Scientist 'proves' God exists with breakthrough maths formula
A Harvard astrophysicist Dr Willie Soon believes he has proved the existence of a higher power with a complicated scientific formula
A Harvard scientist believes he's proved the existence of a higher power using a complex scientific formula, causing quite the stir on social media.
Dr Willie Soon, an Ivy League Astrophysicist, certainly has the credentials to claim he understands the universe and its forces better than most.
While science and religion have been at loggerheads over the origins of the universe for centuries, Dr Soon appears to have bridged the gap with his theory about the universe and our existence on Earth.
Speaking on The Tucker Carlson Network, the Smithsonian doctor shared his belief in the "fine-tuning argument". This concept emphasises the extraordinary precision of the universe's physical conditions, and how this precision led to the almost infinitely improbable conditions necessary for life - too improbable to be mere chance.
At the core of this assertion is a train of thought first expressed by Cambridge University physicist Paul Dirac back in 1963. Dirac suggested the mathematical elegance of nature's laws indicated a superior designer, reports the Mirror US.
In his work nearly six decades ago, Dirac said: "It seems to be one of the fundamental features of nature that fundamental physical laws are described in terms of mathematical theory of great beauty and power, needing quite a high standard of mathematics for one to understand it.
"You may wonder: Why is nature constructed along these lines? One can only answer that our present knowledge seems to show that nature is so constructed. We simply have to accept it.
"One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe."
Dr Soon mirrors this sentiment on the chat show, saying: "There are so many examples of the ever-present forces that allow us to illuminate our lives. God has given us this light, to follow the light and do the best that we can."
His reasoning appears to be a more scientific interpretation of the design argument, the one with the timepiece comparison we were nearly all taught at school.
The well-known comparison explains this by likening the universe to a timepiece. Discovering a timepiece, with its complex workings, suggests a clockmaker. Likewise, the intricacy of the universe points to an intelligent creator.
Though not everyone shares Soon's conviction. A frequent counter-argument to his fine-tuning theory emerges in two forms.
Firstly, we still possess a remarkably restricted grasp of our universe. We function as carbon-based organisms, but in another cosmos, with alternative physical existence built on different elements may occur.
The second counter-argument boils down to chance. Improbable occurrences take place constantly, and with our universe's existence, it remains certain that, regardless of how remote the odds were, it still occurred.
