RE: Why the fine tuning argument is a pile of shit
August 7, 2015 at 9:45 am
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2015 at 9:47 am by Alex K.)
My opinion on this subject is different from what you usually hear from atheist speakers.
The majority of space and time may not be hospitable for life, but if you change some of the numerical parameters in the laws of physics just a tiny bit, you get a universe in which complicated structures such as intelligence are unlikely. One could call this fine tuning.
Funnily enough though, the presence of this type of fine tuning can be more easily used as an argument against creationism than in favor. A universe created for life would *not* look fine-tuned! Why would it? You don't build a house on a cliff on purpose. The fine tuning we observe is precisely to be expected in a universe that was selected anthropically, in a Godless world. It is not to be expected in a designed world.
The majority of space and time may not be hospitable for life, but if you change some of the numerical parameters in the laws of physics just a tiny bit, you get a universe in which complicated structures such as intelligence are unlikely. One could call this fine tuning.
Funnily enough though, the presence of this type of fine tuning can be more easily used as an argument against creationism than in favor. A universe created for life would *not* look fine-tuned! Why would it? You don't build a house on a cliff on purpose. The fine tuning we observe is precisely to be expected in a universe that was selected anthropically, in a Godless world. It is not to be expected in a designed world.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
