By Taylor Moffitt of Halydean
Dr. Gian Guidice, a theoretical physicist, discussed the confirmation of the existence of the Higgs-Boson particle at a talk he gave at a TED function a few years ago. In his discussion he elaborated on the Higgs field, and the how quantum tunneling resulted in super-dense formation and the creation of the universe. Dr. Guidice likened this balance as being so “fine tuned” as to be like a thing balanced on the edge of a knife. He referred to the chance of this happening to be so improbable that in order for our universe to have been formed, there had to have been a “multiverse” of other universes that formed by chance as well, due to quantum tunneling.
Dr. Guidice has excellent information, and is fascinating. His illustration of the anthropic principle and his mastery of science is amazing. However, speculating on things that can never be tested scientifically (id est, a multiverse) is not science. Its fine to speculate on such things, but lets not call it science. Whether it was a chance due to large numbers of big bangs or cosmic meddling to set the universe on the knife edge, “the theology department is down the hall.”
For any theoretical physicist to speculate on wild theories of the creation of the universe which could never be tested by science is no more scientific than to say the universe was created by a stork on the back of a turtle. Meanwhile, we find that matter, space, and time all had a beginning, just as the creation account in the Bible describes. I don’t really have enough faith to subscribe to the whole “multiverse” religion.
Taylor Moffitt of Halydean 