mike the wiz writes:
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Now; There is the fine-tuning of this universe. WHY!?!
Because you only think it is fine-tuned.
Where's that book...(*rummage*)...(*rummage*)...Ah! Here it is!
From the inside back cover of the Harper-Collins edition of
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett:
Terry Pratchett lives in England, an island off the coast of France, where he spends his time writing Discworld novels in accordance with the Very Strong Anthropic Principle, which holds that the entire Purpose of the Universe is to make possible a being that will live in England, an island off the coast of France, and spend his time writing Discworld novels. Which is exactly what he does. Which proves the whole business true. Any questions?
That is the silliness you are espousing, mike. You are claiming that the entire universe exists simply to create
you, specifically. If the universe exists soley to support life, why don't you go all the way and insist that the universe exists solely to support
you? Every single life that came before, it was all just part of the plan to create
you. Your parents didn't meet by chance. They were part of god's plan to create
you. All those instances where they had sex and didn't conceive you were not just the way nature works but deliberate interference by god because it didn't result in
you. And when god finally did decide to make
you happen, it wasn't random happenstance that the specific sperm fertilized that egg. No, god was there specifically making it happen because the entire universe exists solely to have
you in it and when
you are gone, the purpose to the universe will cease to exist and god will snuff it out.
How selfish.
Think about it: If the universe were incapable of supporting your kind of life, do you really think your kind of life would exist in the universe? You have the attitude backwards. The universe is not fine-tuned for life. Instead, life is fine-tuned for the universe.
In our entire study of the physics, we have yet to find any possible way to change a fundamental constant. That's why they're called fundamental constants: They don't change.
Life, on the other hand, has proven itself to be truly protean in its ability to adapt to various conditions. Boiling hot? No problem. Freezing cold? Life is there, too. Underwater? Teeming with life. In the air? Can't get away from the life. High pressure, low pressure, aerobic, anaerobic, no matter what the environment here on earth, we seem to find life there.
Now you tell me: Which is the more likely scenario:
1) A system that has shown itself to be static and incapable of change adapted itself to a malleable product.
2) A malleable product that has shown itself to be amazingly adaptable to all scenarios adjusted itself to a static system.
Life changes. The universe doesn't.
What makes you think the universe adjusted itself to fit life?
Rrhain
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