Does the Universe Exhibit Design?
“Contrary to much popular belief, I will argue that in the last century, the findings of science, particularly in the area of fundamental physics, have significantly pointed in the direction of a subtle, but very intelligent, designer of the cosmos. As well-respected theoretical physicist and popular science writer Paul Davies concludes, when looking at the fundamental structure of the universe, ‘the impression of design is overwhelming.’ In this talk, I attempt to give some sense of why someone might claim this. I will focus on four areas in which I think that the universe shows evidence of design.” Collins, Robin (229K) God, Design, and Fine-Tuning “In this paper, I have argued that the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life presents provides strong evidence for preferring theism over the atheistic single-universe hypothesis. I then argued that although one can partially explain the fine-tuning of the constants of physics by invoking some sort of many-universe generator, we have good rea
