Is the universe fine-tuned for life? Luke Barnes vs Martin Bauer with Philip Goff [recorded on location at Durham Uni]

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Is the universe fine-tuned for life? And does physics point to God? Tune in to the Unbelievable? Podcast for our debate this week which was filmed in front of a live audience at the University of Durham, with Prof. Philip Goff moderating. We have two excellent physicists in the hot seats. Dr Luke Barnes is a senior lecturer at Western Sydney University and has published extensively on the fine tuning of physics for life. On the other side we have Dr Martin Bauer an associate professor in physics from Durham University, UK. Martin's research focuses on dark matter, and Higgs physics to name just two. This debate at Durham University was funded by the panpsychism and panentheism three-year project that Philip Goff and Andre Buchareth run at Durham University, which is currently funded by the John Templeton Foundation. MEET THE GUESTS For Philip Goff: https://philipgoffphilosophy.com/ Philip’s book: Why? The Purpose of the universe https://amzn.to/3X3zklx https://x.com/philip_goff https://bsky.app/profile/philipgoff.bsky.social For Luke Barnes: https://researchers.westernsydney.edu.au/en/persons/luke-barnes https://x.com/lukebarnesastro For Martin Bauer: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/martin-m-bauer/ https://x.com/martinmbauer?lang=en #finetuning #reasonsforgod #sciencevsgod #physicists #astrophysics #debate #christianapologetics • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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