The Cosmological Constant - absolute proof that God created the universe for a purpose
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In cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek capital letter lambda: Λ) is the value of the energy density of the vacuum of space. It was originally introduced by Albert Einstein in 1917[1] as an addition to his theory of general relativity to "hold back gravity" and achieve a static universe, which was the accepted view at the time. Einstein abandoned the concept as his "greatest blunder" after Hubble's 1929 discovery that all galaxies outside our own Local Group are moving away from each other, implying an overall expanding universe. From 1929 until the early 1990s, most cosmology researchers assumed the cosmological constant to be zero. Since the 1990s, several developments in observational cosmology, especially the discovery of the accelerating universe from distant supernovae in 1998, and also independent evidence from the cosmic microwave background and large galaxy redshift surveys, have shown that the mass-energy density of the universe includes around 70% in dark energy. While dark energy is poorly understood at a fundamental level, the main required properties of dark energy are that it dilutes much more slowly than matter as the universe expands, and that it clusters much more weakly than matter, or perhaps not at all. The cosmological constant is the simplest possible form of dark energy since it is constant in both space and time, and this leads to the current standard model of cosmology known as the Lambda-CDM model, which provides a good fit to many cosmological observations as of 2014.
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Understand the cosmological constant in the nature of man and you would have seen the structure of God.
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The cosmological constant was a value thrown into the standard model by Einstein to account for a static universe which we now know isn't the case. It's expanding rapidly. The cc was a fudge factor
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I think you're reading into this a little too far
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So where's the proof?!? You are grossly misinterpreting and misrepresenting what Dr. Susskind is saying,you probably don't understand physics nor cosmology. Even if he was a "believer" he offers no proof,whatsoever,and is purely speaking in the historical context of the clash of theology and the modern scientific method. This is not a rigorous "proof",which would require incredibly advanced mathematics,which you probably don't understand either...
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The cosmological constant is simply the amount of energy that occupies a vacuum. It has nothing to do with God, this doesn't make sense.
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It's not a proof that god exists, it's not even an unsolved mystery. It's because of the multiverse. When there are infinite number of universes, one has to turn out exactly the way it works for us. If the constant was different, we'd have a different universe, and things would have been different. But we cannot jump to conclusion that it was god.
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have a good long sleep unfaithful, unbelievers, WE do not have prove anything to satan, he already knows what's going to happen to him √ or her
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The only thing the constant and god have in common is there are unknown about both which is what Lenny was saying in that incomplete statement in the video. We don't know what dark energy is the same thing goes for dark matter. Now unlike "God" we do have strong indications that they are real, there is evidence for both of them.
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this is a snippets of a documentary, the full documentary didn't conclude the existence of a creator but instead proposed the possibility of a multiverse. Please post the full documentary instead of posting an incomplete segment that suit your agenda.
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I'm pretty sure someone made us inside a black hole to let them know how it's like inside....scince they couldn't just fly into one they fine tuned the birth of a black hole to simulate their own
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Yet think about it: how does whatever happened (at the onset of the universe) answer the question of whether there IS--not was--a "god"? Whether you think the onset occurred thousands, millions, or billions of years ago, THAT WAS THEN.
To get unbelievers to share your belief, you're going to have to give some current evidence for the present existence of a "deity": a supernatural being that occasionally breaks the physical laws of the universe (to make miracles), and requires worship and obedience. And speculation (which is all it will ever be: no one was there as a witness) about what might have happened In The Beginning does not qualify as "current." -
Strange conclusion. Dark matter is not evidence of "fine tuning". Infact, the "fine tuning" argument is silly. It's a comparative model with no comparison. Much like saying "I made a pie, without looking at it, or tasting it, or knowing how I made the pie, what are the odds that I made a pie?" Rationally 1:1.
"Fine tuning" requires comparative universes where unguided processes are measurable, and guided processes are measurable, then comparatives to this universe can be made. Odds of the universe being produced completely unguided are 1:1 until there is scientific evidence for a guided process, a guide and specific definition of these things.
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