Phil Halper (aka Skydivephil) | Physicists & Philosophers debunk The Fine Tuning Argument @PhilHalper1 | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
The Fine-Tuning Argument is often seen as the best argument for the existence of God . Here we have assembled some of the world's top physicists and philosophers to offer a reply. Not every critic of the argument comes from the same perspective. Some doubt there is a problem to be solved whilst others agree it is a genuine problem but think there are better solutions than the God hypothesis. Some like the multiverse and anthropics other don’t. We have tried to represent these different approaches and so it should be taken as given, that not all of the talking heads agree with each other. Nevertheless, they all share the view that the fine-tuning argument for God does not work. Nor are all the objectors atheist, Hans Halvorson offers what we think is a strong theological objection to the argument. This film does not try to argue that God doesn’t exist only that the fine-tuning argument is not a good reason to believe in God. Most of the footage was filmed exclusively for this film with some clips being re-used from our Before the Big Bang series, which can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_pILPr7B8&list=PLJ4zAUPI-qqqj2D8eSk7yoa4hnojoCR4m All of the critics of the fine tuning argument that appear were sent a draft of the film more than a month before release and asked for any objections either to their appearance, the narration or any other aspect of the film. No objections were raised, and many replies were extremely positive and encouraging. A timeline of the subjects covered is below:
(We define God as a perfect Omni immaterial mind as for example modern Christians and Muslims advocate, there are other conceptions of God which our video does not address).
Just to be clear, this is a polemical film arguing against the fine tuning argument.
Timecodes
0:00 Introduction
4:11 The universe as a roll of the dice
6:15 what is probability?
7:28 probability problems
9:25 measure problem
15:45 deceptive probabilities
20:23 the flatness problem
22:14 counterfactuals versus probabilities
23:59 fine tuning versus God
37:02 necessity
38:53 multiverse and anthropics
47:34 Boltzmann brains
49:45 Entropy
52:45 Cosmological Natural Selection
59:10 conclusion
The Fine-Tuning Argument is often seen as the best argument for the existence of God . Here we have assembled some of the world's top physicists and philosophers to offer a reply. Not every critic of the argument comes from the same perspective. Some doubt there is a problem to be solved whilst others agree it is a genuine problem but think there are better solutions than the God hypothesis. Some like the multiverse and anthropics other don’t. We have tried to represent these different approaches and so it should be taken as given, that not all of the talking heads agree with each other. Nevertheless, they all share the view that the fine-tuning argument for God does not work. Nor are all the objectors atheist, Hans Halvorson offers what we think is a strong theological objection to the argument. This film does not try to argue that God doesn’t exist only that the fine-tuning argument is not a good reason to believe in God. Most of the footage was filmed exclusively for this film with some clips being re-used from our Before the Big Bang series, which can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_pILPr7B8&list=PLJ4zAUPI-qqqj2D8eSk7yoa4hnojoCR4m All of the critics of the fine tuning argument that appear were sent a draft of the film more than a month before release and asked for any objections either to their appearance, the narration or any other aspect of the film. No objections were raised, and many replies were extremely positive and encouraging. A timeline of the subjects covered is below:
(We define God as a perfect Omni immaterial mind as for example modern Christians and Muslims advocate, there are other conceptions of God which our video does not address).
Just to be clear, this is a polemical film arguing against the fine tuning argument.
Timecodes
0:00 Introduction
4:11 The universe as a roll of the dice
6:15 what is probability?
7:28 probability problems
9:25 measure problem
15:45 deceptive probabilities
20:23 the flatness problem
22:14 counterfactuals versus probabilities
23:59 fine tuning versus God
37:02 necessity
38:53 multiverse and anthropics
47:34 Boltzmann brains
49:45 Entropy
52:45 Cosmological Natural Selection
59:10 conclusion
