop.
Stephen Hawking just recently wrote a book arguing AGAINST the case for god.
Do you dig?
It's all well and good that you can cherry pick selected quotes to supposedly support your position, but at least do so knowing that the quotes you choose actually support your position to begin with.
Even Albert Einstein has been misquoted out of context for supposed "proof" of God, despite the fact that anyone with even a cursory knowledge of scientific history knows that his comments on God were allegorical.
Trust me on this. The best minds around see what you keep pointing at and DON'T conclude there must be a god. Whether they are philosopher, physicist, biologist, or even theologian, they don't immediately jump to God.
Do you dig? You're not covering new ground here. It's already been done. By experts. It's tired. It's a dead end.
“So many coincidences! The more I read, the more I became convinced that such ‘coincidences’ could hardly have happened by chance. But as this conviction grew, something else grew as well. Even now it is difficult to express this ‘something’ in words. It was an intense revulsion, and at times it was almost physical in nature. I would positively squirm with discomfort...
"Is it possible that suddenly, without intending to, we have stumbled upon scientific proof of the existence of a Supreme Being? Was it God who stepped in and so providentially crafted the cosmos for our benefit?
"
“I also believe that reference to God will never suffice to explain a single one of these discoveries. God is not an explanation."
Originally posted by edmc^2
OK - I'll give you this condition: all of the best minds in world with the best equipment and all the fine tuned instruments and all the time in universe.
Can you please cite or show me just one evidence that they are able to create life form non-living materials if you really believe "it can happen in a lab under certain conditions".
I'd like to see it 'cuz to believe that this is a fact, is an "argument from ignorance".
tc.
Dude I'm so aware that most if not all the people I quoted DO NOT BELIEVE IN God - but the POINT is they believe that -------- the Universe IS Fine Tuned to support life. And that's the fact jack.
Did you not read my post at all? I said IF it can happen in a lab, it can happen in nature. I didn't say abiogenesis happened in a lab, only small parts of it have. I posted the article in my last response. If you're just planning to ignore everything I say, then please don't bother responding, and please stop questioning my logic, without presenting evidence that counters it.
IF it can happen in a lab, it can happen in nature
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
That is not a fact, and you don't even understand what fine tuned means.
"The really amazing thing is not that life on Earth is balanced on a knife-edge, but that the entire universe is balanced on a knife-edge, and would be total chaos if any of the natural 'constants' were off even slightly. You see, even if you dismiss man as a chance happening, the fact remains that the universe seems unreasonably suited to the existence of life -- almost contrived -- you might say a 'put-up job'."
It doesn't mean that somebody tweak it or designed it. It means that the way the universe is, it CAN support life in extremely rare circumstances.
Fine tuned for life is a straight up lie and no evidence whatsoever suggests this.
“The more I examine the universe and study the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense must have known that we were coming.”
Otherwise the universe would be abundant with life. It is not.
Why would a creator set up the universe to make life so rare, if the purpose of the universe was for life? Why wouldn't this designer fine tune the universe for life EVERYWHERE? It doesn't make the least bit of sense. You are drawing ridiculous conclusions based on poor illogical associations that have no evidence behind them. Thread over.
Originally posted by Barcs
reply to post by edmc^2
It is DEFINITELY comedy hour on here. Not a single thing you said had anything to do with the points I made. You lack very basic understanding of science, and need to start learning so you can expand your knowledge of cause and effect. This way you can actually call things what they are instead of relying on old cliches like "blind chance events" or "designed and fine tuned itself". You have no idea about what you are talking about. Enjoy the ride, though.
Originally posted by Blarneystoner
reply to post by edmc^2
I'm curious to know what your idea of God is. How do you define God?
He is an awesome Creator...
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by edmc^2
He is an awesome Creator...
That pretty much sums up your entire post above...nothing but preaching, zero facts, zero objective evidence, and zero logic.
I'm curious to know what your idea of God is. How do you define God?
And what "company" are you talking about? Clowns like Ben Stein?
If you change a little bit the laws of nature, or you change a little bit the constants of nature -- like the charge on the electron -- then the way the universe develops is so changed, it is very likely that intelligent life would not have been able to develop.
If we nudge one of these constants just a few percent in one direction, stars burn out within a million years of their formation, and there is no time for evolution. If we nudge it a few percent in the other direction, then no elements heavier than helium form. No carbon, no life. Not even any chemistry. No complexity at all.
"The really amazing thing is not that life on Earth is balanced on a knife-edge, but that the entire universe is balanced on a knife-edge, and would be total chaos if any of the natural 'constants' were off even slightly. You see, even if you dismiss man as a chance happening, the fact remains that the universe seems unreasonably suited to the existence of life -- almost contrived -- you might say a 'put-up job'."
The fact that the universe exhibits many features that foster organic life -- such as precisely those physical constants that result in planets and long-lived stars -- also has led some scientists to speculate that some divine influence may be present.
"The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers (i.e. the constants of physics) seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life". "For example, if the electric charge of the electron had been only slightly different, stars would have been unable to burn hydrogen and helium, or else they would not have exploded. It seems clear that there are relatively few ranges of values for the numbers (for the constants) that would allow for development of any form of intelligent life. Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty."
how surprising it is that the laws of nature and the initial conditions of the universe should allow for the existence of beings who could observe it. Life as we know it would be impossible if any one of several physical quantities had slightly different values.
...
One constant does seem to require an incredible fine-tuning -- The existence of life of any kind seems to require a cancellation between different contributions to the vacuum energy, accurate to about 120 decimal places.
namely, an accuracy of one part out of ten to the power of ten to the power of 123. This is an extraordinary figure. One could not possibly even write the number down in full, in our ordinary denary (power of ten) notation: it would be one followed by ten to the power of 123 successive zeros! (That is a million billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion zeros.)
....
Even if we were to write a zero on each separate proton and on eachseparate neutron in the entire universe -- and we could throw in all the other particles as well for good measure -..
It doesn't matter who says what about the universe APPEARING fine tuned
Fine tuned according to what standards??? If life as we know it was the goal, it's demonstrably a massive failure as the LARGE majority of space is deadly to life as we know it.
Originally posted by edmc^2
Fact that you can't refute a simple truth such as - The Fined-Universe and that Life can only come from existing Life makes your platform weak.
Originally posted by edmc^2
[snip].....
So to test your logic if you really have one - can the Universe be able to Fine-Tune itself?
What say you?
tc.
my argument is based on logic and common sense
For facts and thousands of years of experience showed us that for something to be precisely-tuned there MUST be a fine tuner.
So to test your logic if you really have one - can the Universe be able to Fine-Tune itself?