Paul Davies has long been quoted by creationists and ID proponents as being ‘friendly’ or ‘open’ to the idea that the universe shows evidence of design. In the Comment & Debate section of the June 26, UK newspaper, The Guardian, Davies dispells any notion that he’s in either camp.
Yes, he thinks the universe looks designed, but ‘god’ didn’t do it. Paul Davies now works at Arizona State University and directs BEYOND: The Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science.
The Hindu, one of India’s most widely read and respected English language newspapers, titled the same Davies’ article Flaws in creationists’ arguments. They have reprinted other Guardian editorials by Davies: Computers can help tease out the origins of life.
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by Paul Davies
The Guardian (UK), page 23
26 Jun 2007
Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth — the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very laws of nature themselves. For 40 years, physicists and cosmologists have been quietly collecting examples of all too convenient “coincidences” and special features in the underlying laws of the universe that seem to be necessary in order for life, and hence conscious beings, to exist. Change any one of them and the consequences would be lethal. Fred Hoyle, the distinguished cosmologist, once said it was as if “a superintellect has monkeyed with physics”.
