scientism – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:49:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png scientism – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 The Human Universe Episode 2 https://bensonium.com/human-universe/ https://bensonium.com/human-universe/#respond Sat, 22 Aug 2020 20:27:35 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?p=660 Presented by Professor Brian Cox, Episode 2. The comparison of multiverses and national lottery tickets to explain our universe’s fine tuning is discussed 35 minutes into the video.

Sadly this video is not longer available on Youtube. However, you can see the relevant part of it my third talk on God and Science 18 minutes into the video below.

]]> https://bensonium.com/human-universe/feed/ 0 Emergence Theory https://bensonium.com/emergence-theory/ https://bensonium.com/emergence-theory/#respond Sat, 22 Aug 2020 20:21:40 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?p=658 A strong argument can be made that atheism is leading to a form of scientism that is damaging modern physics. For example, in a recent series of shows entitled “Emergence Theory”, the creators of the series argue, based on applying mathematical infinities directly to the observable universe, that the ultimate destination of cosmic evolution is not heat death as was traditionally predicted by the second law of thermodynamics but rather some weird universal consciousness.

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