The Physics of Fine-Tuning Podcast
1) Fine-Tuning Discussion
Simon Friederich, Natalja Deng, and Erik Curiel participate in a roundtable discussion addressing questions around probability, fine-tuning, and arguments for a multiverse or deity. Simon Friederich, ...Show More
2) Erik Curiel: Measure, Topology, and Probability in Cosmology.
Erik Curiel explains the challenges in making assessments of probability by making assumptions about the space of universes--or cosmological models--that our theories allow. Erik Curiel (Munich Center...Show More
3) Natalja Deng: What Kind of Fine-Tuner?
Natalja Deng discusses whether the apparent fine-tuning of the universe for life can be evidence for a divine creator. Natalja Deng (Yonsei University) comments on two responses to the fine-tuning arg...Show More
4) Simon Friederich: Fine-Tuning for Life in the Universe, A Panoramic View
Simon Friederich reviews the challenges that arise in using empirical evidence that the universe is tuned for life to evaluate multiverse hypothesis. Simon Friederich (University of Groningen) offers ...Show More
5) Evidence in the Multiverse
Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich hash out the problems we encounter when we look for evidence of a multiverse. How do we gain evidence for a multiverse? In the final part of their discussion, Erik Cur...Show More
6) The Hard Fact of Life in Big Physics City
How similar is the fine-tuning of our universe to probabilistic reasoning we use and understand? Simon Friederich and Erik Curiel go through a series of examples. In the third part of their discussion...Show More
7) Stability and Probability
Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich discuss how reasoning in cosmology sometimes conflates topological stability with probability, and why that might be wrong. In the second part of their discussion, Er...Show More
8) Problems with Probability
Simon Friederich and Erik Curiel discuss the problems fine-tuning arguments raise for our understanding of probability. In the first part of their discussion, Simon Friederich and Erik Curiel outline ...Show More
9) The New Era in Observational Cosmology
In the fourth part of their discussion, Pedro Ferreira and Jerome Martin conjecture about the future of inflation. They talk about the potential for new evidence for and against the theory, and the va...Show More
10) When is a theory good enough?
In the third part of their discussion, Pedro Ferreira and Jerome Martin talk about whether one should look for a deeper physical theory when one’s current theory is well-supported by observation. They...Show More