Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Troy Dana and I debate the fine-tuning argument for theism, as well as Troy's anti-design fine-tuning argument.

Troy's YouTube channel: ⁨@Friction

Troy's written version of his anti-design argument: fric.substack.com/p/cosmological-fine-tuning

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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:57 Overview of the FTA.
04:49 Troy's anti-design FTA.
13:40 Likelihood of fine-tuning given bare design.
25:09 Discovering the digits of pi in the cosmic microwave background.
33:11 Double-counting the evidence?
40:37 Bayesianism breaks down in cosmic contexts?
44:43 Return of awesome theistic evidence.
01:00:36 We'll pursue this in writing.
01:01:24 Troy's second anti-design argument.
01:11:10 Prior probability of theism.