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03-19-2013 5:11 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by GrimSqueaker
03-19-2013 7:00 AM

What if we were unwanted?
The possibility I raise is that the universe is designed, but it was designed to be sterile. It is just possible that our universe was designed by a Jr. High school student from a very advanced species. He was given the task of designing a universe for the highest number of black holes, but with no life. He failed, but only barely. The teacher could find millions and billions of black holes, but only a handful of planets with life. He got a B+.
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03-21-2013 2:40 PM 		Reply to: Message 30 by Bolder-dash
03-21-2013 1:35 PM

Re: The Dr. A theory of denial
No one has attempted to say WHY the law exist?
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How can they not exist? Matter and energy has to interact somehow.
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And you guys want to find the deeper meaning in life? With these comprehension skills? Good luck.
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The point being made is that there is not a deeper meaning in life that is intrinsic to the universe.
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03-21-2013 3:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 34 by GrimSqueaker
03-21-2013 3:15 PM

I can't remember what the name for the philosophical principle is but there is a position that simply states,
"since we can ask the question "why do we exist" we can assume that there are the correct properties in place to allow us to exist"
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Sounds like the weak anthropic principle.
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"Critics of the SAP argue in favor of a weak anthropic principle (WAP) similar to the one defined by Brandon Carter, which states that the universe's ostensible fine tuning is the result of selection bias: i.e., only in a universe capable of eventually supporting life will there be living beings capable of observing any such fine tuning, while a universe less compatible with life will go unbeheld."
Anthropic principle - Wikipedia
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