Classic Replay: A Universe From Nothing? Lawrence Krauss & Rodney Holder

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🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

From April 2012, anti-theist cosmologist Lawrence Krauss's book "A Universe From Nothing" received both acclaim and criticism for its attempt to answer the question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" Debating the issue with Krauss was Rodney Holder, Course director at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge. An astrophysicist and priest by background. • For conference & live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • More podcasts, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://my.premier.org.uk/donate/donate-unbelievable-2022 • Get our 'Confident Christianity' course: http://www.premier.org.uk/course • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PremierUnbelievable

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0:00.0	Welcome back to this week's classic replay and today we're going back to April 2012
0:23.2	to talk about nothing.
0:25.1	That's right, nothing is the subject of this week's show or specifically I should say
0:29.5	a universe from nothing.
0:31.5	This was around the time that atheist cosmologist Lauren Scouse of Arizona State University
0:36.4	released his best-selling book of that title and indeed it caused much ado about nothing.
0:41.2	Alright, I'll stop that now, I'm sure that line's been used.
0:43.7	Over 100 times before but Scouse was in conversation with Rodney Holder who was a course director
0:49.0	of the Faraday Institute and they discussed the question, why is there something rather
0:53.5	than nothing?
0:54.5	What crowds means by nothing?
0:56.6	Mind-tuning, multiverse, the usefulness of theology and philosophy and much more.
1:01.5	And just a reminder, we've now launched our exciting new website and our rebrand, unbelievable
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1:10.7	you many many more great conversations and resources.
1:13.7	We are Premier Unbelievable, Faith Explored, come and check us out at premierunbelieverball.com
1:21.1	and now on with today's classic replay, can we really get a universe from nothing?
1:29.5	Well today we are asking, can we get a universe from nothing?
1:33.6	And my special guest by phone from the state is Lauren Scouse, physicist at Arizona State
1:38.4	University.
1:39.9	Cosmologist is another way of putting it, author of the book A Universe from Nothing.
1:43.9	As an atheist he says that advances in modern cosmology and physics have given us an answer
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