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Frank J. Tipler

Frank J. Tipler is Professor of Mathematical Physics at Tulane University. He is the co-author of The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (Oxford University Press) and the author of The Physics of Immortality and The Physics of Christianity both published by Doubleday.
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No More Big Ideas? Try These On for Size

Sunday, September 4th, 2011 - by Frank J. Tipler

Here are two gigantic concepts that will crack your head wide open.

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Darwin vs. Einstein

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

The "ruling class" stands with Darwin. We stand with Einstein.

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Proving the Existence of God

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

Is it possible to postulate the "Uncaused Cause" in physics to explain the beginning of the universe, thus proving the existence of a personal God?

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The Difference between ‘True Science’ and ‘Cargo-Cult Science’

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts” is how the great Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman defined science.

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Columbia U.’s Bollinger Oblivious on MSM Bailout

Saturday, July 17th, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

Wrong, Mr. Bollinger: academic freedom has in fact been drastically compromised by government funding. The same would, of course, happen with media.

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Writing for PJM Helped Make Me Enemy of the State Number #38

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

As a scientist who dares to "think different" and "question authority" on global warming, I'm in good company.

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Climategate: ‘The Science is Settled,’ They Told Copernicus

Friday, March 5th, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

The tactics of Al Gore and the AGW crowd ("No need to check the evidence! There's a consensus!") mirror the pseudo-arguments used to defend the Earth-centric model in 1543.

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Climategate: More Science Fiction from the IPCC

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

A provable lie published by the "Demon Princes" on the climate panel regarding the strength of hurricanes.

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Obama vs. Einstein

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 - by Frank J. Tipler

A renowned physicist demolishes a paper by Laurence Tribe, that President Obama played some roll in crafting, on the "revolutionary" aspects and legal implications of 20th century physics.

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Orwellian Nightmare: Science Is Whatever ‘the Party’ Says It Is

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

Relativism corrupts: First Climategate, then a mathematics professor sees his colleagues challenging the truth of 2 + 2 = 4. Really.

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Climategate: The Skeptical Scientist’s View

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

What keeps scientists honest is knowing our colleagues are looking over our shoulders. A theory with hidden data is never to be believed. (Also read Richard Fernandez: More AGW Controversy)

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Is the Physics Nobel Prize Also Becoming a Joke?

Friday, October 16th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

The history of the physics prize is dotted with slights to those who deserved it and honors to those who didn't.

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Nuclear Energy: The Only Solution

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

Simple arithmetic rules out the viability of the "green" energy sources and makes a tremendous case for nuclear.

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Climate Data: Top Secret!

Monday, August 10th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

Bizarrely, Britain's main climate monitoring unit is purging its temperature records from public view. Hmmm.

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Humans and Their CO2 Save the Planet!

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

Why opposition to the cap-and-trade bill is not “treason against the planet.”

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Obama Flunks History at Cairo U

Sunday, June 7th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

Almost every advance he attributed to the Muslims in his big speech should be credited to someone else.

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Relax, the North Korean Nuke Was Another Dud

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

The data on the May 25th blast points to yet another "fizzle" of a bomb test by the North Koreans.

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‘Stimulating’ Scientists Into Proving Global Warming

Friday, February 27th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

The new bill will spend billions to adjust data to “prove” the fallacy that humans are responsible for global warming.

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What The Caine Mutiny Can Teach Us about Global Warming Scientists

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

Climate change advocates often argue from "authority" as opposed to examining the facts.

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John Updike and Me

Friday, February 6th, 2009 - by Frank J. Tipler

Going head to head with the late author on reason and faith.

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