meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Reasonable Faith Podcast

The Latest on String Theory

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What is String Theory and is it still viable? Dr. Craig discusses how it relates to the Fine Tuning of the universe.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Is string theory right? Is it just fantasy?

0:07.0

Caught in the landscape out of touch with reality

0:15.0

Compactified on S5 or T-star S3. 3.

0:28.0

Space is a pure mind. Why should it be string?

0:31.0

Because it's quantum got classical,

0:35.0

gone re-normalizable.

0:39.0

Any way you quantize you wantize to encounter infinity.

0:47.0

You see.

0:50.0

Dr. Craig, you need to walk us through some science here if you would.

0:54.0

String theory may create far fewer universes than thought.

1:00.0

This article from Scientific America.

1:03.0

It's been a while since I have heard about string theory.

1:06.2

For a while, that's all I heard about.

1:07.8

Not so much anymore.

1:09.2

It's rather out of fashion, frankly,

1:11.2

though this article wouldn't give you a clue to that.

1:15.0

The theory faces so many obstacles and has no evidence in its favor that I think it most scientists probably pretty skeptical about its promise

1:26.2

though in this article they do quote a number of string theorists who are

1:30.9

working in this area that are optimistic that something will come of it.

1:35.0

I'm sure there's some people who don't know what string theory is using their own definition.

1:41.0

Perhaps you can give us a definition or an overview.

1:44.0

Well, she gives a nice definition in the blog ear.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from William Lane Craig, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of William Lane Craig and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.