Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc?

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The first. But the comparison isn't quite right. For the multiverse hypothesis, you posit innumerable other universes to explain the permission of life in our own, while with the deck of cards it's considerably more limited with respect to transgressing Occam's Razor. Am I missing something?


But my point is that it has to be admitted that it does fall afoul of Occam, not that it doesn't explain the fine-tuning.

Are you saying that the multiverse hypothesis would be simpler if I said that there are 52 universes? I disagree with your point that it falls foul or Occam.