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SUMMARY:God or Multiverse? - Bernard Carr\, Peter Coles\, Rodney Holder\, 
 John Polkinghorne\, Keith Ward
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CONTACT:Professor Bernard Carr
DESCRIPTION:_A remarkable feature of the Universe is that the physical con
 stants appear to be fine-tuned for the emergence of life. One possible exp
 lanation for this is that a Creator designed the Universe for our benefit.
  Another - prompted by recent developments in cosmology and particle physi
 cs - is that there could be many universes in which the constants are diff
 erent\, in which case the observed fine-tunings just become a selection ef
 fect. Some scientists regard this “Multiverse” explanation as more pla
 usible since it is predicted by respectable (albeit speculative) physics b
 ut others regard it as just as metaphysical as invoking God since the othe
 r universes can never be seen. One might also argue that a God who can cre
 ate a Universe could equally well create a Multiverse. This day provides a
  unique opportunity for three theologians to join two cosmologists in a di
 scussion of these issues._ 
LOCATION:Howard Room\, Downing College\, Cambridge
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