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The Physics of Fine-Tuning
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In the second part of their discussion, Luke Barnes and David Sloan go over the difference between frequentist and bayesian statistics, and how this difference applies to astrophysics and cosmology.
This discussion was conducted at Trinity College, Oxford, on May 13, 2016.

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The Physics of Fine-Tuning

What Is Fine-Tuning?

In the first part of their discussion, Luke Barnes and David Sloan come up with a working understanding of fine-tuning. They also discuss various examples of fine-tuning in physics. This discussion was conducted at Trinity College, Oxford, on May 13, 2016
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Comparing Theories

In the third part of their discussion, Luke Barnes and David Sloan puzzle over the way we compare theories, and whether there can be a theory that doesn’t have some unexplained posits.
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The Physics of Fine-Tuning
People
Luke Barnes
David Sloan
Keywords
fine-tuning
Physics
science
philosophy of science
Bayesian
statistics
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 13/07/2016
Duration: 00:22:50

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