The Multiverse—From Epicurus to Comic Books and Beyond

Episode 1655 September 28, 2022 00:17:46
The Multiverse—From Epicurus to Comic Books and Beyond
Intelligent Design the Future
The Multiverse—From Epicurus to Comic Books and Beyond

Sep 28 2022 | 00:17:46

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Show Notes

On this ID the Future, Discovery Institute senior fellow Andrew McDiarmid explores the roots of the idea that our universe is just one of many universes, an idea stretching back to the ancient atomists and given new life in the modern era, first by physicist Hugh Everett. McDiarmid then looks at how the idea percolated into comic books and from there into popular culture. He caps off the episode with a reading of a recent article about the multiverse hypothesis by Stephen Meyer, author of the recent bestseller, Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe. Meyer shows why some atheist scientists are attracted to the multiverse idea. As he explains, there is Read More ›

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