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Recent content by davidbilby

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    "We have detected gravitational waves. We did it."

    BTW they spotted 29 candidates spectroscopically and 1 via radio signals, but there's a million galaxies in that patch of sky...
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    "We have detected gravitational waves. We did it."

    Well duh, what did you think the gravitational wave signal was? Because the network of physical environment sensors is vastly sensitive enough to detect such an event, and geomagnetic effects on the h(t) signal at the time were eight orders of magnitude too small...they measured!! But I'm...
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    "We have detected gravitational waves. We did it."

    LOL, how did I know that you would decide that LIGO's detection was somehow wrong. Hahahahahahahahahaha. Needless to say, you are completely wrong. It's kind of like a spam email filter that filters out certain messages. You have to train it, to some extent, in the beginning. An email is either...
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    I could easily, but I'm not going to, because I'm not stupid, and I do enjoy discussions taking place anonymously. That's my right. He is famous for many reasons, not all of which are him being right about everything, which he's not been. He is a genius though, no question, but...
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    Did I say that? No, I did not.
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    Which is why it's great that that's not the number once you factor in quantum mechanics, especially as regards LQC. It's also not the number in most inflationary models anyway, since the parameter space is different (obviously). That depends on the number to some extent, but no. If it were...
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    This is like talking to a parrot. Read this again: The fine-tuning of the universe is not proven. It is an assumption and a weak one at that, depending on the statistical methodology used to calculate the probability that a certain outcome would have happened. Penrose's statistical...
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    Properties of space

    No. It's definitely not neither on some scales and definitely neither on others. It's a question of whether if something is for all practical purposes indistuinguishable from something else, whether it is that. This is a subtle question. If you have two objects that to all measurement processes...
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    Let's stop there. Your "argument" has already failed at this point. The fine-tuning of the universe is not proven. It is an assumption and a weak one at that, depending on the statistical methodology used to calculate the probability that a certain outcome would have happened. You cannot...
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    Properties of space

    What is "ordinary distance"?
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    Properties of space

    That's because GR defines things in terms of fields.
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    Well, Penrose doesn't think what you think about Orch-OR and little of his idea means what you pretended you think it means (eg...."soul") so, yes, he might be right, but no, that wouldn't make you right. However I see little evidence that he is right, and I see a lot of woo from the Deepak...
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    The constant depends entirely on the unit system chosen (in this case usually m, kg and s), so actually, no, that's not true, and if you change the Planck constant, you can still have a universe; it's simply that another constant would need to change. There are numerous potential parameter...
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    Incorrect. The fallacy only applies in a logical argument. I was not inferring he was wrong because people don't believe he is right, I was simply saying that not many people think he is, from my professional experience in the field of advanced physics, which is reasonably large, certainly...
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    A finely tuned universe that points to a God.

    The texas sharpshooter fallacy was correctly brought up to answer this, but the other answer - as I've told you before - is not many people think Penrose is right about this. Calculating probabilities of what "might" be or have been, is based on making certain assumptions, as you correctly...