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In reply to the discussion: Leonard Susskind - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Mind? [View all]rogerashton
(3,920 posts)25. It is true
that Bayes' Law requires a judgment of a priori probability, which may be subjective, and if the a priori probability is one or zero, no evidence will ever influence your opinions. If, for example, your subjective judgment is that the probability that God exists is zero, then no evidence can modify that judgment via Bayes' law.
That is what you meant, isn't it?
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Current theories seem to be moving toward multiple universes, perhaps an infinite number
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#3
Arthur Clarke had a hypothesis on that which he developed into a short story...
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#8
You think people would see the irony in defending someone on intellectual grounds
Lordquinton
Feb 2015
#23
But but! He said something offensive! Well, it wasn't really offensive but it was quoted
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#58
He doesn't seem to have started with a conclusion but this is where he's saying
Leontius
Feb 2015
#22
Specific claims concerning the multiverse are speculative and beyond our current science
cpwm17
Feb 2015
#36
No, life would be impossible with small changes to any one of a number of the constants of nature
cpwm17
Feb 2015
#37