Il Nobel per la Fisica 2016 premia gli aspetti esotici - quantistici - della materia. Una bella trasmissione radiofonica - Radio Anch'io (RAI 1) - aiuta a districarsi nelle difficoltà di questo settore intervistando fra gli altri Guido Tonelli, Eugenio Coccia, Pietro Roversi, Giorgio Parisi. Con un dibattito molto interessante su cosa significa fare ricerca in Italia oggi, le difficoltà dei nostri ricercatori e le carenze della nostra governance.
The demonstration of God's existence on scientific and mathematical grounds is a topic that, after captivating thinkers like Anselm and Gödel, reappears in the recent book by Bolloré and Bonnassies. However, the book makes a completely inadequate use of science and falls into the logical error common to all arguments in support of so-called "intelligent design."
In the image: detail from *The Creation of Adam* by Michelangelo. Credits: Wikimedia Commons. License: public domain
The demonstration of God's existence on rational grounds is a subject tackled by intellectual giants, from Anselm of Canterbury to Gödel, including Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz, and Kant. However, as is well known, these arguments are not conclusive. It is not surprising, then, that this old problem, evidently poorly posed, periodically resurfaces.
