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How can anyone say that this universe was designed for Humanity?

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zephyr
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Message 28 of 60 (42728)
06-12-2003 4:12 PM 		Reply to: Message 26 by stevo3890
06-12-2003 4:04 PM

Re: String theory
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Yes it is a work in progress yet technically all of science is too, However we still can receive benefits of knowledge from these works in progress.
Anybody else amused to hear this coming from "that" side of the table?
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06-12-2003 4:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 29 by stevo3890
06-12-2003 4:21 PM

Re: String theory
Sorry, shameless generalization... humor intended.
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I'm just tired of hearing creationists claiming that every missing link, every unexplained biological fact, is the fatal blow to the theory of evolution. It's nice to hear from someone who understands that scientific knowledge can be useful before we know every last detail.
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06-12-2003 4:37 PM 		Reply to: Message 34 by stevo3890
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Re: String theory
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I believe in God but i am no idiot.
I had noticed. Nice to have you here.
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as for the people who are idiots and believe in God there are just morons if they do that.
Lotsa laughs from that one, man!
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OK... not to get too off topic... I know basically nothing of string theory so I'm gone.
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06-13-2003 11:02 AM 		Reply to: Message 49 by NosyNed
06-12-2003 8:01 PM

Re: initial conditions
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As noted we have a sample of one, you can't calculate any probablity at all from that. So we have no idea if it was highly unlikely or not. We also don't know if the physical laws can vary at all or by how much so we dont know if they are "picked" in any way at all.
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If they condistions were not as they are we wouldn't be here. If we weren't we wouldn't be asking the question why are we here?
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( a good answer is "Where else whould we be?" lol )
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If the condistions we different in some ways then something different would have evolved to fit in "perfectly".
Exactly. In that case, a race of five-dimensional, magnetically reproducing tubes of quivering luminescent jelly might be asking why the universe was fine-tuned to support their existence.
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