Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy, Society & Culture, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Do you recognize the number 1/137.035999206? It might seem arbitrary, but if the fine structure constant were any higher or lower than it is, you might not exist! On this episode of ID The Future, host Brian Miller kicks off an engaging conversation with Rabbi Elie Feder and Rabbi Aaron Zimmer, hosts of the Physics to God podcast. Feder has a PhD in mathematics and has published articles on graph theory. Zimmer has training in physics, and has studied mathematics, philosophy, and psychology. Both men also have extensive rabbinical training. Through their podcast, Feder and Zimmer invite both secular and religious listeners on a journey through modern physics as they offer rational arguments for an intelligent cause of the universe. In Part 1 of a two-part discussion, Feder and Zimmer share their background and the inspiration for their podcast. They also explain their focus on the constants of physics - specific numbers and values built into the laws of nature that are the same everywhere. What do these numbers mean? How are they measured? Why are they important? Do they hint at design, or are they "magic numbers that come to us with no understanding," as noted physicist Richard Feynman put it? A physicist himself, Miller is the perfect host to unpack the efforts of Feder and Zimmer. It's time to get more intimately acquainted with the strange and wonderful numbers that hold our universe together!

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0:00.0	I D the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.0	Welcome to I. D. Future. I am your host Brian Miller and today I'll be interviewing
0:17.9	Rabbi Aaron Zimmer and Rabbi Ellie Fetter about their podcast, Physics to God, which can be found at Physics to God.com.
0:28.0	These individuals are very, very interesting, so this is going to be an exciting conversation.
0:32.3	Now both of our guests have extensive rabbinical training.
0:35.6	And Rabbi Zimmer has also trained in physics
0:38.3	and has studied mathematics, philosophy, and psychology.
0:41.9	And what's particularly interesting is he traded commodities for several years by applying a method for analyzing the Talmud which led to great success.
0:51.0	And Rabbi Fetter has a PhD in mathematics and has published several articles on graph theory.
0:56.0	He also has published the book Geomatria, Refigured, which explores the significance of fine
1:02.3	tuning in Torah, life in physics.
1:05.0	And I'm just going to read a description of their podcast right from their website.
1:10.0	The podcast Physics to God is a guided journey through modern physics to discover God.
1:15.0	We start from the fine tuning of the constants of nature, travel through the
1:19.3	multiverse, and ultimately arrive at a compelling idea of God.
1:24.4	I want to thank both of you for coming on our program.
1:26.8	Sure, sure.
1:27.8	It's been a pleasure.
1:28.8	Happy to be here.
1:29.8	Well, great.
1:30.8	Well, I want to start first by learning more about both of you.
1:33.2	So could you please tell our listeners more about your backgrounds and the story of what led you to start this
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