Fred Hoyle, former atheist (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, May 09, 2013, 20:00 (4007 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Hoyle's beliefs about the universe:
> " The Intelligent Universe
> "the vast unlikelihood that life, even on a cosmic scale, arose from non-living matter". It is apparent that the origin of life is overwhelmingly a matter of arrangement by intelligent control. Unintelligent natural selection is only too likely to produce an unintelligent result (my bolding) "
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> dhw: You reject both chance and the above panpsychist hypothesis out of incredulity. This is nothing but a tautology. It simply means you don't believe in something because you do not find it believable. Why is that a problem?-I believe in Hoyle's statement, and I would add to it that since the universe appears to have had a start there is one source for both the universe and life. Hoyle's big Bang is still alive.