Learning about crossovers helped convert me from atheist to a believer in God


Let’s see if this one survives.    

I have been an atheist for 50 years.  Recently I became a believer.  One factor that helped tip the scales is the “fine tuned universe” argument - the idea that the physics constants, e.g. the mass of an electron, are so finely “selected” that if they weren’t very close to what they are, life wouldn’t exist.  This is an argument for a creator.  The best counter argument seems to be that there are an infinite number of universes and we got lucky.  

When I got into audio, and started learning about crossovers, I was ASTOUNDED at how well the pieces fit together.  Octaves are exact doubles of frequency.  3dB describes so many seemingly unrelated phenomena.  But the one that really got me was the magic of capacitors and inductors.  They share no parts, other than wires sticking out at each end (usually), one acts due to voltage, one acts due to electromagnetism, one resists AC, one resists DC.  And yet, somehow, they are mirror images of each other, using almost exactly the same equations, behaving perfectly orthogonal to each other, even to the extent of how powerfully they perform their function (3dB again).  How is this possible?  Could this have happened due to random chance?  I smell a creator.  

alanhuth

I once heard a physics professor from Oxford University explain why he was a believer—in a similar spirit to you, he cited the beauty of the fundamental equations that describe physical phenomena in the standard model.  FWIW, I also find your first argument compelling—the idea that there are an infinity of different universes and we got lucky seems to me much more far fetched than the existence of a Creator.

David

 

The physics of sound (and therefore music) is also too "conveniently perfectly arranged" to be mere coincidence. I’ve known only one genius in my lifetime, and he was very much a believer. He also loved J.S. Bach above all others. JSB was himself one, but then just about everyone was in his time.

I like Christopher Hitchens a lot, but I fear he found out he was wrong. 😉

 

Speaking of crossovers, for an easy-to-understand primer on them, check out Danny Richie's GR Research YouTube videos in which he explains all.

The universe is a wondrous place and we haven't even scratched the surface of its wonders.

While I believe in a higher power, I sometimes wonder if he (or she) couldn't have left out a few things, like psychopaths and addictive pain killers, and still given us whatever experience he (or she) wanted us to have here.