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The accidental universe: Science's crisis of faith—By Alan P. Lightman (Harper's Magazine)
Intelligent design, however, is an answer to fine-tuning that does not appeal to most scientists. The multiverse offers another explanation.
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Evidence in Science and Religion, Part Two - NYTimes.com
But this Baconian model of scientific progress in which data sits waiting to be revealed by superior instruments is now, the Princeton philosopher Thomas Kelly tells us, “universally rejected by philosophers” (“Evidence,” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). “It is now appreciated,” Kelly continues, “that at any given time, which theories are accepted … typically plays a crucial role in guiding the subsequent search for evidence which bears on these theories.”
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